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Court Oversight of Utah Child Welfare Should Continue Until DCFS Corrects Background Check Blunder, Child Advocates Say http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,187931.shtml ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Utah Division of Child and Family Services...

Foster-care system still needs fixing http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/v-print/story/230161.html Once again the state’s foster care system has come under the public’s spotlight. This time, thank goodness, it’s not a case of the death of a child or an outrageous case of abuse or...

American adoptions of Guatemalan infants under scrutiny Chris Hawley The Arizona Republic Oct. 1, 2007 12:00 AM GUATEMALA CITY - They roam the corridors of Guatemala City's best hotels, happy American couples pushing strollers carrying little Guatemalan babies. Every day, a new batch of...

American adoptions of Guatemalan infants under scrutiny http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/1001guatadopt.html?&wired Chris Hawley The Arizona Republic Oct. 1, 2007 12:00 AM GUATEMALA CITY - They roam the corridors of Guatemala City's best hotels, happy American couples...

Do kin background checks hurt kids? http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695214678,00.html By James Thalman Deseret Morning News Published: Oct. 1, 2007 12:34 a.m. MDT A new Utah law that does away with emergency placement of abused or

THE CHILD SAVERS RIDE AGAIN: Child Abuse and The New Reign of Terror in Therapeutic America © Allan C. Carlson http://www.familycourtreform.org/id9.html Salem Massachusetts, 1692: Tituba, a servant girl steeped in the "black magic" of Barbados, has excited the imaginations of two children,

I'm the master and creator of my kids and they have to obey and if they don't, I have the right to spank them. Forget that politically correct rubbish. Dads have the right to spank their kids and there's nothing you can do about it!!!

An Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and the Child Protection "INDUSTRY" CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf...

Girl, 15, guilty of killing newborn By Matthew Walberg | Tribune staff reporter October 4, 2007 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-newborn_04oct04,0,1777561.story?coll=chi_tab02_layout A 15-year-old Sauk Village girl who suffocated her newborn daughter so

State pays $425,000 to settle suits Workers cite push to ignore abuse http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071004/NEWS01/710040400/1008 By Deborah Yetter The Courier-Journal The state has paid $425,000 to settle lawsuits by two former Northern

Abuse victim's mother files suit against FSSA workers By Katie Merlie http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071003/LOCAL/710030493 NOBLESVILLE -- The mother of a child molestation victim has filed a civil lawsuit against the former employers of Cory Heinzman, who was a Child...

Northfield man arrested after standoff By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer, (609) 272-7215 Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/top_story/story/7506182p-7403846c.html NORTHFIELD - An East Oakcrest Avenue man was arrested Monday evening after he allegedly hindered a...

Victim's mom files suit against former caseworker's employers http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071005/LOCAL/710050356/1015/LOCAL01 NOBLESVILLE -- The mother of a child-molestation victim has filed a civil lawsuit against the former employers of Cory Heinzman, a Child...

Butterworth: Crist asked to stop appeal of $26 million suit By Michael C. Bender | Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 12:54 PM http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2007/10/02/butterworth_crist_asked_to_sto.html State Department of Children and...

Ice, Ice, Baby http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2005-11-24/news/ice-ice-baby/print Arizona moms are abusing meth more than any other drug. Want to get them clean, save the family and save tax dollars? Try dangling their kids as the carrot By Robert Nelson Published: November 24, 2005 New Times...

R.I. fights lawsuit that claims failing foster care system http://www.abc6.com/news/state_971253___article.html/court_children.html October 2, 2007 - 10:40PM PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) - The state is fighting a federal lawsuit that alleges serious failings in Rhode Island's foster care system. In...

DCYF head disputes report on foster-parent support http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo-20071005-dcyf.13f6cc627.html 02:52 PM EDT on Friday, October 5, 2007 Michael P. McKinney projo.com staff writer The state Department of Children, Youth and Families director this

Crucial health care eludes foster kids Report: Only 30% of state's children get doctor-recommended exams Thursday, October 04, 2007 BY SUSAN K. LIVIO Star-Ledger Staff http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1191473277242600.xml&coll=1 Only 30 percent of foster children last...

DSS AND THE COURTS - Troubled kids, troubled system By JULIE JETTE The Patriot Ledger http://www.patriotledger.com/articles/2007/10/06/news/news02.txt HOLBROOK - Parents, advocates and others who have had an up-close look at the state’s system for getting troubled kids help through the courts...

Child Protective Services' Procedure Questioned After Death Posted Wednesday, October 3, 2007 ; 06:34 PM Updated Thursday, October 4, 2007 ; 07:04 PM http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=29748 A Farmington couple indicted for murder of 2-month-old son raises questions about...