Dr. Phil Goes To Capitol Hill To Demand Change To The Foster Care System

Dr. Phil Goes To Capitol Hill To Demand Change To The Foster Care System | Dr. Phil:

Dr. Phil often says that the foster care system is broken and in need of drastic change. In an effort to bring about change, he and Dr. Frank Lawlis, Chairman of the Dr. Phil Advisory Board and founder of the Lawlis Peavey PNP Center, went to Washington, D.C. to address members of the House of Representatives to make a case to overhaul the foster care system. 

HHS chief calls for changes in child protection laws

HHS chief calls for changes in child protection laws | New Hampshire:

CONCORD — The first step the state needs to take in response to a highly critical report of child protective services in New Hampshire is to amend the state laws surrounding child abuse, according to Commissioner of Health and Human Services Jeffrey Meyers.

Mom accused in daughter's rape, murder, dismemberment was child welfare worker

Mom accused in daughter's rape, murder, dismemberment was child welfare worker | NH1:

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A woman charged with killing and dismembering her adoptive daughter as part of a rape-murder fantasy she and her boyfriend shared had previously worked as an adoption supervisor for a children's welfare agency, authorities said Monday.

CASA added as defendant in child abuse lawsuit

CASA added as defendant in child abuse lawsuit | New Hampshire:

MANCHESTER — The nonprofit organization that provides court-appointed advocates to represent children in abuse cases has been added as a new defendant in a high-profile lawsuit previously filed against the state’s child protective service agency and Easterseals.

It's a miracle: Democrats discover DCYF crisis

It's a miracle: Democrats discover DCYF crisis | New Hampshire:
Democrats in the New Hampshire House have miraculously discovered that New Hampshire’s Division of Children, Youth and Families is in dire need of reform. 

My Comment: DCYF has needed reform since Gov. Lynch was in office. In 2003 as well as 2010, DCYF failed it's Government assessments, but the Federal funding kept rolling in. Neither Lynch nor Kelly Ayotte did anything to reform DCYF then.

 In the past four years, the Republican's have been stopped by their Speaker of the House. The Speaker who put an end to the Redress of Grievance Committee. The Republican's have been well aware for at least the past eleven years that DCYF reform is badly needed. They sat and listened in shock, as parents and grandparents relayed and showed proof,of the nightmare's they've suffered due to the abuses they've gone through at the hands of DCYF and the Family Court.

The Redress Committee was "supposed" to help the people who testified. Their Petitions "Founded" and recommendations made by the Legislature. But that's as far as it went. They still wait in limbo hoping for a miracle. Hoping that someone, somewhere, will rectify their suffering and bring their ILLEGALLY  adopted out children home!

New Study Confirms Foster Care System Harms Children

New Study Confirms Foster Care System Harms Children:

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently published a study comparing “mental and physical health outcomes of children placed in foster care to outcomes of children not placed in foster care.”The study claims to be the first of its kind looking specifically at these health outcomes. Similar to other past studies looking at outcomes comparing foster children to those not placed in foster care, the results of this new study were predictable:

Study shows foster care may be bad for children’s health

Study shows foster care may be bad for children’s health | Knowridge Science Report:

Children who have been in the U.S. foster care system are at a significantly higher risk of mental and physical health problems than children who haven’t been in foster care, according to a University of California, Irvine sociologist. The problems range from learning disabilities, developmental delays and depression to behavioral issues, asthma and obesity.                                                                                 .........Our findings also present serious implications for pediatricians by suggesting that foster care placement is a risk factor for health problems in childhood.”