Foster care scandal: Bill requiring public reports on abuse clears Senate panel | OregonLive.com:
SALEM — Oregon's foster care officials would have to produce public reports listing confirmed findings of abuse and neglect every three months under proposed legislation that emerged from a Senate panel Wednesday.
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In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Friday, February 5, 2016
The transparency debate rages on
The transparency debate rages on | Withersworldwide:
There are two distinct schools of thought driving the transparency debate in the family courts: the approach propounded by Sir James Munby (the President of the Family Division) and Mr Justice Holman, and that endorsed by Mr Justice Mostyn.
There are two distinct schools of thought driving the transparency debate in the family courts: the approach propounded by Sir James Munby (the President of the Family Division) and Mr Justice Holman, and that endorsed by Mr Justice Mostyn.
Helping prevent family violence
Helping prevent family violence | Belton Journal:
AWARE is offering classes in Parenting, Anger Management (for both adults and high school age children), Mood and Stress Management, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, Internet Safety, and Stranger Danger. Classes are $20 each. Mood and stress management classes are offered by a licensed counselor. Through these classes, individuals are provided tools and coping skills needed to understand the why and how to overcome current situations.
AWARE is offering classes in Parenting, Anger Management (for both adults and high school age children), Mood and Stress Management, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, Internet Safety, and Stranger Danger. Classes are $20 each. Mood and stress management classes are offered by a licensed counselor. Through these classes, individuals are provided tools and coping skills needed to understand the why and how to overcome current situations.
Avalena Conway-Coxon Death: State medical examiner can't determine cause of toddler's death
Avalena Conway-Coxon Death: State medical examiner can't determine cause of toddler's death | masslive.com:
AUBURN – The state's medical examiner cannot determine what caused the death of 2-year-old Avalena Conway-Coxon, the child who was found unresponsive in her Auburn foster care home on August 15, according to the Worcester County District Attorney's Office.
AUBURN – The state's medical examiner cannot determine what caused the death of 2-year-old Avalena Conway-Coxon, the child who was found unresponsive in her Auburn foster care home on August 15, according to the Worcester County District Attorney's Office.
Motherisk is causing fresh pain
Motherisk is causing fresh pain: Editorial | Toronto Star:
Its findings shattered families, changed lives and ruined reputations, but the impact of Motherisk doesn’t end there. Despite being closed down last spring, the Hospital for Sick Children’s deeply flawed program, testing hair for traces of drug or alcohol abuse, is causing fresh pain.
Its findings shattered families, changed lives and ruined reputations, but the impact of Motherisk doesn’t end there. Despite being closed down last spring, the Hospital for Sick Children’s deeply flawed program, testing hair for traces of drug or alcohol abuse, is causing fresh pain.
Georgia child abuse investigations to become more rigorous
Georgia child abuse investigations to become more rigorous | The Watchdog blog:
Georgia’s child protection agency already had investigated four reports alleging abuse of a little girl named Emani Moss. The most recent had led to her stepmother’s conviction on a child cruelty charge. Yet in 2012, when the Division of Family and Children Services received another allegation that Emani had been beaten with a belt, the agency’s caseworkers didn’t question the girl’s parents. They didn’t talk to Emani or check her for injuries. They made no in-person contact at all with Emani’s demonstrably dangerous family.
Georgia’s child protection agency already had investigated four reports alleging abuse of a little girl named Emani Moss. The most recent had led to her stepmother’s conviction on a child cruelty charge. Yet in 2012, when the Division of Family and Children Services received another allegation that Emani had been beaten with a belt, the agency’s caseworkers didn’t question the girl’s parents. They didn’t talk to Emani or check her for injuries. They made no in-person contact at all with Emani’s demonstrably dangerous family.
The Maine Wabanaki-State TRC: Healing from historic trauma to create a better future
The Maine Wabanaki-State TRC: Healing from...:
Denise Altvater is a Passamaquoddy Tribal citizen and coordinator of AFSC’s Wabanaki Youth Program in Maine. In 1978, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed to re-establish tribal authority over Native children, due to high rates of state removal of children. In spite of ICWA’s passing, Native children were placed into foster care at high rates in Maine. Concerns about the contemporary relationship between the state welfare system and the tribes, as well as the lasting effects of foster care trauma on tribal communities, brought about the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the first Truth and Reconciliation Commission between Native peoples and child welfare.Below is part of our conversation.
Denise Altvater is a Passamaquoddy Tribal citizen and coordinator of AFSC’s Wabanaki Youth Program in Maine. In 1978, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed to re-establish tribal authority over Native children, due to high rates of state removal of children. In spite of ICWA’s passing, Native children were placed into foster care at high rates in Maine. Concerns about the contemporary relationship between the state welfare system and the tribes, as well as the lasting effects of foster care trauma on tribal communities, brought about the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the first Truth and Reconciliation Commission between Native peoples and child welfare.Below is part of our conversation.
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