SNAICC calls for overhaul of foster care system

The National Indigenous Times Newspaper. - SNAICC calls for overhaul of foster care system:

The number of Indigenous children in care in South Australia has tripled in the past decade and this was a national trend, a forum in Adelaide has heard.

Family courts unfair for litigants in person, MPs told

Family courts unfair for litigants in person, MPs told | News | Law Society Gazette:

Litigants in person are not getting fair hearings, the Common’s Justice Committee heard this morning.

Legal aid cut for family courts 'damaging' for children

BBC News - Legal aid cut for family courts 'damaging' for children:

Children are being damaged by the rising number of estranged couples representing themselves in family court battles, a former judge has claimed.

Psychotropic Drugs in Foster Care

psychotropic drugs in foster care | Wandervogel Diary:

In California, a year-long investigation by the San Jose Mercury News discovered foster and healthcare providers across the state mis-medicating thousands of children in their care with psychotropic drugs.

Woman arrested after foster child in her care dies

Woman arrested after foster child in her care dies | KFOR.com:

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. – A woman was arrested after a foster child in her care died. Authorities say 25-year-old Mallory Krajian is accused of injuring one of the foster children in her care.

Failing Children - Baby LK Report For August 31st 2014

Officials investigating child death at foster home

Officials investigating child death at foster home | KSN-TV:

BEL AIRE, Kansas – Officials are investigating a Bel Aire foster care home after an infant died last Thursday.