Two arrested in connection to Cartersville DFCS office shooting

Two arrested in connection to Cartersville DFCS office shooting - Story | WAGA:

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. - Police have made two arrests in connection to a shooting that happened in the parking lot of the Cartersville office of the Department of Family and Children's Services.

Woman writes to Child Welfare Committee seeking return of her child

Woman writes to Child Welfare Committee seeking return of her child - The Hindu:

The woman, who had lodged a complaint with the police against a doctor and others in Hassan of forcibly taking away her child, has written to the Child Welfare Committee seeking the return of her child. Shwetha, the complainant, had the opportunity to spend some time with the baby at the office of the Child Welfare Committee on Saturday.

Bill to Overhaul Child Welfare Funds Will Move in Both Chambers

Bill to Overhaul Child Welfare Funds Will Move in Both Chambers - The Chronicle of Social Change:

The slightly re-named Family First Prevention Services Act, an overhaul of federal child welfare financing aimed at supporting more efforts to prevent foster care placements, will likely be introduced next week in both the House and Senate.“At a time when an opioid epidemic is tearing families across the country apart, Congress is fighting to keep families together,” said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), in a statement released late on Friday.

'Foster dad' jailed for treating teen in his care as sex slave making her pregnant twice

'Foster dad' jailed for treating teen in his care as sex slave making her pregnant twice | Leicester Mercury:

A "foster dad" treated a teenage girl in his care like a "sex slave" and twice made her pregnant, a court heard.The first abuse happened after he plied the 16-year-old with cannabis – and had sex with her while his sleeping wife was sedated on medication in the same bed.

Mexican father battles to raise his U.S. son

Mexican father battles to raise his U.S. son | Albuquerque Journal:

A Mexican father living in his homeland has won back the chance to raise his young son after the New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that child welfare workers wrongly rushed to terminate the father’s rights using faulty justification.

MARCUS: Parents aren’t always to blame

MARCUS: Parents aren’t always to blame:

WASHINGTON — Somehow, it’s always the parents’ fault. We are too lax, except when we are too helicoptery. We coddle the kids too much, except when we drive them into neurotic overachievement. We are enablers. No, we are Tiger Moms. The societal urge to blame is matched only by the parental instinct to second-guess — ourselves as much as our fellow parents.

Families torn apart by tragedy celebrate their reunions

Families torn apart by tragedy celebrate their reunions:

The third annual Reunification Day Celebration honored parents who regained custody of their children from foster care and have been reunited for at least a year.

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