A Painful Decision To Give Up Two Adopted Children

A Painful Decision To Give Up Two Adopted Children | Here & Now:

Writer Joyce Maynard has been very open with her readers about her life. When she adopted two girls from Ethiopia in 2010, she wrote about it in More magazine.

State audit cites improper spending by private foster care agencies

State audit cites improper spending by private foster care agencies:

$130,000 for parties, board meeting, charities questioned

Madison — Private placement agencies for foster children, including one in Milwaukee, used taxpayer funds to make nearly $130,000 in questionable charges for parties, a board meeting and charitable contributions, a new state audit has found.

Biological father to discuss next legal steps in disputed adoption of Cherokee girl

Biological father to discuss next legal steps in disputed adoption of Cherokee girl:

TULSA, Oklahoma — The next legal steps in the case of an Oklahoma girl adopted by a South Carolina couple are to be discussed at a news conference by the girl's biological father and Cherokee Nation officials.

Sandra Marti: Child-protection worker accused of falsifying reports

Sandra Marti: Child-protection worker accused of falsifying reports - Sun Sentinel:

A Broward sheriff's employee entrusted to help shield kids from harm didn't even bother to meet five children she needed to watch over, possibly compromising their safety, authorities say.

Father testifies about years of battling DCF to remove abusive child from their Wellington home

Father testifies about years of battling DCF to remove abusive... | www.palmbeachpost.com:

WEST PALM BEACH — 

For more than two years, Junior kept a terrible secret from his parents: He had been sexually assaulted by Jerald, a 10-year-old neighborhood kid whom his mother and father brought into their Wellington home after the boy’s own mother was declared unfit.

Oregon man who killed foster parents as a 12-year-old meets same fate

Oregon man who killed foster parents as a 12-year-old meets same fate | OregonLive.com:

ONTARIO — An Oregon man has been fatally shot more than two decades after he killed his foster parents in a high-profile double murder.

Foster carer criticized at case review

Foster carer criticised at case review | Herald Scotland:

A FOSTER mother who carried out a decade-long catalog of abuse against children in her care has been criticized for her attitude towards her punishment.