Child Welfare: How States Use Federal Funds

Child Welfare: How States Use Federal Funds:

Often overlooked in the health care debate is the impact of child abuse and neglect on children, their families and, yes, on already-overstrained government budgets. Despite the provision of billions of dollars a year in federal funding for child welfare, several states still struggle to meet the needs of at-risk children and families, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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Foster parent accused of collecting child porn

Foster parent accused of collecting child porn | Northern Kentucky - WLWT Home:

Police arrested Timothy Johnston after finding pornographic photos on his cell phone.

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28 children rescued from baby-for-sale racket returned to their foster parents

28 children rescued from baby-for-sale racket returned to their foster parents - Latest - New Straits Times:

BUKIT MERTAJAM: It was a sheer relief for 28 foster families of the children who were rescued from the baby-for-sale racket in February when the children were returned to them today.

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Sex abuse victims sue CAS, foster parents for $14M

Sun News : Sex abuse victims sue CAS, foster parents for $14M:

BELLEVILLE, ON -- Five former foster children are suing the Prince Edward County Children's Aid Society (PECCAS) and four former foster parents for $14 million for sexual abuse while in their care.

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Poor record-keeping holds back pursuits of justice

Poor record-keeping holds back pursuits of justice:

Incompetent record keeping is depriving thousands of Victorians of life-changing information, but the Department of Human Services has ''a profound conflict of interest'' because fixing the problem would allow a rush of lawsuits, a parliamentary inquiry was told on Friday.

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Gay Couple Accused Of Raping Multiple Adopted Children Will Face Trial

Gay Couple Accused Of Raping Multiple Adopted Children Will Face Trial: Gothamist:

George Harasz and Douglas Wirt, a married couple living in Connecticut, were arrested in 2011 and accused of sexually assaulting two of their nine adopted boys. The two men had agreed to a plea deal in January, pleading no contest to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor, a reduction from the much more serious sexual assault charges. But that deal was scuttled on Friday after new allegations of abuse by three more of the nine children came to light. And the couple have decided they want to go to trial to clear their names.

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Sheehan syndrome - National Library of Medicine

Sheehan syndrome - National Library of Medicine - PubMed Health:

Postpartum hypopituitarism; Postpartum pituitary insufficiency; Hypopituitarism Syndrome

Last reviewed: November 8, 2012.

Sheehan syndrome is a condition that can occur in a woman who bleeds severely during childbirth. Sheehan syndrome is a type of hypopituitarism.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Severe bleeding during childbirth can result in tissue death in the pituitary gland. This causes the gland to lose its ability to work properly.

The pituitary gland is at the base of the brain. It makes hormones that stimulate growth, production of breast milk, reproductive functions, the thyroid, and the adrenal glands. A lack of these hormones can lead to a variety of symptoms.

Conditions that increase the risk of bleeding during childbirth and Sheehan syndrome include multiple pregnancy (twins or triplets) and problems with the placenta. The placenta is the organ that develops during pregnancy to feed the fetus.

Sheehan syndrome is very rare.

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