Hospital Holds West Hartford Girl For 9 Months After Parents Argue Diagnosis

Hospital Holds West Hartford Girl For 9 Months After Parents Argue Diagnosis | WTIC FOX CT:

It’s a medical “mystery” that has left a Connecticut family baffled and heartbroken.

After a long history of medical problems, a West Hartford teenager is now “trapped” inside a hospital with seemingly no way out.

Fox CT spent the past few months investigating the emotional case.

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Using Social Media in Child Welfare

Using Social Media in Child Welfare:

Using social media techniques and innovations in child welfare practice is a relatively new approach for the field. While using social media as a practice tool offers opportunities to enhance, improve, and make work with children and families more effective, it also presents new challenges for the field.

America's Daughters Are Not For Sale

What Congress Can Do to Save Foster Children From Being On the Street - US News and World Report:

Congress can take several steps to keep foster children safe

Feds Investigate St. Louis County Family Court

Feds Investigate St. Louis County Family Court « CBS St. Louis:

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating St. Louis County Family Court’s compliance with federal civil rights laws and whether its juvenile court system engages in a “systemic pattern or practice that causes harm.”

Researchers find high rate of teenage pregnancy among foster youth

Researchers find high rate of teenage pregnancy among foster youth - The Daily Californian:

A study conducted by a team of UC Berkeley and USC researchers found a very high rate of teen pregnancy within California’s child welfare system.

DSS supervisor charged with child abuse disciplined in past

DSS supervisor charged with child abuse disciplined in past | www.wsoctv.com:

UNION COUNTY, N.C. — 

UPDATE (Tuesday, Nov. 19): Union County Sheriff’s deputies originally told Channel 9 on Friday the boy was a foster child, but on Tuesday officials with the Department of Social Services told Channel 9 the couple had legal guardianship over the boy and he was not part of the foster system.

Home of woman accused of child neglect registered as a home school

Home of woman accused of child neglect registered as a home... | www.wsoctv.com:

UNION COUNTY, N.C. —

Eyewitness News is digging deeper into a suspected child abuse case after a boy was found handcuffed to a porch in Union County.