CBO | Snapshot of Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Guardianship Assistance

CBO | Snapshot of Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Guardianship Assistance:

Note: Instead of wasting billions of dollars on Foster care, Adoption Assistance and Guardian Assistance, wouldn't it make more sense to put the money where it's most needed? FAMILIES and their children would benefit more by providing services to at-risk Families and Family Preservation. Why is it Biological Families get no help, while the chosen get everything served on a silver platter?

Over the past two decades, the federal government has encouraged states to move more children from foster care to permanent homes through adoption or guardianship. During that time, the number of children in federally subsidized foster care has steadily declined, while the number of children whose adoptive parents receive federal adoption assistance has increased. (That pattern is similar for children in foster care and adoption placements that are subsidized only at the state level.) CBO expects those trends to continue, aided by recent legislation that established federal reimbursements for guardianship and eliminated the income-eligibility threshold for federal adoption assistance. In fiscal year 2013, the federal government will spend a total of almost $7 billion on foster care, adoption assistance, and guardianship assistance programs, CBO estimates. The changes in caseloads for the three programs that CBO expects under current law would raise such spending to $8.5 billion by 2023.

For more detail on CBO's most recent projections for foster care, adoption assistance, and guardianship assistance programs, see Foster Care and Adoption Assistance—February 2013 Baseline.

Jonathan Morancy is an analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division.

Failure to Promote Relationship With Other Parent Leads to Loss of Child Custody in Nashville: In re Zamorah B.

Failure to Promote Relationship With Other Parent Leads to Loss of Child Custody in Nashville: In re Zamorah B. | Herston on Tennessee Family Law | Knoxville Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support, Alimony and Matrimonial Law Attorney:

Facts: Child was born to unmarried Mother and Father. Father filed a Petition to Establish Paternity in which he asserted that he had voluntarily supported Child and had emotionally bonded with her, but that Mother decided two months after Child’s birth to eliminate him from her life. Shortly thereafter, Mother filed a Petition to Establish Parentage.

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Speak Up! - Guest Marie Miller Second interview-Screwed Over by the NH Courts

Published on Apr 17, 2013

New evidence considered frivolous motion? Seniors evicted because Judges switch ' keep your "Eye on the pee ?/ Evidence" Mortgage company forces Senior to take their deficient mortgage Insurance after they "purchase" her Mortgage, driving her monthly payment up . They tell her to refinance with them , they collect 4 payments and then send the checks back with an eviction notice. NH Judges say no foul. her house gets sold and the "new Owner"puts rat poison on lawn to kill her Cats to drive her out of the house.

Significant Increase in ER Visits Involving ADHD Medications

Significant Increase in ER Visits Involving ADHD Medications:

The increase in visits to emergency departments was largely driven by abuse of ADHD drugs among adults and nonmedical use of the drugs.

Approximately two-thirds of children with ADHD between the ages of 4 and 17 took medication to treat ADHD in 2007. In children (as well as adults), the first-line treatment for ADHD are stimulants, and adverse events associated with these medications, such as nervousness, insomnia, and dizziness, are common and usually manageable. Cardiovascular or psychiatric problems can be more serious and may send patients to the nearest emergency department. Since prescription stimulants are often abused, ADHD patients are not the only ones seeking emergency treatment pursuant to stimulant use. - 
See more at: http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/Significant-Increase-in-ER-Visits-Involving-ADHD-Medications

Adoptive parents seek change to Indian Child Welfare Act

Adoptive parents seek change to Indian Child Welfare Act » Local News » MuskogeePhoenix.com, Muskogee, OK:

Petition to amend law given to Rep. Mullin

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Oklahoma woman recalls horrors of child welfare system at 30th anniversary of Institute for Child Advocacy

Oklahoma woman recalls horrors of child welfare system at 30th anniversary of Institute for Child Advocacy | News OK:

She once was kept in an underground cell for more than two weeks. Another time while she was confined there, she heard the cries of a deaf girl as she was physically and sexually assaulted by male workers and guards.

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US Gets an 'F' In Child Welfare and an 'A' In Military Spending

US Gets an 'F' In Child Welfare and an 'A' In Military Spending | Care2 Causes:

This just in: a UNICEF survey of 29 countries entitled “Child Well-Being In Rich Countries: A Comparative Review,” ranks the U.S #26 in child well-being, just above Lithuania, Latvia and Romania (three of the poorest countries in the survey).

The survey evaluated material well-being, overall health, access to housing and education in 29 of the world’s advanced economies to determine how well children are faring, and also examined what children are saying about their own well-being.

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