Children taken away from troubled families and put into foster care do not do as well as children left in troubled homes. This fact is not even in dispute. So why does the current system still exist, when it is clearly destroying the lives of so many children?
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Friday, September 18, 2015
Foster Care Children are Worse Off than Children in Troubled Homes – The Child Trafficking Business
Foster Care Children are Worse Off than Children in Troubled Homes – The Child Trafficking Business:
DCF was involved with girl at center of Baby Doe probe
DCF was involved with girl at center of Baby Doe probe - The Boston Globe:
State officials on Friday identified the child at the center of the Baby Doe case as a young girl named Bella, who in her short life had twice been involved with the state’s Department of Children and Families. DCF officials also said Bella’s mother had two other children taken away from her in the years before the child was born.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Vermont takes custody of unprecedented number of young children
Vermont takes custody of unprecedented number of young children:
ESSEX JUNCTION – Vermont's child protection system is stocking up on car seats.That's because, as the state has grown more strict about heroin and parenting during the past 18 months, the number of young children in state custody has spiked by 75 percent.
ESSEX JUNCTION – Vermont's child protection system is stocking up on car seats.That's because, as the state has grown more strict about heroin and parenting during the past 18 months, the number of young children in state custody has spiked by 75 percent.
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.
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.
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
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).
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).
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