Child Services Left Deceased 4-Year-Old In Father’s Custody While He Was Serving Jail Time

Child Services Left Deceased 4-Year-Old In Father’s Custody While He Was Serving Jail Time:

Another death on CPS's watch!
New York City's Administation for Children’s Services left 4-year-old Myls Dobson in the custody of his father, Okee Wade, even though he was serving five months in jail.

Child Custody Priority For Legislature And Judiciary

Child Custody Priority For Legislature And Judiciary:

The legislature has heard from the Attorney General and the Governor about their priorities for this legislative session.

Teen caught in medical and custody dispute leaves Boston Children’s Hospital after 11 months

Teen caught in medical and custody dispute leaves Boston Children’s Hospital after 11 months - Metro - The Boston Globe:

Justina Pelletier, the 15-year-old Connecticut girl at the center of a searing medical and custody dispute, has been discharged from Boston Children’s Hospital, where she had been treated for nearly a year. She was moved Friday from the hospital’s locked psychiatric unit to a residential program at Wayside Youth and Family Support Network in Framingham.

Bill Nemitz: Child welfare is sad victim of Maine’s neglect

Bill Nemitz: Child welfare is sad victim of Maine’s neglect | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME:

It takes upset parents, not DHHS, to shut down facilities that mistreat kids.

Child welfare system is in state of disrepair

Child welfare system is in state of disrepair - Editorials - The Boston Globe:

JOAN VENNOCHI’S Jan. 5 op-ed column “DCF needs accountability, oversight,”on the recent failure of the Department of Children and Families to protect a child at risk, is an unfortunate reminder of how the Massachusetts child welfare system has deteriorated.

Child protection services: A mother’s diary records the awful death of a child 'in care’

Child protection services: A mother’s diary records the awful death of a child 'in care’ - Telegraph:

Jonas, a child with Down's syndrome, 'visibly regressed’ and eventually died after he was handed over to foster carers

Arizona session preview: Rethinking child protection

Arizona session preview: Rethinking child protection:

When they return to session this coming week, Arizona legislators will set aside divisive fights over Medicaid expansion that dominated the last year to focus on something a little more immediate: The safety and security of kids in the state’s foster care system.