May is Foster Care Awareness Month

May is Foster Care Awareness Month - Eastern Arizona Courier: Safford News:

PHOENIX — May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and a recent class action lawsuit filed by Children’s Rights, seeking reform on behalf of the more than 17,000 abused and neglected children in state care, asserts that Arizona has engaged in destructive practices that have exposed these children to “further physical and emotional harm and unreasonable risk of harm while in the state’s care.”

Nebraska court upholds return of baby to biological parents

Nebraska court upholds return of baby to biological parents - Houston Chronicle:

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge was right to return a baby to its biological parents, who had given up the child for adoption in 2013 to friends who could not have children of their own, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.

DHS hit with $3.5 million lawsuit for failing to protect girl, 4, at foster home

DHS hit with $3.5 million lawsuit for failing to protect girl, 4, at foster home | OregonLive.com:

The guardian of a 4-year-old girl allegedly raped by two boys living in the same foster home has filed a $3.5 million lawsuit against the boys, the foster parents and state child welfare workers.

Family fears for 2nd seized newborn after 1st one died in CFS care

Family fears for 2nd seized newborn after 1st one died in CFS care - Manitoba - CBC News:

A Colombian family whose infant son died in the care of Manitoba's Child and Family Services says it's reliving the nightmare all over again, with a second child.

Pierce County couple fights for custody of their son

Pierce County couple fights for custody of their son:

A Pierce County couple is fighting for custody of their own child, after they say Child Protective Services took their son with little explanation.This isn't the first time young Bubby Everson has made headlines. KING 5 first met the 9-year-old with special needs when his family launched an online campaign called 'Birthday Cards to Bubby', because he loves getting mail.

California Columnist Exposes Corrupt Practices of Child Protection Services

California Columnist Exposes Corrupt Practices of Child Protection Services:

California is one of the few states in the U.S. that has passed legislation to try and pierce through the cloak of secrecy surrounding Child Protection Social Service agencies. In 2008 California passed Senate Bill 39, which gave the public a chance to review how well — or poorly — child protective services did its job prior to a child’s death while in foster care.

Columnist Lois Henry of The Bakersfield Californian reported how “the State Department of Social Services planned to sneak a measure into a budget trailer bill that would have increased secrecy regarding the deaths of children who die of abuse or neglect” while in the care of CPS. Lois Henry does a good job explaining how CPS is all about hiding their practices and protecting themselves, instead of protecting children.

Kids pay the price: Turning foster care into a billion dollar business

Kids pay the price: Turning foster care into a billion dollar business | News Day:

The Facebook post linked to charges of “deaths, sex abuse, and blunders in screening, training, and overseeing foster parents at the nation’s largest for-profit foster care company.” My first reaction was disbelief: a for-profit foster care company? I remember my own days as a foster parent of teenagers, and the financial and emotional challenges of caring for them. How could a company make money on foster care? And why would anyone think it’s a good idea to place kids with a company whose purpose is to make money from them?