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Just poking my nose in. Just had baby number three 2months ago a sweet little angel girl :-) And I thought I'd check in here and see what's been going on in my absence...hope you are all behaving yourselves :-) B

Why do dead kids need protecting? 04/24/2007 05:14 PM http://www.azcentral.com/blogs/index.php?blog=135&title=why_do_dead_kids_need_protecting&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&blogtype= House Government Committee Chairman Kirk Adams announced Tuesday that he’s planning private hearings on three kids killed...

Desertion or discharge? A jury will decide for Merlyn Seeley 1A | Bryan / Liberty | Intown | Local News Sean Harder | Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 12:30 am http://www.savannahnow.com/node/286211 Merlyn Seeley is facing desertion charges seven years after he says he left the Army legally on an...

Foster Childrens' Sensitive Papers Trashed http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=174582e0-e15d-4948-8e68-8d711f53fcb2 it's sensitive information that you would never want to get into the wrong hands. The potential victims would have been young children. We're talking about...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...