Social Worker, Supervisor Charged in Death of Detroit Toddler

Social Worker, Supervisor Charged in Death of Detroit Toddler:

Two Michigan social workers were charged with child abuse and manslaughter for allegedly failing to protect a 3-year-old boy who was found dead in late May after they’d identified the child as “vulnerable” and “at risk” a month earlier.

Police Say Death of 3-Year-Old Girl Brook Stagles a Homicide

Police Say Death of 3-Year-Old Girl Brook Stagles a Homicide:

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The medical examiner has ruled the death this week of Brook Stagles, a 3-year-old girl, as a homicide, according to the Rochester Police Department. Brook's maternal grandfather, John Geer, said he believed Brook had been beaten to death; that family members knew right away when they saw the little girl at the hospital that she had died at someone else's hands.

CPS criticized by family, neighbors after death of Greece, NY toddler

CPS criticized by family, neighbors after death of Greece toddler:

Greece, N.Y. — (WHAM) - The death of a Greece toddler has family members questioning what happened and why. Some neighbors and the grandfather of three-year-old Brook Stagles tell 13WHAM News that Child Protective Services (CPS) failed to respond to daily calls about alleged abuse - repeatedly.

Deaths of drug-exposed babies prompts law review

Deaths of drug-exposed babies prompts law review | WOODTV.com:

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A state legislator is launching a review of child protection laws after Target 8 exposed a disturbing pattern of drug-positive babies dying within their first year.

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Dead five-year-old foster child "had drugs in system"

Dead five-year-old foster child "had drugs in system" | Sunshine Coast Daily:

A FIVE-year-old boy who died while in foster care may have had heroin in his system, according to a toxicology report described by a child protection worker.The small boy who lived with epilepsy and hepatitis C was put into foster care shortly after his birth because his biological mother was a drug addict. He died on the couch of his foster family in 2015.

Adopted children accuse parents of kicking them out after winning ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’

Adopted children accuse parents of kicking them out after winning ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ - The Washington Post:

When the North Carolina family was nominated for the ABC reality show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” the parents spoke of their cramped house of seven children, including five they had just recently adopted.