Researchers bring product testing to foster care system

Researchers bring product testing to foster care system:

Karen Blase, senior scientist at UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, and Mark Testa, a distinguished professor in UNC's School of Social Work, collaborated with a research team from the University of Kansas and James Bell Associates to examine usability testing in the foster care system. They found that usability testing not only diagnosed what worked and didn't work with a new intervention for families—it also encouraged problem-solving and collaboration.

Problems uncovered in foster homes

Problems uncovered in foster homes | Pro 8 News.com - News, Weather, Sports - | Laredo, Texas | News:

The state has stopped placing abused and neglected children in more than 400 homes contracted by a private contractor, none of them here in Laredo.

CPS case worker faces sexual assault of a child charge

CPS case worker faces sexual assault of a child charge - KFOX14 El Paso - Top Stories:

EL PASO, Texas - A case worker for El Paso's Child Protective Services was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a child. Police say there maybe more than one victim.

Social work failings left boy to kill his foster carer

Social work failings left boy to kill his foster carer | Herald Scotland:

AN investigation into the case of a woman who was stabbed to death by a boy she was fostering has partly blamed understaffing and budget cuts for the tragedy.

I-Team: Court Officials Under Scrutiny in Federal Probe

I-Team: Court Officials Under Scrutiny in Federal Probe - 8 News NOW:

LAS VEGAS -- Clark County court officials are coming under scrutiny in a federal probe.The I-Team has learned the FBI hauled out boxes of court internal affairs documents Monday morning.It is the latest in a grand jury investigation into multiple claims of abuse by family court marshals.

Amber Harris gets 90-day jail sentence, admits to sex charges

Amber Harris gets 90-day jail sentence, admits to sex charges - FOX19.com-Cincinnati News, Weather & Sports:

HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) -

A social worker who admits to having sex with three teenage boys being held at the Butler County Juvenile Rehabilitation Center will spend the next 90 days in jail, a sentence that delighted her defense team.

Fort Bragg foster father on trial in baby's death

Fort Bragg foster father on trial in baby's death | The Press Democrat:

UKIAH — Emerald Herriot was a happy, thriving baby until she was placed into foster care with a man now charged with causing her death, according to testimony in the trial of Wilson Lee Tubbs, III.