More tap-dancing at DCF

More tap-dancing at DCF | Boston Herald:

The Department of Children and Families is in no position to be secretive at this moment in time, not with the disappearance and probable death of a 5-year-old child on its watch, accusations of children in foster care placements being victimized and a lack of public faith in its competence.

Missouri Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to adoption decision

Missouri Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to adoption decision » Top Stories » The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO:

A Guatemalan woman seeking to overturn the adoption of her biological child by a Carthage couple has exhausted those efforts — unsuccessfully — in the state court system.

DCF in freefall?

DCF in freefall? | Florida Courier:

Gov. Rick Scott faces a difficult decision in naming a permanent secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), given the demands of the job, the lateness in his term and the scrutiny of lawmakers moving to respond to a rash of 20 child deaths – including a Jacksonville girl who authorities say was raped and murdered by a just-released sex offender in June.

Father secretly records moment six-hour-old baby is taken away by social services

Father secretly records moment six-hour-old baby is taken away by social services | Mail Online:

Seizure by Staffordshire social workers secretly recorded on webcam 

Shows police and staff telling couple they have to take 'baby J' away 

Film can be shown for first time after landmark ruling

Kentucky Agency Fined for Failing to Obey Open Record Law

Kentucky Agency Fined for Failing to Obey Open Record Law - Tristatehomepage-Eyewitness News:

The Kentucky State Cabinet for Health and Family Services facing a hefty fine for failing to obey the open records law. It's fined $756,000.

Patrick: First order of business to find Fitchburg child

Patrick: First order of business to find Fitchburg child - Sentinel & Enterprise:

Returning from a ten-day trade mission, Gov. Deval Patrick called on anyone with information about the whereabouts of Jeremiah Oliver to contact law enforcement officials.

Former foster parent accused of sexually assaulting child in Evart home

Former foster parent accused of sexually assaulting child in Evart home, state police say | MLive.com:

EVART, MI – A former foster parent is facing multiple sex charges for allegedly assaulting a child once in his care, state police said Friday, Dec. 27.