Two parents sue Iowa DHS over kids removed from homes

Two parents sue Iowa DHS over kids removed from homes | The Des Moines Register | desmoinesregister.com:

Lawsuits challenge the use of 'voluntary agreements' signed by parents who have lost their legal rights

State social workers have taken custody of children even when there is no proof of harm by a parent or caregiver, according to two lawsuits filed against the Iowa Department of Human Services.

They do the same thing in New Hampshire. Are there any Lawyer's out there brave enough to take on NH DCYF?

Tribe’s child protection problems draw criticism

Tribe’s child protection problems draw criticism:

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota’s Spirit Lake tribe has left children on its reservation vulnerable to abuse because of shortcomings in its social welfare programs, a federal administrator said.

CPS Agents Don't Like Being Exposed - Baby LK Report For September 2nd 2012

Former housemate says 10-year-old injured another baby in June

Former housemate says 10-year-old injured another baby in June | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME:

Ashley Tenney says her 8-month-old daughter suffered seizures and was hospitalized after being alone with the girl who was charged with manslaughter in the July death of an infant.

Healing children is surgeon's specialty

Healing children is surgeon's specialty | New Hampshire NEWHAMPSHIRE09:

Outside the operating room, Gilchrist is an energetic, frenetic man with a huge sense of humor who stops his machine-gun chatter only when he's ready to deliver his quick, hearty laugh. That guy goes away when Gilchrist, chief of pediatric surgery at Elliot Hospital, dons scrubs and with sure, gifted hands, becomes the man who fixes broken children.

Note: Dr. Gilchrist is definitely a Lifesaver. An exceptional Surgeon and Savior of Children. Elliott Hospital in NH is extremely BLESSED to have such a caring, brilliant Pediatric Surgeon on their staff.
Thank you Dr. Gilchrist for saving my granddaughter's life! We will be eternally grateful!

Girl, 7, taken from family by court after unexplained bleeding

Girl, 7, taken from family by court after unexplained bleeding | WJLA.com:

A court has removed a 7-year-old District Heights girl from her family home and placed her in foster care after hospital personnel couldn't explain bleeding that comes from her bodily orifices and her hands and feet.

Prison, Foster Care, and the Systemic Punishment of Black Mothers

Prison, Foster Care, and the Systemic Punishment of Black Mothers « UCLA Law Review:

This Article analyzes how the U.S. prison and foster care systems work together to punish black mothers in the service of preserving race, gender, and class inequality in a neoliberal age. The intersection of these systems is only one example of many forms of overpolicing that overlap and converge in the lives of poor women of color. I examine the statistical overlap between the prison and foster care populations, the simultaneous explosion of both systems in recent decades, the injuries that each system inflicts on black communities, and the way in which their intersection in the lives of black mothers helps to naturalize social inequality. I hope to elucidate how state mechanisms of surveillance and punishment function jointly to penalize the most marginalized women in our society while blaming them for their own disadvantaged positions.