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CPS ordered to pay $1.5 million in boy's death Elias C. Arnold The Arizona Republic Aug. 8, 2007 08:45 PM A jury in Maricopa County Superior Court this week awarded $1.5 million to the mother of a 9-year-old Litchfield Park boy who died after Child Protective Services twice investigated...

A stubborn problem Aug. 8, 2007 12:00 AM Is CPS still broken? http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0808wed1-08.html Nearly four years after the governor pushed reforms at Child Protective Services, the ghosts of murdered children haunt the agency.

WELL SAID http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:99286 We all know that many politicians and bureaucrats have flacks that craft the op-eds that run under their names in the dailies. It's basically a chloroform-laced version of canned quotes in press releases. Here's an...

Boy's death must stir reform at CPS Aug. 11, 2007 12:00 AM http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0811roberts0811.html We may never know what really happened to 9-year-old Dustin Rhodes. But we know in part why he's dead. Child Protective Services didn't do its job.

CPS hides details about slain girl, 12 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1201roberts1201.html Dec. 1, 2007 12:00 AM After waiting weeks to find out whether Child Protective Services did what it could to protect a 12-year-old Phoenix girl murdered last month, the agency has...

CPS violates own contact policy 10:08 PM MST on Sunday, August 12, 2007 By Josh Brodesky / Arizona Daily Star http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/KMSB_20070812_snab_cpssystem.2b8aa517.html In October 2006, Jamie Hallam, the mother of the late Ariana Payne and her missing brother...

Lawmakers consider opening CPS hearings By Jim Small, http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/story.cfm?id=5745 Leaders of a legislative committee planning closed-door hearings to examine the effectiveness of Child Protective Services are pushing for some of the meetings to...

CPS e-mails raise new questions in handling of 2 young siblings By Josh Brodesky , arizona daily star Fri Jul 20, 4:41 AM ET E-mails sent between Child Protective Services employees raise new questions about whether the agency followed its own guidelines by keeping Ariana and Tyler Payne with...

Statement of Roma O. Amor, Tucson, Arizona http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=6197 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA Roma O. Amor, petitioner appearing as herself ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY (ADES) & ITS DIVISION OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES...

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Notice the cases of horrible abuse at the hands of Fosters listed at the bottom. Feb 2007 New Mexico suffocating his 2-year-old foster son with a blanket Jan 2007 Brooksville charged with sexually abusing four boys Oct 2006 Missouri 15 counts of possessing child pornography featuring two of his...

You'll be able to share those cherished moments that create happiness in our lives. Kids are naturals when it comes to imagination. Who has never seen children play dueling knights with sticks for swords or pretend that mommy's make-up compact is in fact their cell phone? In other words, they are...

....the actual rate of child abuse is of far greater magnitude than is official reported. That child abuse of all kinds is under reported and when reported under investigated is a fact. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/S1/168 " Comparison of Estimates of Child...

as one Foster Child put It, "Everywhere I Go, Somebody Gets Money to Keep Me From Having a Mom and a Dad." Adoption Bonuses: The Money Behind the Madness By Nev Moore http://www.massnews.com/past_issues/2000/5_May/mayds4.htm Statement of Cynthia Huckelberry, Redlands, California, and Sushanna...

Yet another success story from the annals of: ................THE POWER OF SPANKING................... From: "Donna Metler" Newsgroups: misc.kids Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:33:04 -0600 "N&M Mom" wrote in message

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"Above all, I believe there should never be any violence. In 1978 I received a peace price in West Germany for my books, and I gave an acceptance speech that I called just that" 'Never Violence.' And in that speech I told a story from my own experience. When I was about 20 years old, I met an...

Congressman Herger will adress NATIONAL PROBLEMS with the administration, equity, adherence to Federal Laws within Child Protective Services nationwide, next week. CPS= Catching Parents Spanking? Then, holding children for ransom while DFS imposes unconstitutional requirements upon...

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