Foster Mother Held for Court on Child Endangerment Charges

Foster Mother Held for Court on Child Endangerment Charges - Forest Hills-Regent Square, PA Patch:

Yolanda Clay of Rankin faces charges for leaving a 4-year-old child with autism locked in car on 88-degree day in September.

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Samantha Martin's death flags foster care failures

Samantha Martin's death flags foster care failures | Local News | St. Albert Gazette:

Judge recommends improvements to Children's Services

Velvet Martin of St. Albert holds a portrait of her daughter Samantha who died in 2006 of heart failure after being in foster care.

Who's judging New Hampshire's judges? Only the Legislators ...

DMVC Productions = Results: Who's judging New Hampshire's judges? Only the Legislators ...:

The excerpts I included in this article came from a Concord Monitor article, written by a Dr. Robert O. Wilson, chairman of the New Hampshire Judicial Conduct Committee (NHJCC), he said “it does not surprise me that there is public confusion over the role of the House Committee for Redress of Grievances as it may relate to judicial matters.”  I have included his direct quotes here but rewritten what in fact, is the reality of the situation.

I think the confusion starts with the fact that the people before the redress of grievance committee have already been before the Judicial Conduct Committee, complaints including conflicts of interest, a judge sitting on a criminal case and then behind closed doors a parallel case with DCYF, Judges demeaning women in their court, refusing evidence by males and females, bias against either sex, refusing to answer motions, simply keeping them in the file and pushed aside and the marital masters not following Rules 12-14 all ignored by the Judicial Conduct Committee and it is in large part why the legislators finally ended the marital master program. 

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Police probe Texas child agency accused of mishandling case in which airman's daughter died

Police probe Texas child agency accused of mishandling case in which airman's daughter died | Fox News:

LUBBOCK, Texas –  Police have launched a rare investigation of the Texas child protection agency after a 22-month-old girl died and her mother claimed her military husband's deployment overseas left her too stressed to care for their three children.

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Some children spending less time in foster care

Some children spending less time in foster care | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.com:

The state Department of Social Services has stepped up the rate of moving long-term foster children back with their parents or to adoptive families by 50 percent in the past fiscal year, a trend that has drawn both praise and criticism.

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Section 8 vouchers would help reduce children in foster care

Foster care system: Section 8 vouchers would help reduce children in foster care - dailypress.com:

NEWPORT NEWS — The city's housing authority and human services department are launching a pilot program that would help reunite families and prevent children from entering the foster care system.
"Foster care is not a good place for kids to be if they don't have to be," said Susan Morgan, chief of social work services. "We would be able to identify families on our caseload where we could prevent children from going into foster care or reunify families."

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Oklahoma lawmakers study difficulties of grandparents getting custody of grandchildren

Oklahoma lawmakers study difficulties of grandparents getting custody of grandchildren | NewsOK.com:

Oklahoma is among the leaders in states where grandparents are raising their grandchildren, according to census figures.

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