Child Protection Lessons: Is parent alienation a child protection problem?

Child Protection Lessons: Is parent alienation a child protection problem?:

A look at the lessons that arise from child protection errors and other issues including those that arise from deaths of children involved in systems in the western world.

Boy, 3, latest to die under DCF's watch

Boy, 3, latest to die under DCF's watch | www.wftv.com:

MIAMI — 

A toddler who drowned in a dirty swimming pool two weeks after he'd been found wandering near his home is the latest child to die of abuse or neglect after a state worker deemed them safe.

Boy, 14, accused of threatening to kill staff at youth home

Boy, 14, accused of threatening to kill staff at youth home — Mid-Maine — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine:

PLYMOUTH, Maine — A 14-year-old boy was arrested on multiple charges on Sunday after allegedly assaulting and threatening to kill staff members and a resident at a home for troubled youth.

Conduct hearing delayed for county Family Court judge

Conduct hearing delayed for county Family Court judge - Las Vegas MyNews3 - KSNV:

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A disciplinary hearing is being postponed until at least mid-September for a Nevada judge accused of breaching ethics by presiding over cases involving a prosecutor with whom he had a romantic relationship.

Foster parents blow whistle on Families SA

Foster parents blow whistle on Families SA - Yahoo!7:

FIRST ON 7: A network of former foster parents who have had children removed from their care has blown the whistle on a crisis within Families SA.

Newspaper lawyers question state officials about child-abuse records

Newspaper lawyers question state officials about child-abuse records | Politics and Government | Kentucky.com:

FRANKFORT — Lawyers for the state's two largest newspapers grilled state officials Monday about why they refused to publicly release portions of more than 140 case files about children who were killed or critically injured as a result of abuse or neglect.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/07/29/2739491/newspaper-lawyers-question-state.html#storylink=cpy

Commission to begin sweeping reform effort in child welfare

Commission to begin sweeping reform effort in child welfare - latimes.com:

A blue-ribbon panel tasked with examining L.A. County's embattled child welfare agency begins work this week on finding ways to stem persistent cases of child abuse and deaths.