When Adoption Breaches Civil Rights

FAMILY PRESERVATION ADVOCACY:

“A child’s circumstances may ‘require’ statutory intervention, perhaps may even ‘require’ the indefinite or long-term removal of the child from the family and his or her placement with strangers, but that is not to say that the same circumstances will necessarily ‘require’ that the child be adopted. They may or they may not. The question, at the end of the day, is whether what is ‘required’ is adoption.”

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When Adoption Breaches Civil Rights

FAMILY PRESERVATION ADVOCACY:

“A child’s circumstances may ‘require’ statutory intervention, perhaps may even ‘require’ the indefinite or long-term removal of the child from the family and his or her placement with strangers, but that is not to say that the same circumstances will necessarily ‘require’ that the child be adopted. They may or they may not. The question, at the end of the day, is whether what is ‘required’ is adoption.”

The [UK high] Court....   

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DCF wins lawsuit filed by advocacy group over foster kid care

DCF wins lawsuit filed by advocacy group over foster kid care | Boston Herald:

The state’s Department of Children and Families has prevailed against a lawsuit filed by a national advocacy group contending it wasn’t doing enough to protect its foster children, a federal judge has ruled. 

It figures! No surprise!

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.