DSS study’s alarming review demands action | CharlotteObserver.com:
The secret study of Mecklenburg County’s child welfare division, a report Observer and Qcitymetro.com reporters revealed this week, offers two recommendations that the county should take immediately or explain why it won’t.
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Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Saturday, October 27, 2012
SPECIAL REPORT: DFCS and children at risk
SPECIAL REPORT: DFCS and children at risk | 11alive.com:
11Alive News has spent months investigating the state's handling of cases of alleged child abuse and the troubling failures to protect at-risk children.
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11Alive News has spent months investigating the state's handling of cases of alleged child abuse and the troubling failures to protect at-risk children.
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Foster children more likely to be prescribed psychotropic drugs than non-foster children, GAO study finds
Foster children more likely to be prescribed psychotropic drugs than non-foster children, GAO study finds - Boston.com:
WASHINGTON -- Foster children in Massachusetts are nearly four times as likely to be prescribed psychotropic drugs as non-foster children in the state, an alarming figure released in a report this morning by the Government Accountability Office during a congressional hearing.
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WASHINGTON -- Foster children in Massachusetts are nearly four times as likely to be prescribed psychotropic drugs as non-foster children in the state, an alarming figure released in a report this morning by the Government Accountability Office during a congressional hearing.
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No Way Out But One: Custody, Abuse and the Family Courts
Nancy Doyle Palmer: No Way Out But One: Custody, Abuse and the Family Courts:
No Way Out But One debuts this week on the Documentary Channel and is as much an examination of this country's family court system as it is the very personal story of Holly Collins.
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No Way Out But One debuts this week on the Documentary Channel and is as much an examination of this country's family court system as it is the very personal story of Holly Collins.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Agencies work to unite foster, biological parents (Not in NH)
Agencies work to unite foster, biological parents | Nation & World | The Seattle Times:
NOT in New Hampshire! NH DCYF discourages Foster stranger's
from having anything to do with Biological parent's and families.
When Angela Austin-Knight's teenage son and daughter were placed in foster care in 2008, she was despondent and angry. Not only had she lost custody of her children because of her drug use, but now two strangers were raising them.
Similar programs are in California, Virginia and New Mexico. Several other states - including Oregon, New Hampshire and Washington - provide legal representation or mentorship for birth parents.
Note: New Hampshire does NOT provide legal representation for birth families!
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NOT in New Hampshire! NH DCYF discourages Foster stranger's
from having anything to do with Biological parent's and families.
When Angela Austin-Knight's teenage son and daughter were placed in foster care in 2008, she was despondent and angry. Not only had she lost custody of her children because of her drug use, but now two strangers were raising them.
Similar programs are in California, Virginia and New Mexico. Several other states - including Oregon, New Hampshire and Washington - provide legal representation or mentorship for birth parents.
Note: New Hampshire does NOT provide legal representation for birth families!
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Warren foster mother faces child abuse charges
Warren foster mother faces child abuse charges - theoaklandpress.com:
A Warren woman who was a foster mom to four children faces child abuse charges, including allegations that the kids lived in filth.
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A Warren woman who was a foster mom to four children faces child abuse charges, including allegations that the kids lived in filth.
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Sex charges against ex-Okehampton foster carer dropped
BBC News - Sex charges against ex-Okehampton foster carer dropped:
A former foster carer from Devon who denied charges of sexual offences against boys has had the case against him dropped.
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A former foster carer from Devon who denied charges of sexual offences against boys has had the case against him dropped.
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