Youth services agency facing reform following child deaths | News OK:
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The beating death of 3-year-old Brielle Gage in late 2014 shocked New Hampshire and shone a spotlight on the state's child protective services agency — one that's only grown more intense.
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
Sunday, May 1, 2016
DCYF shortfalls are a national problem
DCYF shortfalls are a national problem | New Hampshire:
When 10-year-old Nubia Barahona's lifeless body was found wrapped in a plastic garbage bag in the bed of her adoptive father's pickup truck in West Palm Beach, Fla., the public demanded answers. The Florida Department of Children and Families had investigated previous allegations of abuse by Jorge and Carmen Barahona, but failed to remove the girl and her twin brother from the home.
When 10-year-old Nubia Barahona's lifeless body was found wrapped in a plastic garbage bag in the bed of her adoptive father's pickup truck in West Palm Beach, Fla., the public demanded answers. The Florida Department of Children and Families had investigated previous allegations of abuse by Jorge and Carmen Barahona, but failed to remove the girl and her twin brother from the home.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Capacity and transparency: the Court of Protection and the media
Capacity and transparency: the Court of Protection and the media:
Sir James Munby is well known as a promoter of transparency in the family courts, but perhaps lesser so as being equally enthusiastic with regard to the Court of Protection (CoP). The transparency agenda has recently been dramatically advanced in the CoP, by a pilot scheme in which the presumption of a closed court is reversed. The announcement and implementation of this pilot coincided with unusually high press coverage of one CoP case – ‘the woman who lost her sparkle’.
Sir James Munby is well known as a promoter of transparency in the family courts, but perhaps lesser so as being equally enthusiastic with regard to the Court of Protection (CoP). The transparency agenda has recently been dramatically advanced in the CoP, by a pilot scheme in which the presumption of a closed court is reversed. The announcement and implementation of this pilot coincided with unusually high press coverage of one CoP case – ‘the woman who lost her sparkle’.
Commissioners Respond to ‘Extortion’ Complaints
Commissioners Respond to ‘Extortion’ Complaints:
But discuss only cost of Williamson County Domestic
Relations Office, and claim need for judges to buy in
But discuss only cost of Williamson County Domestic
Relations Office, and claim need for judges to buy in
Group claims N.J. Family Court system is corrupt
Group claims N.J. Family Court system is corrupt | NJ.com:
PATERSON — Roughly 30 people on Sunday gathered outside the Passaic County courthouse for a rally against what they allege is corruption and bias in the family court system in New Jersey.
PATERSON — Roughly 30 people on Sunday gathered outside the Passaic County courthouse for a rally against what they allege is corruption and bias in the family court system in New Jersey.
Prescription of drugs to foster youth under scrutiny in Sonoma County and statewide
Prescription of drugs to foster youth under scrutiny in Sonoma County and statewide | The Press Democrat:
When she was 9 years old, Angelica De La Torre saw her mother fall from her pedestal of strength and virtue into a place torn apart by methamphetamine addiction. Unable to deal with the loss of the single most important person in her life, De La Torre herself fell into depression and helplessness.
When she was 9 years old, Angelica De La Torre saw her mother fall from her pedestal of strength and virtue into a place torn apart by methamphetamine addiction. Unable to deal with the loss of the single most important person in her life, De La Torre herself fell into depression and helplessness.
Foster care system pilots new program in Fort Bend and Montgomery counties
Foster care system pilots new program in Fort Bend and Montgomery counties - Houston Chronicle:
Pilot in Fort Bend and Montgomery counties seeks better outcomes
A two-year pilot program that aims to involve family members of children in foster care is launching in a pair of suburban Houston counties. Funded with more than $500,000 allocated by the Legislature, the Collaborative Family Engagement program works to identify and more effectively engage relatives who might offer support or, in some cases, a home to a child in foster care.
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