Child Policy - Asfa - An Assault On Family Preservation | Failure To Protect

Child Policy - Asfa - An Assault On Family Preservation | Failure To Protect | FRONTLINE | PBS:

The New Federal Adoption Law

It is often said that American child welfare policy operates like a pendulum. It swings from expressing the predominant objective of keeping troubled families together to making protection of children from parental harm its top priority. Family preservation and child safety are treated as two opposing ends of the spectrum of child welfare concerns. These shifts have not been based on any real changes in rates of child maltreatment. They are often responses to highly publicized incidents of abuse by parents or by the system and to the political currents surrounding child welfare debates. "Watching federal policy develop in the field of child abuse and neglect over the past two decades has been like watching the sunrise in Barrow, Alaska in late November!" proclaimed one expert. "Federal and state political action over the last several decades could be characterized as being symbolic rather than substantive, reactive and punitive rather than proactive and supportive (of either children or adults)."2

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VT. Attorney General Has Ethics!

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"In testimony before a committee looking at child protection Tuesday, Sorrell asked legislators to take a hard look at transparency within family court to determine which statutes protect privacy and which merely obstruct justice." click on paragraph to read the story

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Foster father allegedly using drugs while child died in hot car

Foster father allegedly using drugs while child died in hot car | KFOR.com:

WICHITA, Kan. – The foster father charged with first degree felony murder in the hot car death of his 10-month-old foster daughter had bought and used marijuana the same day the baby died, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney.

DCF practices questioned in report on child deaths

DCF practices questioned in report on child deaths - SFGate:

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Ten children up to age 3 were victims of reported homicides last year in Connecticut, and half of them lived in families involved with the state Department of Children and Families, according to a new report by the child advocate's office.

Child Welfare Expert Fined for Exposing Himself

Child Welfare Expert Fined for Exposing Himself:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A child-welfare expert who was accused of exposing himself to some girls at a Lincoln hotel has made a deal with prosecutors.

New Bill Would Create 'License To Discriminate' For Religious Adoption Agencies

New Bill Would Create 'License To Discriminate' For Religious Adoption Agencies | ThinkProgress:

Despite the failure of many “license to discriminate” bills in state legislatures earlier this year — most notably in Arizona — a few Congressional Republicans are advancing another bill that would enable agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) are introducing the “Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014,” legislation to protect religious organizations that provide child welfare services, including adoption and foster care.

Jury convicts Suisun City foster father in 2010 infant death case

Jury convicts Suisun City foster father in 2010 infant death case - The Reporter:

Prosecutors prove assault on infant on foster father's care