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Tucson Region CPS staff to see pay cuts if goal is unmet Target is boost in numbers of kids kept in own homes By Josh Brodesky and Daniel Scarpinato arizona daily star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 05.03.2007 http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/181317

Ex-Probation Officer Admits To Forcible Touching Posted on Wednesday, 2 of May , 2007 at 7:32 pm http://www.northcountrygazette.org/news/2007/05/02/forcible_touching/ GLENS FALLS—The former Warren County probation officer charged with sexually abusing two teenage boys at his Glens Falls home has...

Counselor rape trial underway in Colville http://www.kxly.com/news/?sect_rank=1&section_id=559&story_id=10648 Janet O / KXLY4 Reporter Last updated: Tuesday, May 01st, 2007 07:10:45 PM Preston Carbary KXLY4 Staff

CPS supervisor has relationship with child abuser May 4, 2007 04:57 PM http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?s=6470035 Only on 4, startling new information on a supervisor for child protective services. News 4 has learned from multiple sources, and a confidential document, that there's been a...

I-Team Investigation: Baby's Death in Clark County's Care http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6503306 When a seemingly health baby boy took his last breath at Child Haven last August, few details were released about his death. Now, much more is known about the quality of care Joshua Sharp...

Dallas: Ex-worker at AIDS home accused of breaking baby's leg 08:09 PM CDT on Friday, May 11, 2007 By BRUCE TOMASO / The Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/051207dnmetbharrest.5cd2d0fc.html A former worker at Bryan's...

Ever wonder what happens to children in foster care when they turn 18? By Larry James http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/may/10/what-happens-dallas-foster-children-when-reach-18/ In the 19-county region we're apart of here in North Texas, over 300 of these young people "age out" when they...

Riverside County orders review of social services department http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_D_cps10.3c98e6a.html 10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 By KIMBERLY TRONE The Press-Enterprise Riverside County supervisors have ordered a top-to-bottom review of the

Texas Children Being Housed At CPS Offices http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_story_129185655.html Mary Stewart Reporting (CBS 11 News) TARRANT COUNTY CBS 11 News has uncovered a crisis in the State of Texas. An investigation revealed that some children in the Child Protective Services system...

What did CPS do for abused kids? Let caseworker date dad http://www.azcentral.com/news/columns/articles/0512roberts0512.html May. 12, 2007 12:00 AM She was supposed to be the last line of protection for three kids who had long been terrorized and beaten by their father. She was supposed to...

They Can Keep the UN from Touring Hutto, but the Vigils Continue http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=953&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 In the following email, Jay J. Johnson-Castro, Sr. responds to news that the UN Special Rapporteur for the Human...

Incompetence at CPS is worse than I thought http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0515tuelets151.html May. 15, 2007 12:00 AM I have long believed that Child Protective Services is a poorly run public agency, but after reading Laurie Roberts' column about a caseworker dating...

CPS official failed to tell probers of romance with alleged abuser? SHERYL KORNMAN Tucson Citizen http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/51677.php A Tucson woman who admitted having a romantic relationship with a man accused of child abuse in 2004 apparently did not tell state Child...

Commissioners vote to merge Children Services with Butler County Job and Family Services. http://www.western-star.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/14/hjn051507csbmerge.html By Candice Brooks Higgins Staff Writer Tuesday, May 15, 2007

NewsChannel 11 Investigates: Are Lubbock Children Falling Through the Cracks of CPS? http://www.kcbd.com/global/story.asp?s=6515217 More than 9,000 reports of child abuse and neglect were recorded for Lubbock last year. But we found out by looking at the 2006 data book that over half of...

Report: CPS leaves abused Tucson kids in filthy home Mother in prison; dad said to have punched tyke SHERYL KORNMAN Tucson Citizen http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/51673.php A state Child Protective Services report given to the Tucson Citizen reveals the lengths to which the agency has...

Report on Reasons Behind Disproportionate Number of Blacks in Foster Care Due Next Month http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/fostercare516 Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 By: ackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com A long awaited investigation into the causes behind the disproportionate...

Fed up with CPS secrecy 05/02/2007 11:10 AM http://www.azcentral.com/blogs/index.php?blog=135&title=fed_up_with_cps_secrecy&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&blogtype= In recent weeks, three tots in Tucson have been found, murdered. Four-year-old Ariana Payne is dead (found in a plastic tub in a storage...

CPS reform doesn't look like much Laurie Roberts Republic columnist May. 16, 2007 12:00 AM

Having clutter in your house is perfectly normal. If you are a human being, you're going to accumulate "stuff". But when it begins to pile up it becomes a problem. For instance, if you can't quickly access an exit door or window during a fire, it could cost your life (or the life of a loved...