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Foster mom arrested for murder of boy http://www.kcoy.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0efe346e-7db2-42ce-9f9c-5679fe762be1 6/13/08 SANTA MARIA - A Santa Maria woman has been charged with murder in the death of her 3-year-old foster son. Officers arrested 27-year-old Sylvia Dominguez after...

Letter: Monogamous Deception http://campverdebugleonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&subsectionID=73&articleID=20314 Editor: The lower courts have spoken; the Supreme Court of Texas has spoken. Yet the quasi-dictatorial government agency, the Texas Child Protective Services, defies the courts...

Double dipping public employees cost hundreds of millions Posted by Mike Deeson http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=82536&catid=8 Tampa, Florida - It is the agency that looks to protect the most vulnerable people in Florida. However, The Department of Children and Families...

Beware Child_Protective_Services: What Victims, Advocates, and Mandated Reporters Need to Know http://www.justicewomen.com/tips_bewarechildprotectiveservices.html

Ex-San Carlos Park foster father pleads guilty to raping teen foster daughter http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080616/SS08/80616048/1075 AMY BENNETT WILLIAMS • • June 16, 2008 A former San Carlos Park foster father pleaded guilty Monday to...

Parents bewa CPS/DSS trafficking children for profit Informed Constituent (Albany, NY), The, May, 2006 by Deborah McLean http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5QWD/is_5_4/ai_n25001616 The most natural bond is between a parent and child. It is the building block of our communities and our...

CPS plunders families and children pay the price Informed Constituent (Albany, NY), The, Sept, 2006 by Deb McLean http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5QWD/is_9_4/ai_n25001451 I am an advocate for parents who feel they were unjustly served by state workers who work for bonuses or promotions...

Another response to DSS/CPS trafficking children for profit Informed Constituent (Albany, NY), The, August, 2006 by Margo Logan http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5QWD/is_8_4/ai_n25001419?tag=rel.res2 A cooling evening breeze that comes off the Columbia River as I put pen to paper...

Caseworkers criticized in death of 3 Nassau children http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-likids0614,0,3002968.story BY MICHAEL AMON 4:30 PM EDT, June 13, 2008

FDLS RAID AND THE NAFTA SUPER HIGHWAY http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd368.htm

SPIRITUAL LIFE: A modern-day Inquisition in Texas http://www.patriotledger.com/lifestyle/x142954252/SPIRITUAL-LIFE-A-modern-day-Inquisition-in-Texas By SUZETTE MARTINEZ STANDRING For The Patriot Ledger Posted Jun 10, 2008 @ 10:25 AM It took two months, but roughly 430 children are finally...

Welfare worker accused of stealing nearly $75,000 http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080418/NEWS01/768046186&news01ad=1 By Diana Hefley, Herald Writer LYNNWOOD -- A former state employee entrusted to help the poor has been arrested for allegedly stealing almost $75,000 meant for welfare...

State withheld records on abused boy, suit says http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080411/NEWS01/389828802 By Diana Hefley Herald Writer EVERETT -- The state has illegally withheld records about how social workers handled abuse allegations involving a young boy who nearly starved to death last...

Girl Labeled PVS Able To Testify In Abuse Case http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/05/01/poutre_abuse/ BOSTON, MASS—As prosecutors prepare for a fall trial in one of the state’s most horrific child abuse cases, the child at the center of the case who had been incorrectly labeled as...

State agrees to pay $850,000 to former Lauderdale Lakes foster child By Jon Burstein | South Florida Sun-Sentinel 11:01 PM EDT, June 4, 2008 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcalhoun0605sbjun05,0,272804.story The state Department of Children & Families has reached an...

POLYGAMIST SECT CHILDREN Kids left mark on caretakers Polite youngsters were playful, did chores and disliked cartoons By RICHARD STEWART Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/5828446.html LIVERPOOL — The children from a West Texas polygamist...

Stepgrandmother convicted of abuse http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004468022_dige10m.html A Pierce County woman accused in a highly publicized case of child abuse was convicted Friday of three counts of assaulting her stepgrandson. Authorities said the woman, Loni Venegas, beat...

NYC couple charged with assault in boy's horrific death; child welfare agency under scrutiny By KAREN MATTHEWS , Associated Press http://www.startribune.com/nation/19673084.html?location_refer=Homepage NEW YORK - Two people have been charged with beating a 3-year-old boy who died in their care...

Public overwhelmingly wanted FLDS children back with parents http://www.sltrib.com/Polygamy/ci_9537072 Thousands of pages of documents also show problems Texas officials had housing 450 kids By Brooke Adams The Salt Lake Tribune

Smithfield man sues county CYS By Jennifer Harr, Herald-Standard 06/17/2008 Updated 06/17/2008 12:29:56 AM EDT http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19778945&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6 A Smithfield man has sued Fayette County Children and Youth Services on Monday,...