DCFS tells lawmakers it wants to keep kids out of foster care

DCFS tells lawmakers it wants to keep kids out of foster care | The Salt Lake Tribune:

Audit » More in-home services could save tax dollars, help kids.
State child welfare officials on Wednesday told lawmakers they are working to reverse a decade-long trend toward putting at-risk kids in foster care, instead helping families at home and saving taxpayer money.
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Sex trafficking snares hundreds of thousands of US kids

Sex trafficking snares hundreds of thousands of US kids:

Over 80 percent of cases of American sex slavery involve US citizens, not immigrants. It's a problem this country must find creative solutions to solve through conferences like Demand Abolition, which took place in Boston.


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Abortion Docs Feeding Girl Babies to Dogs Charged With Homicide

Abortion Docs Feeding Girl Babies to Dogs Charged With Homicide | LifeNews.com:

Two abortion practitioners who fed the bodies of girl babies killed in abortions to dogs to hide the sex-selection abortions they were performing have been charged with homicide. The charges are in connection with a legal abortion they performed that resulted in a woman’s death.


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Hackers Rack Up Thousands In Phone Bills For Foster Agency

Hackers Rack Up Thousands In Phone Bills For Foster Agency | Ohio News Network Columbus, Ohio:

ALBANY, Ohio - A southern Ohio foster care agency was hit by hackers.

Calls placed in and out of the Oasis Therapeutic Foster Care Network help foster kids find homes. But a telephone bill that his non-profit recently got had their jaws drop, ONN's Denise Alex reported.

Baby soaps and shampoos trigger positive marijuana tests

Baby soaps and shampoos trigger positive marijuana tests - Yahoo! News:

Commonly used baby soaps and shampoos, including products from Johnson & Johnson, Aveeno and CVS, can trigger a positive result on newborns' marijuana screening tests, according to a recent study. A minute amount of the cleansing products in a urine sample — just 0.1 milliliters or less — was found to cause a positive result.
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NH Legislative Subpoena Power - FLAWED

DMVC Productions = Results: NH Legislative Subpoena Power - FLAWED:


"Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion." Charles Colson
The Redress of Grievance Committee's right to subpoena sealed records comes with responsibility and should be viewed by a small committee to protect the child's privacy and one of those viewers better be a seasoned family law attorney!

http://www.nhinsider.com/press-releases/2012/6/19/nhdp-icymi-house-committee-trying-to-subpoena-confidential-c.html  reported:

"The vote to subpoena the records was 9-3, along party lines, ... a  Rep. ... said his understanding is the subpoena is intended to uncover "exculpatory evidence that basically proves that a complainant is a fit father" from the guardian ad litem assigned to the case."


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a day in the life of a social worker ( child protection)