Court upholds dismissal of foster care lawsuit

Court upholds dismissal of foster care lawsuit - Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston:

BOSTON (AP) - Attorney General Martha Coakley is applauding a federal appeals court ruling on a lawsuit that became a major issue during her recent unsuccessful campaign for governor.

Abused kids die as officials fail to protect

Abused kids die as officials fail to protect - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com:

BUTTE, Montana — At least 786 children died of abuse or neglect in the U.S. in a six-year span in plain view of child protection authorities — many of them beaten, starved or left alone to drown while agencies had good reason to know they were in danger, The Associated Press has found. 

Texas: Children's Advocacy Group Brings Class-Action Lawsuit Against CPS

Texas: Children's Advocacy Group Brings Class-Action Lawsuit Against CPS - Breitbart:

Crystal Bentley, age twenty-three, spent sixteen years in the Texas foster care system. Her testimony in a federal civil trial being held in Corpus Christi casts even more shadows on the embattled Texas Children’s Protective Services agency (CPS). The agency, formally known as the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS), is the subject of a civil rights class-action lawsuit.

Portland jury awards record sum against DHS: $4.1M to girls who said foster mom molested them

Portland jury awards record sum against DHS: $4.1M to girls who said foster mom molested them | OregonLive.com:

A Portland jury on Friday awarded the largest sum ever levied against the Oregon Department of Human Services for failing to protect children: $4.1 million to two girls who said they were molested by their Portland foster mom, who had been reported to a child-abuse hotline seven times before state child-welfare workers intervened.

Foster Homes: Where Good Kids Go To Die

Foster Homes: Where Good Kids Go To Die:

A former CPS Investigator exposes the seedy underworld of foster homes in the United States in the video above, where children are routinely abused physically, emotionally, and sexually.

Some statistics revealed in the video show that foster kids are:

• 7-8 times more likely to be abused
• more likely to end up homeless with nearly half becoming homeless at the age of 18
• 3 times more likely to be put on psychotropic drugs
• 7 times more likely to develop an eating disorder
• more likely to have PTSD than veterans of war and less likely to recover from that PTSD
• more likely to become pregnant as a teenager
• 20% more likely to be arrested
• 6 times more likely to die

than if they stayed in an abusive household.

Former WV Child Protective Services Worker To Serve Up To 20 Years

Former WV Child Protective Services Worker To Serve Up To 20 Years - WCHS - ABC:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A former West Virginia Child Protective Services worker accused of having sex with a 16-year-old boy was sentenced Wednesday in Kanawha County Circuit Court.

Kara Brumley was sentenced to two concurrent 10 to 20 year prison terms.

How To Deal With Drug Problems in State's Foster Care Program

How To Deal With Drug Problems in State's Foster Care Program - California Healthline:

Recent reports shed light on troubling practices in California's foster care system. An investigation and series of articles published this fall by the San Jose Mercury News and Bay Area News Group showed that pharmaceutical companies are spending millions of dollars to influence physicians who prescribe psychiatric medications to California children in foster care. The investigation found that children in the state foster care system are prescribed psychiatric drugs at a rate three times higher than children nationwide.