Recent news is no shock to this former CPS worker

Recent news is no shock to this former CPS worker - Your West Valley News: Opinion:

Mike McClellan asks why we are so shocked that 6,500 reports of child abuse were not investigated (“Why won’t our government think of the children?” AFN, Dec. 6). I am not surprised. I came to Arizona over 20 years ago as a Child Protective Services (CPS) worker. I had been a part of a unit in California in which all of the workers had master’s degrees in social work or family therapy. Most of our cases were families who had come to the attention of the agency but were not severe enough to involve the Juvenile Court. Families voluntarily accepted prevention services. Not surprisingly, we had the lowest per capita foster care placement in the country. Even when our cases were in court, the system — from the judge to the attorneys representing the parents — held as a central principle the best interests of the children.

Child Advocate releases DCF videos of youth being restrained, secluded in locked facilities in Middletown

Child Advocate releases DCF videos of youth being restrained, secluded in locked facilities in Middletown:

State Child Advocate Sarah Eagan on Tuesday released several disturbing surveillance videos showing Department of Children and Families staff using restraint and seclusion on juveniles in custody at the agency’s two locked facilities in Middletown.

Judge condemns Gloucestershire children’s services in foster case

Judge condemns Gloucestershire children’s services in foster case | Society | The Guardian:

Family court judge criticises social workers’ decision to recommend adoption for six-year-old boy without having first explored other options

Bills To Increase Oversight of Foster Kids' Rx Use Sent to Brown

Bills To Increase Oversight of Foster Kids' Rx Use Sent to Brown - California Healthline:

The California Legislature has passed a package of three bills aimed at reducing the amount of psychiatric medication prescribed to children in California's foster care system, sending the measures to Gov. Jerry Brown (D), the Woodland Daily Democrat reports (Seipel/Rogers, Woodland Daily Democrat, 9/12).

Police Reports Detail Chaotic Home Where Foster Child Died

Police Reports Detail Chaotic Home Where Foster Child Died | WGBH News:

Newly released police logs are providing more detail about the chaotic life of an Auburn woman whose foster child died in August. However, the documents don’t provide any insight to what killed that foster child and sent another to the hospital.

DA: Still no cause of death in Auburn foster child's death

DA: Still no cause of death in Auburn foster child's death | Local News - WCVB Home:

BOSTON —The August death of a 2-year-old girl while in the care of a foster mother remains under investigation, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early said.

CPS caseworkers now work out of schools

CPS caseworkers now work out of schools - Story:

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WKBW) - It's a new push by the Erie County Department of Social Services to tackle the CPS caseload problem head-on.

This means MORE stolen children!