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Two top DCF officials removed from office By Erin Gillespie Originally posted on September 07, 2007 http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070907/SS08/70907080/1075 The top two people in charge of the local office of the Florida Department of Children...

Keep up the clamor to fix Arizona's broken system http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0909sun1-09.html Sept. 9, 2007 12:00 AM If you want to see real change in child welfare, you are going to have to yell longer, not louder. Child-protective systems nationwide were molded...

Lack of trust County fails its children, enriches its workers Article Last Updated: 09/08/2007 07:03:19 PM PDT AS if we needed it, even more evidence of how the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services fails children came to light last week. According to an audit, the DCFS...

CPS tales: Justice? KATHERINE ROSENBERG http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/children_2730___article.html/foster_cps.html Depending on the CPS social worker assigned to each case, the outcome of an investigation can vary dramatically. Here are three examples of past cases provided by the San...

Cook: DCF heeds negative newspaper report There may be hope yet for children's welfare agency By Sam Cook Originally posted on September 08, 2007 http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070908/NEWS01/70908022/1075 The News-Press has spent hours and money over the years chasing...

Court: Teen parenthood terminated too quickly IMMATURITY, AGE CAN'T BE SOLE REASONS, APPEALS PANEL RULES By Valarie Honeycutt Spears The youth and immaturity of a teen parent cannot alone be grounds for taking away parental rights, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has...

CPS vs. Sheriff's Department When agencies collide, kids lose KATHERINE ROSENBERG http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/children_2729___article.html/cps_say.html Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series. Part two will run in Monday’s Daily Press. The primary goal of sheriff’s...

CPS vs. sheriff: Solutions? KATHERINE ROSENBERG Staff Writer http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/child_2744___article.html/case_cps.html Even with cooperation and access to one another’s reports, officials suggest there is a great deal of duplication in child abuse investigations when two...

Ingleside parents consider suing state by Temple Hemphill September 6, 2007 http://www.chicagodefender.com/page/local.cfm?ArticleID=9788 A lot has happened in the last 15 years. The U.S. has seated three presidents - not to mention the Chicago Black man who may become president.

http://www.americanatheist.org/conv27/ scroll about 16" down Photo http://www.americanatheist.org/conv27/images/riak.jpg JORDAN RIAK, Executive Director, Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education www.nospank.org.) Mr. Riak will discuss the connection between religion and

DCF Manager: "I can't apologize enough. I'm so sorry" http://www.winknews.com/news/local/9697572.html By Nick Spinetto, WINK News Fort Myers - Monday marks a new beginning at the local office of the Department of Children and Families. On Monday morning, regional managers from Tampa took over...

On a plausibility scale of 10 this one scores a 2 with me. Either it is a fake or this person is a major puddinhead. On Sep 11, 1:04 pm, wrote: I'm at the end of my rope and i don't know what to do. I've grown to really hate my husband, mostly because of what he's...

Regarding court paperwork screwups: On Sep 11, 12:32 pm, Anonymouse wrote: well that's ohio... or what passes for ohio they like to claim they've been a State since 1803... but they screwed up the paperwork then too... that was discovered in 1953... then Congress...

Cohorts, proud of yourselves? On Sep 11, 12:32 pm, Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote: DONT WORRY, WE WIPED ALL THE FINGERPRINTS OFF OF IT. RIGHT BEFORE WE PUT STRYC-9 ALL OVER IT!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Alameda County settles abuse lawsuit by Yusuf Bey foster daughters Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, September 13, 2007 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/13/BA53S5VQ5.DTL 09-13) 18:53 PDT OAKLAND - Alameda County has agreed to pay $188,000 to settle a...

Volunteer firefighter charged with sexual assault Associated Press - September 11, 2007 8:45 AM ET http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=7056034 GOOCHLAND, Va. (AP) - A child protective services employee for the city of Richmond is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl that he met while...

Contractor goof has hundreds of LA County adoptions in question Tuesday, September 11, 2007 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/11/state/n150038D07.DTL (09-11) 15:00 PDT Los Angeles (AP) -- A government contractor's omission has put hundreds of Los Angeles County adoptions...

Child’s statements to SAFE nurse were inadmissible, CSA holds CHRISTINA DORAN Daily Record Assistant Legal Affairs Editor September 13, 2007 6:08 PM http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=2651&type=UTTM A man convicted of sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend’s 6-year-old daughter is...

Skid row baby died as social worker delayed stepping in http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-jasmine11sep11,1,4484357.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage Ordered to take the child to a doctor, she went home instead. By Jack Leonard and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Staff...

Review shows more child-neglect deaths By Christina Jewett - Bee Staff Writer Last Updated 12:53 am PDT Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A1 http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/374333.html Daelynn Foreman was not the only one.