DCF Employees Suspended After Leaving Children With Registered Sex Offender

DCF Employees Suspended After Leaving Children With Registered Sex Offender - Hartford Courant:
HARTFORD — Several employees of the Department of Children and Families in the Willimantic regional office have been suspended after allowing two children to remain with a husband and wife who are on the sex-offender and child-abuse registries, respectively.

Kids Endangered By Predictive Analytics? Child Advocate Says Yes

Kids Endangered By Predictive Analytics? Child Advocate Says Yes - Forbes:

A recently released report from the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform(NCCPR) questions the use of predictive analytics in child welfare. The report asserts that recommendations for child protection practice under consideration by one federal commission would lead to unnecessary trauma for children and increase their risk of abuse.

Pennsylvania Reduces Psychotropic Medication Use Among Medicaid-Enrolled Foster Children

Pennsylvania Reduces Psychotropic Medication Use Among Medicaid-Enrolled Foster Children -- PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --:

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Human Services (DHS) and PolicyLab at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today announced several new initiatives that will further reduce the use of psychotropic medication among Medicaid-enrolled Pennsylvania children.

Cover up - Detective lied about failure to investigate abuse

Cover up - Detective lied about failure to investigate abuse | UK | News | Daily Express:

A FAMILY protection officer failed to act on reports that a mother and daughter had suffered years of abuse – then strung them along with a false story about their alleged attacker facing court.

Foster kids face challenges as they get older

Foster kids face challenges as they get older | 9news.com:

KUSA - Every experience shapes our life's direction. If it wasn't for experiences with her grandma, Halley fears she would have no direction at all. The two worked side-by-side in the kitchen baking cinnamon rolls. Grandma Phyllis teaches her all she knows about her skills in the kitchen and so much more."She saved me from a really bad situation, and she is still there today, so it is amazing," Haley said.

Child Kidnapping and Trafficking: A Lucrative U.S. Business Funded by Taxpayers

Child Kidnapping and Trafficking: A Lucrative U.S. Business Funded by Taxpayers:

Child Protective Service is big business – to the tune of billions of dollars.

Many allege that federal funding is the root of the problem with CPS, and that the real incentive is perpetuating a lucrative business employing tens of thousands of people, and not protecting children. Whenever there is evil or corruption, often all one has to do is “follow the money.” The Bible says it best: For the love of money is the root of all evil.

How New York City’s parents took on the welfare system – and changed it

How New York City’s parents took on the welfare system – and changed it | David Tobis | Society | The Guardian:                                                                                                                                             The number of children taken into care in New York City has decreased from almost 50,000 children taken in 1994 to 10,295 in 2015. In the UK, by contrast, the number is at record levels. Last month in   England alone, Cafcass, the children and family court advisory and support service, received a total of 1,040 care applications – a 16% increase on the previous January, despiterecent research showing no real rise in the number of children on child protection registers. Social workers and parents increasingly fear and distrust each other, and social workers are even asking: “Have parents become the enemy?”(You're damn right they have!)