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Foster child accused of stabbing pregnant teen multiple times http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8335630&nav=0Ra7 INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A 13-year-old foster child faces attempted murder charges for stabbing a pregnant teenager while she slept. Family members said they don't know what...

Ex-officials dodge issues http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080516/OPINIONS03/805160315/1006/OPINIONS Last month on these pages, I wrote that "accreditation (of child welfare agencies) is a way for agencies to get an unearned seal of approval by keeping their paperwork in...

News On 6 Investigates: Department Of Human Services Under Fire http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=8300687&nav=menu682_2 So many people have complained about the Oklahoma Department of Human Services over the years, DHS may as well be a four-letter word. But now the Department of Human...

Fix Texas' foster care fix What's next for children in system? http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/5786985.html By STEWART GAGNON and RON LEWIS Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle As the state labors to find "the best temp-orary placements" for the 463 children recently removed...

DCF Seeks To Sever Ties To Allains' Suit http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2008/may/17/ha-dcf-seeks-to-sever-ties-to-allains-suit/ By KYLE MARTIN Hernando Today

San Carlos man to plead guilty in foster-child rape By AMY BENNETT WILLIAMS • • May 21, 2008 http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/SS08/805210390/1075 A San Carlos Park man intends to plead guilty to charges he raped his teenage foster...

Baby Dies In Custody Of DCF Employee http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-fosterbaby0521.artmay21,0,2436541.story By HILDA MUÑOZ And CHRISTINE DEMPSEY | Courant Staff Writers May 21, 2008 Less than two weeks after the state Department of Children and Families took his son, Michael...

Dad accuses foster mom of mistreating boys http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S450906.shtml?cat=300 TROY - More allegations are being made against a foster mother accused of mistreating her son. A father of two boys who were in Sharmon Evans' foster care says he wants to know why social services...

Foster Mom Ordered to Stay Away from Teen http://www.local12.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=71a342ed-2850-471e-a9da-00f7098a0817 A local foster mom has been ordered to stay away from her foster daughter, after police say she left the 15-year-old in the car for 45 minutes. Investigators...

Cousin tried to save toddler http://www.projo.com/news/content/BUNNELL_TRIAL_13_05-13-08_84A491A_v47.3577925.html 01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 By John Castellucci Journal Staff Writer

Texas Shame by BigJolly | 05/13/2008 3:56 pm http://lonestartimes.com/2008/05/13/texas-shame/ Pregnant adult women held in captivity until childbirth so that the state can take possession of the baby. Think this can’t happen in the US? In Texas? Think again. Texas Child Protective...

Bill seeks to lift liability for child protective services workers http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/051308/loc_local04.shtml Lawmakers say it will reduce wrongful child removals. By Jameson Cook Macomb Daily Staff Writer A state bill would remove civil protection for child protective services

Expert: Illinois' child protection system can be 'cruel' http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/331568.html Holbrook says he will research issue BY GEORGE PAWLACZYK AND BETH HUNDSDORFER News-Democrat Illinois' child protection system "can be arbitrary, capricious and cruel," even though it has made...

It's Plain Wrong By:David J. Willmott Sr. 05/07/2008 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19669552&BRD=1776&PAG=461&dept_id=602485&rfi=6 Texas is a long way from New York. We don't live there and we are not ruled by the government but we are appalled by the obvious violation of our...

They’re Coming For Your Kids! http://www.ilanamercer.com/TheyreComingForYourKids.htm Imagine: One day you’re frolicking in the open air on a large compound, doing your daily chores, and feasting on hearty homegrown fare; the next you’re gagging on a diet of T&A courtesy of MTV, and...

Toward a 'third way' for the children of Eldorado By Johana Scot and Richard Wexler http://www.star-telegram.com/245/story/634733.html Special to the Star-Telegram Ruth, 34, an FLDS member and mother of four children in state custody, becomes emotional during a news conference outside the...

FLDS mom speaks out after giving birth in Austin http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=8319273 AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- A woman who gave birth in Austin Monday described her living conditions after being removed from a West Texas polygamist compound. Louisa Jessop and her husband, Dan,...

Foster child death is 4th in 5 months Investigators are awaiting results of tests to find out what killed infant girl By Tim Evans Posted: May 10, 2008 http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080510/LOCAL18/805100477 The Indiana Department of Child Services is investigating the...

State probes death of 7-week-old girl under foster care Associated Press 12:02 AM CDT, May 12, 2008 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-fosterchilddeath,0,6686056.story

Report: Abuse of foster kids up in Fulton, Dekalb http://www.ajc.com/health/content/metro/stories/2008/05/14/dfcs_0515.html By CRAIG SCHNEIDER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 05/14/08 The combined rates of abuse and neglect of foster children continue to rise in Fulton and DeKalb...