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After Social Worker Closes Case, Family ‘Spreads the Word!’ http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/co/200709210.asp The Boda family was quite alarmed when they received a visit from a Grand Junction social worker. However, they would not allow the social worker in their home, and did not comply with...

Foster care lawyers taking state back to court http://www.komotv.com/news/9883317.html By Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state's foster care system is heading back to court, with lawyers for a group of foster kids saying the state hasn't done enough to make promised...

Overhaul overdue for Child Protective Services By Billy D. Brown / Landers Saturday, September 22, 2007 12:05 AM PDT http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2007/09/22/editorial/opinion5.txt On Aug. 1, 2007, I watched in absolute horror as Child Protective Services swept five little, innocent...

Patience wrote: Ron wrote: Thanks for the link. fx just does not get it, and no amount of facts or where they come from will change that. Ron Data comparison on this issue is pointless. Who has abused a child is relevant ONLY to the bean counters who are doling out the dollars...

Troubled youths, troubled system Sunday, September 9, 2007 3:59 AM By Alayna DeMartini http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/09/09/dys_overview.ART_ART_09-09-07_A1_VJ7R7DO.html?sid=101 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH n the fall day that Deante Hairston walked out of juvenile...

Thanks for the link. fx just does not get it, and no amount of facts or where they come from will change that. Ron Patience wrote: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/children.htm CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A

Foster Mother Can't Be Sued In Drowning Death, Judge Rules http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/09/21/news/092207fzdrowned.txt FAYETTEVILLE -- A foster mother can't be sued for the drowning death of a child in her care, a judge ruled Friday. Johnnie David Wood, 8, drowned Aug. 13, 2005, in...

Mom: Why did my baby die? Infant found dead days after being put in foster home John Bermingham, The Province Published: Friday, September 21, 2007 http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=9ffdf804-2174-4018-8bc2-4e2e9f2e5950 NANAIMO - Rose Touchie wants to know why her four-month-old...

Man charged with assaulting ex-wife's foster child http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7109536&nav=menu550_2 Associated Press - September 21, 2007 10:45 AM ET OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A 53-year-old Columbus man has been arrested on a warrant charging him with first-degree sex assault from a...

Sheriff’s wife embezzled welfare money, food stamps The Associated Press http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070921/NEWS01/70921012 A former state employee has pleaded guilty to embezzling $194,000 in federal money intended to help needy families. Lynn Rosenberg, 50,...

State still not meeting goals on foster parent visits http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332498_foster21.html?source=rss By JOHN IWASAKI P-I REPORTER Washington received mostly high marks for improving foster care in a comprehensive survey of foster parents released Thursday, results that the...

Universal Health Ca Salvation or Enslavement? Barbara Peterson September 20, 2007 http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=38163 Health care is an important issue for all of us. In fact, health care is such an important issue that Hillary Clinton is using it in an...

Quarter of state's foster parents can't be reached Study cites flaws in state foster care program By JOHN IWASAKI P-I REPORTER http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332428_foster20.html If the state can't contact at least 25 percent of its licensed foster parents, is it doing an effective job of...

Paterson: Contracting social services a risky bet Huge U.S. firm taking over back-to-work programs for the disabled Jody Paterson Times Colonist http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=6fe9e1d8-dd8a-4fa5-89bc-a91c8a60225e&p=1 Friday, September 21, 2007

New CPS policy: Heed court directives Agency: Custody-case rule not linked to Payne kids By Josh Brodesky arizona daily star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.20.2007 http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/202182 Child Protective Services is now requiring its investigators to check

Death ruled homicide by drowning 10:28 AM EDT, September 19, 2007 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--toddlerdead0919sep19,0,6479032.story GROTON, Conn. (AP) _ The state's medical examiner has ruled that a 2-year-old Groton girl's death was a homicide by...

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to Examine Race in Foster Care and Adoption http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,182086.shtml WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hear expert testimony on transracial foster parenting and...

CPS rule book revised to improve child safety SHERYL KORNMAN Tucson Citizen http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/63624.php The Department of Economic Security has made "major policy revisions" in the rule book used by Child Protective Services. The changes are aimed at improving child...

Caregivers Charged with Holding Adults, Children Captive By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Writer http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=5665241 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - September 19, 2007 - One of the adopted boys languished for most of his days inside a locked and unlit...

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