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Report: Youth offender facilities unclean Sep 17, 2007 3:00 AM (1 day ago) by Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner http://www.examiner.com/a-938860~Report__Youth_offender_facilities_unclean.html BALTIMORE (Map, News) - Maryland taxpayers fork over millions of dollars to house the state’s troubled...

Ronnie Polaneczky | Here's a court order that makes me gag http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070918_Ronnie_Polaneczky___Heres_a_court_order_that_makes_me_gag.html IT'S OUTRAGEOUS ENOUGH that Mildred and Morris Brasovankin have lost the privilege of close, frequent contact with their...

Author of Newly Released 'The Walking Man' Weighs in on Hillary Clinton/Mitt Romney 'Village' Snit http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/9/prweb553857.htm The re-release of Hillary Clinton's New York Times bestseller "It Takes a Village" is all about politics. Or is it? Constance O. Irvin, author...

Motel Residents Say Child Should Have Been Removed Sooner http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/9846841.html Posted: 12:43 AM Sep 18, 2007 Last Updated: 12:59 AM Sep 18, 2007 Reporter: Joe Harrington Email Address:

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...

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...

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...

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...

Task force to find ways to improve the state's foster care system http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7077230 COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - The director of the state Department of Social Services says South Carolina isn't doing enough to care for abused and neglected children. Kathleen Hayes is...

Lawmakers poised to approve foster-care changes Wednesday, September 12, 2007 By STEPHEN MAJORS ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=375658&Category=13&subCategoryID= COLUMBUS Potentially dangerous foster parents will be flagged by a law enforcement database, and...

Baltimore Still Hasn't Met Foster Care Standards http://wjz.com/local/local_story_255152537.html (AP) ANNAPOLIS, Md. Almost 20 years after the city of Baltimore agreed to major reforms to its foster care system, the state is still paying to comply with a consent decree to improve care. That...

Suit Against Judge, Other County Officials to be Refiled By Dani Maxwell 13 News http://www.wrex.com/News/index.php?ID=21493 Three women who filed a lawsuit against several Winnebago County officials, including a judge. will have to refile. The group filed a class action suit against Judge...

Nov. hearing on Amy Baker immunity BY EILEEN KELLEY | http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070914/NEWS01/309140008/-1/CINCI MAYSVILLE – Prosecutors from Hamilton and Clermont counties will appear in a Kentucky court in November so that a judge may sort...

Fathers Rally to Stay In Their Children's Lives http://www.polkcountydemocrat.com/articles/2007/09/14/news/01fathers.txt By PEGGY KEHOE, Managing Editor Fathers' rights movements appear to be gaining strength and popularity across the country. Locally, a group of fathers held rallies last...

Neighbor Distraught After Woman, Foster Kids Killed Wounded Teen Got To Neighbor's Porch Before Dying http://www.theindychannel.com/news/14136449/detail.html POSTED: 8:27 pm EDT September 17, 2007 UPDATED: 8:45 pm EDT September 17, 2007 INDIANAPOLIS -- Deandra Wilkins broke into tears Monday when...

Son accused of killing mom, two foster kids http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7083164 Richard Essex/Eyewitness News Indianapolis - The son of an east side Indianapolis woman found stabbed to death is under arrest for her murder. 35-year-old Sean V. Wright is also charged in the deaths of...

Killings highlight danger facing Indiana's foster children http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7088224&nav=9Tai Sandra Chapman/13 Investigates Indianapolis - The state is charged to protect foster children from abuse, neglect and violence. A just-released study shows that most cases of...

Cleanup recommended for DHS child-visiting rooms http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2007/09/17/news/local/7loc01_visitingroom.txt By Ian Rollins Albany Democrat-Herald A grandfather’s complaint about unsanitary conditions at the state Department of Human Services office in Albany has led to...

From foster kid to adult BY KRISTA RAMSEY http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070916/EDIT01/709160343/1090 Compared with the brutal death that 3-year-old Marcus Fiesel suffered in foster care, youths who age out of the child-welfare system seem like lucky survivors. They've...

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