Agency shakeup: 4 regional CPS directors fired, including director of Abilene region

Agency shakeup: 4 regional CPS directors fired, including director of Abilene region - KTXS:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Child Protective Services has fired four regional directors -- including one in charge of the Wichita Falls to Abilene portion of northwest Texas.

Our foster kids may be over-medicated, but under-supervised medically, report says

Our foster kids may be over-medicated, but under-supervised medically, report says - The Orange County Register:

Thousands of California’s foster care kids may be over-drugged with psychotropic medications, often without medical follow-up or a legally required approval from a judge or parent, according to a stinging report by the California State Auditor.

10 Reasons Why Assuming A Kid Is At Risk Is Actually Hurtful, Not Helpful

10 Reasons Why Assuming A Kid Is At Risk Is Actually Hurtful, Not Helpful | Romper:

Remember that old playground saying about, “what happens when we assume”?Turns out, as adults, we risk a lot more than making an ass of ourselves when it comes to assuming things about kids and their parents. Many people assume kids are at greater risk of danger than they really are, when they disagree with their parents' choices on moral grounds, frequently causing them to put kids in real danger when they intervene in response to imaginary danger. That's why assuming a kid is at risk is actually hurtful, not helpful.

Happy 11th Birthday to my beautiful Granddaughter Isabella

My Birthday Poem to my beautiful STOLEN Granddaughter Isabella Brooke Knightly-Born 08/31/05-Stolen by Nashua, NH DCYF on 10/03/05-Adopted out ILLEGALLY by the State of NH.

Today you're eleven,

Your special day,

It’s been eleven years,

Since they stole you away.

I rocked you, I sang to you,

I loved you night and day,

Then DCYF came and took you,

On your Grammy’s birthday.

They took you from your Mommy,

Your entire Family too,

They chose fake parent’s for you,

Who didn’t have a clue.

They couldn’t have their own kids,

So they came after you.

They wouldn’t let me see you,

Or sing to you on the phone,

They knew how much I loved you,

They wouldn’t let me take you home.

DCYF lied to the stranger’s,

The Family Court Judge too,

They slandered Grammy and Grampie,

Without any proof.

My fight for you will never end,

Your fake parents are running scared,

They should never have listened to DCYF,

Who never even cared.

They took you illegally,

With their lies and false report’s,

No proof of guilt is needed,

In NH Family Courts.

Happy Birthday Isabella,

We still celebrate your day,

It’s been eleven, long painful years,

Since that horrible day.

Our love for you will never fade,

We miss you every day,

We can’t wait to see you,

Some day you’ll come home to stay.

Love forever and always, Grammy and Grampie xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Pasco child protection investigator accused of falsifying drug test results

Pasco child protection investigator accused of falsifying drug test results | Tampa Bay Times:

NEW PORT RICHEY — A Pasco sheriff's child protection investigator was arrested on Wednesday, accused of falsifying the results of drug tests for people she was investigating.

Man who fostered at-risk children, charged for sexual abuse

Man who fostered at-risk children, charged for sexual abuse - Story | WJBK:

(WJBK) - He's supposed to be an advocate for vulnerable kids, serving on the Macomb County Adoption Board and fostering children in his home for years. But now the 61-year old man is  charged with sexually abusing one of his adopted children.

Child-welfare bill in Congress would put more kids at risk

Child-welfare bill in Congress would put more kids at risk - Orlando Sentinel:

Tragic stories about abused and neglected children hit the headlines nearly every day throughout our country. When we hear accounts of kids sleeping in office buildings because state workers have nowhere to send them, it not only breaks our hearts; it prompts us to demand changes to our nation's child-welfare system and re-examine the options for kids in dire situations.