Senators push protections for opioid-dependent parents, infants | Reuters:
Key senators said on Tuesday they are crafting a law that would allow states to use federal foster care funds to help opioid-addicted parents raise their infants.
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, February 26, 2016
Parents outgunned in child welfare cases
Protecting parental rights:
LANSING – When he was 15, Lamar McGaughy lost his mother to drugs. He lost his siblings to Michigan’s foster care system. Split up after their mother's death, McGaughy and his siblings barely know each other today.The 38-year-old Detroit barber was afraid the same would happen to his son and daughter after their mother got into trouble with Michigan’s Children’s Protective Services. The court wouldn’t place his kids with him because he lacked legal custody over them, though he’d always been a part of their lives.He had reason to be afraid. For most parents fighting CPS in court, "the system is really designed for them to lose,” said Liisa Speaker, a Lansing attorney who represents parents at the Michigan Court of Appeals. Michigan is caring for the nation's 12th-highest rate of kids awaiting adoption because judges terminated their parents' rights to them.
LANSING – When he was 15, Lamar McGaughy lost his mother to drugs. He lost his siblings to Michigan’s foster care system. Split up after their mother's death, McGaughy and his siblings barely know each other today.The 38-year-old Detroit barber was afraid the same would happen to his son and daughter after their mother got into trouble with Michigan’s Children’s Protective Services. The court wouldn’t place his kids with him because he lacked legal custody over them, though he’d always been a part of their lives.He had reason to be afraid. For most parents fighting CPS in court, "the system is really designed for them to lose,” said Liisa Speaker, a Lansing attorney who represents parents at the Michigan Court of Appeals. Michigan is caring for the nation's 12th-highest rate of kids awaiting adoption because judges terminated their parents' rights to them.
Parents of Justina Pelletier sue Boston Children’s Hospital for negligence
Parents of Justina Pelletier sue Boston Children’s Hospital for negligence - The Boston Globe:
Nearly two years after she returned home in the arms of her father, Justina Pelletier was back in the spotlight Thursday, speaking in a small, slightly shaky voice about the 16 months she spent in state custody, much of it in a locked psychiatric ward.
Nearly two years after she returned home in the arms of her father, Justina Pelletier was back in the spotlight Thursday, speaking in a small, slightly shaky voice about the 16 months she spent in state custody, much of it in a locked psychiatric ward.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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