Foster children suffer under for-profit foster care

Foster children suffer under for-profit foster care | The Lawrentian:

Children are the most under-represented among all groups. As minors they are not given the same resources or legitimacy as other groups, and their concerns are often regarded as naïve or unfounded. Combine that with the further disadvantage of not having parents to act on behalf of your well-being, and you have foster children. Foster children are a severely neglected and under-served group within our society. The injustices that occur within the foster care system are deeply concerning—especially in regard to for-profit foster care systems.

Stolen Zephany: ‘mom’ in court

Stolen Zephany: ‘mom’ in court - Crime & Courts | IOL News:

Cape Town - A small figure in a striped top, the woman charged with kidnapping baby Zephany Nurse 17 years ago clutched her hands nervously in the dock on Friday morning.

Foster care linked to homelessness, mental illness and drug use: B.C. study

Foster care linked to homelessness, mental illness and drug use: B.C. study | Metro:

Being placed in foster care as a child increases the risk of homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse later on in life, suggests new research from Simon Fraser University psychologists.

BIA Releases New ICWA Guidelines to Protect Native Families and Children

BIA Releases New ICWA Guidelines to Protect Native Families and Children - ICTMN.com:

On Tuesday, Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn announced that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has published revised, sweeping new guidelinesto ensure the rights and protections of Native families and children under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). In remarks at the winter session of the National Congress of American Indians, Washburn said that updating Guidelines for State Courts and Agencies in Indian Child Custody Proceedings in the Federal Register had become necessary due to the continued misapplication and noncompliance of ICWA in state and federal courts since it was first published in 1979.

GAO Says Tribes Need Better Foster Care Help From HHS

GAO Says Tribes Need Better Foster Care Help From HHS - Law360:

Law360, New York (February 26, 2015, 4:46 PM ET) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services should provide more consistent advice and respond more readily to Native American tribes seeking to implement federal foster care programs, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday. 
HHS is tasked with giving assistance to tribes interested in directly operating a foster care program under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, but tribes had difficulty adopting program requirements, sometimes received conflicting information from HHS and experienced delays receiving comments on their draft plans for the programs, the GAO said.

South Dakota Foster Care Scandal: Lakota Children Sexual Abuse Case Covered up by Attorney General

South Dakota Foster Care Scandal: Lakota Children Sexual Abuse Case Covered up by Attorney General:

One of the most horrifying stories to come out of South Dakota regarding alleged abuse of Lakota children in foster care is The Mette Rape Scandal, where 6’9” 310 pound Richard Mette allegedly raped & tortured his adopted Lakota Indian daughters for years at the home he shared with his wife Wendy Mette in the town of Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Charges stayed in foster care abuse case

Charges stayed in foster care abuse case | CKWS TV:

A SURPRISE DECISION WAS MADE TODAY IN THE SEX ASSAULT TRIAL OF A FORMER FOSTER PARENT.
THE CROWN ATTORNEY HAS “STAYED” THE CHARGES AGAINST 66-YEAR-OLD RONALD SLATTER. SLATER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE THIRD PERSON TO STAND TRIAL AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN PICTON …. ON CHARGES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL INTERFERENCE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN CONNECTION WITH INCIDENTS FROM 2010.