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http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/03/13/0313dfcs.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 DFCS official denies abuse By CRAIG SCHNEIDER Published on: 03/13/07 One of Fulton County's top child welfare officials was arrested after being accused of striking her 8-year-old...

A COLLATERAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FROM ARIZONA Officially, the document is known as the “Arizona Child Fatality Review Program: Thirteenth Annual Report.” A better title might be “Assessment of the Collateral Damage from the Arizona Foster-Care Panic.” The report found that both...

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/03/19/19roper_edit.html Roper: Privatizing welfare services would put profit above children Tiffany Roper, CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES Monday, March 19, 2007 Texas recently announced the termination of its contract with...

In most cases, the children have been placed in the custody of an abusive parent when a safe parent is available. It is a corrupt money driven practice in which a parent seeking to protect a child from abuse is forced to litigate constantly in an effort to rescue his/her child from the abuser,...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4654720.html Patrick's adoption incentive is baby selling, some say By JANET ELLIOTT Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau TOOLS Email

Girl died despite 7 reports to CPS By Christina Jewett - Bee Staff Writer Published 6:39 pm PDT Monday, March 19, 2007 http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/140594.html Child Protective Services officials received seven separate reports of neglect of Daelynn Foreman in the five years before the...

http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=871aa716-5e47-4877-bd60-fe81479be370 We Just Want Them to be Safe Two cases in Kern and Orange Counties raise questions about the procedures of California's Child Protective Services. For two months, Cynthia Miller of Tehachapi had been...

http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=6303127&nav=HMO6HMaW State Rep. calls for investigation into CPS This all started with a call from our newsroom. News 4 asked State Representative Jonathan Paton to look into the deaths of Ariana and Tyler payne, as well as Brandon Williams. Police say 4 year...

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/NEWS06/70330025/1008/NEWS Judge terminates parental rights for Lethbridges March 30, 2007 By JACK KRESNAK FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/03/31/Citrus/Agency_for_foster_chi.shtml Agency for foster children cancels $6.6M contract By ASJYLYN LODER Published March 31, 2007 The private agency that supervises nearly 3,000 foster children in Hernando and surrounding counties, canceled its contract with a

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http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/stories/MYSA040107.4H.mackcomment.24cd110.html To protect kids from abuse, help their families Web Posted: 03/31/2007 12:00 PM CDT A.D. Mack Special to the Express-News As a human, I am horrified at the headline-grabbing atrocities that have

I know mothers are supposed to protect their young, but this is ridiculous!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKBpT1iRvdY IGGY35

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=585341 Social worker's search violated kids' rights Judge's ruling goes against state employee who checked under clothes for signs of abuse By JOHN DIEDRICH and SARAH CARR Posted: April 2, 2007

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/paynter/310514_paynt06.html Last updated April 5, 2007 5:01 p.m. PT There's no gray area: Don't hit kids By SUSAN PAYNTER P-I COLUMNIST There are no two sides to spanking -- only the backside of the kid on

http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2006/07/19/editorial/opinion2.txt Arizona Senate Bill 1430 not only reflects fundamental constitutional protections and God-given inalienable rights our founding fathers gave their lives for and lawmakers' opinion that Child Protective Services is negligent,...

Ignoring ‘best interest of the child’ - maybe we are wrong? http://www.kids-right.org/wordpress/ April 7th, 2007 by jmurtari Good People & People of Faith, Sometimes an experience makes you re-think your beliefs. I believed our goal, briefly:

Bob LeChevalier wrote: fx wrote: Bob LeChevalier wrote: fx wrote: The Destruction of Hundreds of Innocent Families by Child Protective Services, Nobody seems to care that happy children are being stolen from good parents by CPS at a...

http://www.theclaytontribune.com/articles/2006/06/08/news/news03.txt DFCS probe: Violations rampant By Blake Spurney Editor Thursday, June 8, 2006 9:32 AM EDT Stories of overzealous Department of Family and Children Services

make your points, 0:-] http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2006-12-14/news/death-watch/ Death Watch The latest report on child fatalities is in — and it's even worse than you thought By Sarah Fenske Published: December 14, 2006