New rules would protect foster kids from being drugged by physicians

New rules would protect foster kids from being drugged by physicians:

SACRAMENTO >> Proposed laws aimed at cracking down on the overuse of psychiatric medication in foster care require more from judges, lawyers, nurses, social workers, caregivers and state investigators to better protect children from potentially dangerous drugs.

The measures, however, create no new rules for the one profession at the heart of the problem -- doctors who do the prescribing.

Report: Cops Blocked Child Protection Workers From Protecting Lev Tahor Haredi Cult Kids

Report: Cops Blocked Child Protection Workers From Protecting Lev Tahor Haredi Cult Kids - FailedMessiah.com:

Police detectives trying to investigate human trafficking and forgery in the Lev Tahor haredi cult in 2013, then located in rural Quebec, Canada, blocked province child protection workers from removing children from the cult – children who were allegedly being sexually, physically and emotionally abused, forced into child marriage, and otherwise hurt by cult leaders.

NC volunteer mentor accused of sex assault on child

NC volunteer mentor accused of sex assault on child | Rapid News Network:

Ryan Hill, 38, was arrested Tuesday and now faces eight counts of statutory rape of a child and 10 counts of indecent liberties with a child. The teen claims he began being sexually assaulted two years ago, according to police.

On Child Protective Services, Part 1: Putting Children Before the Family

On Child Protective Services, Part 1: Putting Children Before the Family:

Many of you in the South may be familiar with DFCS (pronounced dee-fax), the Division of Family and Child Services. In California, this same agency is called DCFS, the Department of Children and Family Services. I think these labels say a lot about what the agencies are designed to do. While the service DFCS renders is the “division” of family and child, at DCFS, they put children before the family—to the detriment of the family unit, the authority of the parents, and even the well-being of the children. Paradoxically, putting the individual interests of the children before and above the interests and integrity of the family unit is actually bad for children.

Arizona Family Terrified – Foster Parents Taking Their Children to Mexico Against Their Will

Arizona Family Terrified – Foster Parents Taking Their Children to Mexico Against Their Will:

Tabitha and Jeff Shoars have just received word that a judge has allegedly approved a request for 2 of their children in Arizona DCF custody to travel to a dangerous area of Mexico for a week with their foster parents – a request that the Shoars did NOT approve. They are terrified for their children.

Omarion Humphrey, Autistic Foster Child Failed By Almost Everyone, Found Dead In Lake

Omarion Humphrey, Autistic Foster Child Failed By Almost Everyone, Found Dead In Lake:

Khisha Humphrey, the biological mother of Omarion Humphrey, has confirmed that the search for her son is over and that her son was found, like a staggering number of autistic children, drowned in a lake not far from where he went missing. Unlike many of these autism-related tragedies though, nine-year-old Omarion Humphrey had fled to the body of water from the care of his foster parent.

Death Of Middletown Baby Puts Scrutiny On Family Court Cases

Death Of Middletown Baby Puts Scrutiny On Family Court Cases - Hartford Courant:

Nineteen-year-old Adrianne Oyola walked in to Judge Barry C. Pinkus's courtroom in late June with no legal representation and a daunting task: to convince a judge that she and her infant son needed protection from the child's father.