Councilors to vote today on DCYF review

Councilors to vote today on DCYF review | New Hampshire:

A top state official backed away Tuesday from a letter he signed last week, which said the state Division of Children, Youth and Families had subjected itself to an internal review.
Jeffrey Meyers, the newly named commissioner of Health and Human Services, said Tuesday there is no written report, assessment or list of recommendations to come out of the review. 

Contract for Independent Review of DCYF Approved by Governor and Council | New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan

Contract for Independent Review of DCYF Approved by Governor and Council | New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan:

Its About Time!

For Immediate Release
March 9, 2016

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(603)271-2121

Contract for Independent Review of DCYF Approved by Governor and Council

CONCORD – In a bipartisan vote, the Executive Council today approved a contract for an independent review of the child protective services of the Division of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) that Governor Maggie Hassan directed in order to ensure that the State of New Hampshire is providing the best protection for children in child abuse and neglect cases.

The Overprivileged Foster Parents of Idaho

The Overprivileged Foster Parents of Idaho - The Chronicle of Social Change:

I have often said that there are too many people in child welfare who seem to view the system as the ultimate middle-class entitlement: Step right up and take a poor person’s child for your very own.

Foster Home Drug Arrest

Foster Home Drug Arrest | News for Page Lake Powell Arizona:

A home in Page, a residence Navajo Nation Family Services has used to place foster children, was the location of a drug raid on Wednesday, March 2.

Social worker 'raped' girls in care Beechwood children's home

Social worker 'raped' girls in care Beechwood children's home - BBC News:

A former social care worker used his position at a "brutal" children's care home to sexually abuse children, a court has heard.

Oklahoma man gets 40 years in prison in Kenya orphans' abuse

Oklahoma man gets 40 years in prison in Kenya orphans' abuse | | thefacts.com:

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma has sentenced a former missionary to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya.

Discredited drug testing used in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

Discredited drug testing used in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick - New Brunswick - CBC News:

Hair samples had been tested at Toronto's Motherisk lab, which was shut down after flawed tests found

As many as 2,300 people in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick had their hair tested for drugs and alcohol at a discredited Toronto lab, a CBC News investigation has found. Hundreds of those people produced at least one positive test result between 1997 and 2015, findings the lab now admits may have been "inaccurate."