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DMC Releasing Documentary On Foster Care; Changes Name Published Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:31 PM http://allhiphop.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/09/12/18577425.aspx By Nolan Strong Pioneering Hip-Hop artist Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-DMC has come along way since founding his legendary...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- State officials want to restructure Rhode Island's child welfare agency. Officials at the Department of Children, Youth and Families say they want to hire four companies to administer social services to high-risk...

Boy to remain in foster care despite grandparents' request KATHY MATHESON The Associated Press http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20070911_ap_boytoremaininfostercaredespitegrandparentsrequest.html PHILADELPHIA - A 5-year-old boy whose father is unable to care for him will remain in...

Watchdog says group improperly billed state $125,000 http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=7066036 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's agency watchdog says two state departments should have kept a closer eye on a contractor that improperly billed them for $125,000. Inspector General Tom Charles'...

Warrants: Girl in rape case has disability Ex-Richmond city employee is being held in Goochland http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-09-15-0149.html By WESLEY HESTER MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE The 15-year-old girl who authorities say was raped Aug. 24 is mentally or...

Fathers Rally to Stay In Their Children's Lives http://www.polkcountydemocrat.com/articles/2007/09/14/news/01fathers.txt By PEGGY KEHOE, Managing Editor Fathers' rights movements appear to be gaining strength and popularity across the country. Locally, a group of fathers held rallies last...

Dan Sullivan wrote Kane is NOT a retired CPS worker. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.adoption.issues/msg/beae3d66a71e910f?hl=en& Donald L. Fisher wrote I have access to one state's data (Oregon) and we simply don't keep such data and I doubt any others do. In my experience (and I am a child...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sD4UWGt91w Professor David Southall 1997 interview embarassment. MSBP ""expert"" (Like ""Sir"" Roy Meadows) Claimed he NEVER wrongly accused parents even though several court rulings indicate that he did! Shuts down interview.

Nov. hearing on Amy Baker immunity BY EILEEN KELLEY | http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070914/NEWS01/309140008/-1/CINCI MAYSVILLE – Prosecutors from Hamilton and Clermont counties will appear in a Kentucky court in November so that a judge may sort...

Suit Against Judge, Other County Officials to be Refiled By Dani Maxwell 13 News http://www.wrex.com/News/index.php?ID=21493 Three women who filed a lawsuit against several Winnebago County officials, including a judge. will have to refile. The group filed a class action suit against Judge...

Neighbor Distraught After Woman, Foster Kids Killed Wounded Teen Got To Neighbor's Porch Before Dying http://www.theindychannel.com/news/14136449/detail.html POSTED: 8:27 pm EDT September 17, 2007 UPDATED: 8:45 pm EDT September 17, 2007 INDIANAPOLIS -- Deandra Wilkins broke into tears Monday when...

Son accused of killing mom, two foster kids http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7083164 Richard Essex/Eyewitness News Indianapolis - The son of an east side Indianapolis woman found stabbed to death is under arrest for her murder. 35-year-old Sean V. Wright is also charged in the deaths of...

Killings highlight danger facing Indiana's foster children http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7088224&nav=9Tai Sandra Chapman/13 Investigates Indianapolis - The state is charged to protect foster children from abuse, neglect and violence. A just-released study shows that most cases of...

Cleanup recommended for DHS child-visiting rooms http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2007/09/17/news/local/7loc01_visitingroom.txt By Ian Rollins Albany Democrat-Herald A grandfather’s complaint about unsanitary conditions at the state Department of Human Services office in Albany has led to...

From foster kid to adult BY KRISTA RAMSEY http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070916/EDIT01/709160343/1090 Compared with the brutal death that 3-year-old Marcus Fiesel suffered in foster care, youths who age out of the child-welfare system seem like lucky survivors. They've...

Baltimore Still Hasn't Met Foster Care Standards http://wjz.com/local/local_story_255152537.html (AP) ANNAPOLIS, Md. Almost 20 years after the city of Baltimore agreed to major reforms to its foster care system, the state is still paying to comply with a consent decree to improve care. That...

Lawmakers poised to approve foster-care changes Wednesday, September 12, 2007 By STEPHEN MAJORS ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=375658&Category=13&subCategoryID= COLUMBUS Potentially dangerous foster parents will be flagged by a law enforcement database, and...

Task force to find ways to improve the state's foster care system http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7077230 COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - The director of the state Department of Social Services says South Carolina isn't doing enough to care for abused and neglected children. Kathleen Hayes is...

Learning To Live On Her Own http://www.keloland.com/News/EyeonKELOLAND/NewsDetail6403.cfm?Id=0,60937 Life in foster care can be hard. Sometimes it means moving to different homes and different schools. Going out on your own after foster care, without family support, isn't easy either. It's the...

DCS Takes Steps to Address Federal Criticisms http://www.fox28.com/News/index.php?ID=24989 Indiana's revamped child welfare system needs to make more progress in protecting kids from abuse and neglect and successful outcomes of their cases. That's according to the Children's Bureau of the U.S....