Mother of another child in Auburn home where Avalena Conway died says foster mom was a good mother, but 'lazy'

Mother of another child in Auburn home where Avalena Conway died says foster mom was a good mother, but 'lazy' | masslive.com:

The biological mother of a child who lived in theAuburn home where another foster child died Saturday and a second was critically injured, described the foster mom as a good mother, but a lazy person.

Investigators scour Auburn home after foster care child dies and another is hospitalized

Investigators scour Auburn home after foster care child dies and another is hospitalized | masslive.com:
R.I.P. Avalena Conway-Coxon

Another Foster child Death

AUBURN – Investigators scoured a Pheasant Court home for evidence Sunday one day a foster care child living there died and a second remained hospitalized.

No new details were released on what happened or if anyone was being criminally charged with the death of the young child and the hospitalization of the second foster care child.

New Child Welfare Bill Focuses on Keeping Families Together

The United States Senate Committee on Finance: Newsroom - Ranking Member's News:

Wyden, Stabenow, Casey, Bennet, Brown, Cantwell, Schumer, Menendez introduce bill to promote family stabilization and prevent foster care

WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., was joined by seven other members of the committee today in introducing a bill to keep families together by allowing the nation’s largest child welfare funding stream to support front-end family services to reduce unnecessary foster care stays.

Adopted girl wins right to return to biological family after abuse

Adopted girl wins right to return to biological family after abuse | Society | The Guardian:

‘Highly exceptional’ ruling allows 14-year-old who was abused by adoptive couple’s relatives to revert to legal status of birth family

Lawmakers probe psychotropic drugs in foster care

AM Alert: Lawmakers probe psychotropic drugs in foster care | The Sacramento Bee:

The Senate Human Services and Health committees today will hold a joint oversight hearing to examine the way children in foster care are given mind-altering drugs. Two bills requiring a more involved process to prescribe psychotropic drugs for foster kids, Senate Bills 238 and 253, have passed the upper house and are awaiting approval from the Assembly.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article30685374.html#storylink=cpy

Free-range parenting report says child welfare system often oversteps, diverting resources from real instances of neglect

Free-range parenting report says child welfare system often oversteps, diverting resources from real:

A Chicago nonprofit legal advocacy organization says too many child welfare investigations of "free-range" parenting put families at risk and take resources away from real instances of neglect.

Mom charged in social worker's death blames DCF 'injustices'

Mom charged in social worker's death blames DCF 'injustices' | Local News - WCVB Home:
BARRE, Vt. —The woman charged with killing a social worker because she was upset about losing custody of her 9-year-old daughter was "calm and laughing" as police arrived on the scene minutes after the shooting, according to court records released Monday.
Police: Social worker killing suspect laughed after shooting

Shumlin assures DCF workers of their safety