More Lehigh Valley foster kids finding homes with kin

More Lehigh Valley foster kids finding homes with kin - The Morning Call:

When the last of her five children reached adulthood, Virginia Maldonado thought the days of diapers and formula were behind her. Then, her phone rang.It was a caseworker from the Lehigh County Office of Children & Youth Services, telling her that her 19-year-old daughter, from whom she was estranged, had given birth to a baby boy and he was being placed in a foster home.

When CPS workers accept lies, children can die

When CPS workers accept lies, children can die | Dallas Morning News:

AUSTIN — When Child Protective Services workers accept lies at face value and stop pressing for the truth, children can die.

And when CPS lies, children and their families can die!

Foster child’s death is one in list of problems for DCS

Foster child’s death is one in list of problems for DCS | WREG.com:

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Department of Children's Services said its foster care program is about providing children safety and security.What happens when those safe and secure surroundings don't pan out? This week's death of 6-year-old foster child Destine King in Memphis is just another example of where children removed from their home still ended up in danger.

Foster system abuses needs attention now

Foster system abuses needs attention now - San Antonio Express-News:

A state appeal of a recent federal court ruling ordering the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to overhaul foster care services in long-term state care won’t change the facts.The system is broken and the problems need to be addressed now, not years down the road after all the appeals have been exhausted and another generation of foster children has aged out of the defective system.

Child Protective Services

Child Protective Services:

Child Protective Services workers take your child from school, and you do not see or talk to them for days. When the parents finally see their child, they cannot discuss any aspect of why this is happening. The next step is court. The parent is assigned an attorney. These attorneys work against you. You cannot defend yourself in court at all. Murderers, child molesters and rapists have more rights than parents do.

Child abuse deaths rise

Child abuse deaths rise | Payson Roundup - Payson, AZ:

The number of Arizona children killed as a result of abuse and neglect has climbed 24 percent since 2009, as the effort to reform the agency charged with protecting children from abuse flounders. About half of the children who died had recent or active cases open with Child Protective Services, which two years ago was rocked by a scandal after whistleblowers revealed the agency had dismissed some 16,000 reports the initial intake worker considered worth investigating.

#About half of the children who died had recent or active cases open with Child Protective Services, which two years ago was rocked by a scandal after whistleblowers revealed the agency had dismissed some 16,000 reports the initial intake worker considered worth investigating.

A Way Back Home: Preserving Families and Reducing the Need for Foster Care

Hearing | Hearings | The United States Senate Committee on Finance:

Member Statements and Video From
Hearing Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Time: 10:00 AMLocation: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building