New child-welfare chief: Stop 'potential law breaking':
New child-welfare director Greg McKay suggests his predecessors at the Department of Child Safety may have been close to breaking the law, according to a memo McKay sent to staff Tuesday evening. (Close to breaking the Law?)
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In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Child welfare officials on defensive over child death 'transparency'
Child welfare officials on defensive over child death 'transparency' | Tampa Bay Times:
Florida’s top child welfare officials were on the defensive before a House committee on Wednesday as they defended an annual report on child deaths that had been stripped of data and embarrassing details about the state’s role in failing to protect the children whose lives were lost.
Florida’s top child welfare officials were on the defensive before a House committee on Wednesday as they defended an annual report on child deaths that had been stripped of data and embarrassing details about the state’s role in failing to protect the children whose lives were lost.
Mom Charged With Child Neglect For Son's Missed School Days
Mom Charged With Child Neglect For Son's Missed School Days | POPSUGAR Moms:
How much missed school is cause for legal concern? For Washington DC mom Jessica Smith, it only took 20 days of absence for her son's school to send her to court for criminal child neglect. However, the missed days of school weren't due to oversleeping or laziness — rather, Smith had brought her son Ziggy along on an adoption trip to Mongolia. Ziggy, who was adopted from Mongolia himself, had been begging his mom for a younger sibling, so when the same orphanage alerted Smith that they found a match for their little family, it seemed like a no-brainer.
How much missed school is cause for legal concern? For Washington DC mom Jessica Smith, it only took 20 days of absence for her son's school to send her to court for criminal child neglect. However, the missed days of school weren't due to oversleeping or laziness — rather, Smith had brought her son Ziggy along on an adoption trip to Mongolia. Ziggy, who was adopted from Mongolia himself, had been begging his mom for a younger sibling, so when the same orphanage alerted Smith that they found a match for their little family, it seemed like a no-brainer.
Disability does not preclude parental rights
Disability does not preclude parental rights - Opinion - The Boston Globe:
A LITTLE over two years ago now, state child welfare officials took an infant girl and placed her in foster care, saying the mother’s developmental disabilities made her an unfit parent. As first reported by the Associated Press, federal officials are now telling Massachusetts this mother has the right to prove she can care for her daughter — and the state has a duty to help her try.
Re: Investigation of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families by
the United States Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act
(DJ No. 204-36-216 and HHS No. 14-182176)
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/activities/examples/Disability/mass_lof.pdf
A LITTLE over two years ago now, state child welfare officials took an infant girl and placed her in foster care, saying the mother’s developmental disabilities made her an unfit parent. As first reported by the Associated Press, federal officials are now telling Massachusetts this mother has the right to prove she can care for her daughter — and the state has a duty to help her try.
Re: Investigation of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families by
the United States Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act
(DJ No. 204-36-216 and HHS No. 14-182176)
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/activities/examples/Disability/mass_lof.pdf
Friday, February 13, 2015
Foster father sentenced to 32 months in 10-month-old’s death in hot car
Foster father sentenced to 32 months in 10-month-old’s death in hot car | The Wichita Eagle The Wichita Eagle:
Dressed in suit jacket and bow tie, Seth M. Jackson sat next to his defense attorney, knowing that in addition to a future without foster parenting and teaching, he could face prison time for his 10-month-old foster daughter’s death.
Dressed in suit jacket and bow tie, Seth M. Jackson sat next to his defense attorney, knowing that in addition to a future without foster parenting and teaching, he could face prison time for his 10-month-old foster daughter’s death.
Stockton father sentenced for foster baby's death
Stockton father sentenced for foster baby's death:
Paul Teldeschi received a 25-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the child abuse death of 10-month-old foster daughter Princess in 2014.
Paul Teldeschi received a 25-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the child abuse death of 10-month-old foster daughter Princess in 2014.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Three joy-riding teenagers injured in a crash may have been given keys to the car by a social worker
Three joy-riding teenagers injured in a crash may have been given keys to the car by a social worker | Herald Sun:
The Department of Children and Families is now understood to be conducting an investigation into the incident. A source from within the department said the three teens were all under the care of the NT child protection system in Darwin.
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