Arizona Governor Names Charles Flanagan, Former Director of Juvenile Prison to Head the new Division of Child Safety and Family Services

Arizona Governor Names Charles Flanagan, Former Director of Juvenile Prison to Head the new Division of Child Safety and Family Services

Governor abolishes CPS, creates new division

The governor on Monday signed an executive order that effectively abolishes CPS. Instead it sets up a separate Division of Child Safety and Family Services. More to the point, that agency will have its own director who reports directly to her.

She also named Charles Flanagan, who is currently heading up a special team reviewing CPS operations, to head that agency.

Tucson's Catalina Mountain School for troubled youths to close

Flanagan spent his Career as the State's Chief Warden of AZ children

I'm sure Governor Brewer means well, but shouldn't she have abolished CPS period and not renamed it? 

Shouldn't the Police be in charge of REAL cases of abuse, like in yesteryear? Where a bounty isn't put on each and every child's head stolen by the State?

Charleston contempt action that sought fees in Veronica case was dropped at Capobiancos’ request

Charleston contempt action that sought fees in Veronica case was dropped at Capobiancos’ request – The Post and Courier:

An effort in Charleston to impose financial sanctions on the birth father of 4-year-old Veronica was dropped at the request of the girl’s adoptive parents, Matt and Melanie Capobianco, attorneys said Friday.

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.