On the front lines of change in the risky world of DCF

On the front lines of change in the risky world of DCF | The Connecticut Mirror:

The call for help came from an emergency room nurse. Her patient, the mother of a young son, tried to commit suicide while the boy was home. "She was worried about the kid," Nana-Kyi Johnson, a social worker assigned to the Department of Children and Families' 24-hour hotline, said of the nurse.

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Honor Student Working Two Jobs Sent to Jail for Missing Classes

Honor Student Working Two Jobs Sent to Jail for Missing Classes | Independent Sentinel:

In a crackdown on truancy, an eleventh grade Texas student who works two jobs to support herself and her siblings, was thrown in jail for 24 hours and ordered to pay a $100 fine.  She missed some classes due to exhaustion and was warned about truancy last year by the same judge.


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Board use of psychic blasted

Board use of psychic blasted | News | Toronto Sun:

The mother of an autistic girl says the public school board was "completely unprofessional" to formulate a theory that her daughter was being sexually abused based on a psychic's perception.


Note: Psychic wannabees who work for NH DCYF, predict "Neglect in the Future" to steal more children!


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Ann Arbor child custody case may spark change in regulations

Ann Arbor child custody case may spark change in regulations:

The case of an Ann Arbor boy whose father accidentally gave him an alcoholic drink at a 2008 Detroit Tigers game may spark changes to the state's protective services regulations.


The legislation includes stricter guidelines for placing children into emergency custody, which is allowed under current state law.


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Are foster kids helped, harmed by open hearings

Are foster kids helped, harmed by open hearings - Boston.com:

A California judge’s decision to open a county’s child welfare hearings earlier this year has energized a debate among advocates in other states about whether greater transparency helps or harms the young victims appearing in family court.

Proponents say transparency leads to better decisions by putting a spotlight on judges, exposes the blunders of child welfare workers and gives the public a better understanding of how the system works.

“Confidentiality has done more to protect the system than to protect the children in the system,’’ said Michael Nash, chief presiding judge of Los Angeles County’s children’s court. He ruled in January that dependency hearings in his county will be open to the public unless there is proof the child will be harmed.

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'Voluntary' CPS plan has some parents feeling bullied

Hart: 'Voluntary' CPS plan has some parents feeling bullied - Houston Chronicle:

Note: They're NEVER voluntary. Parent's are threatened by CPS to sign or never see their children again!


Two young families in the Houston area suffered unspeakable tragedies in recent months. In one case, a toddler drowned; in another, a new mother was gunned down in a parking lot and her newborn snatched. Both incidents required investigation by law enforcement officials, who as a matter of course, calledChild Protective Services.


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