Another child slips through the cracks
Another child slips through the cracks
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._dshsed07.html Tyler DeLeon, Kyeimah Spann, 16-month-old Justice Robinson and 6-week-old Raiden Robinson: members of a grim registry of children whose deaths or injuries underscore the inadequacies of our state's child-protection system. The latest is a 12-year-old boy removed from his grandparents' Pierce County trailer after years of alleged torture, including beatings with a bamboo stick and scalding. Teachers and police officers called Child Protective Services eight times. The boy was taken from his grandparents, but then inexplicably sent back. Another child slips through the cracks. Department of Social and Health Services Secretary Robin Arnold-William is charged with giving a detailed and public accounting of what went wrong. Gov. Chris Gregoire, who once worked in child welfare, wants an improvement plan by the end of August. DSHS has made some improvements since a class-action lawsuit several years ago on behalf of foster children. CPS handles 80,000 calls a year and investigates about half of them. About 95 percent of child-abuse and neglect complaints are addressed within 24 hours if the child is in imminent danger, 72 hours in nonemergency cases. Additional caseworkers have been hired, shrinking the caseloads ratio from 26 per social worker per month to 21. These improvements mean most of the children under state care are safe. But when a high-profile case rises to the forefront, as it did last week, it is a reminder that the agency charged with protecting children can do better. Republican state Sen. Val Stevens is renewing her perennial call to carve child welfare out of DSHS. But a new arm of government isn't something to do overnight. For the time being, the focus ought to remain on reforms of the agency we've got. CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA WIRETAPPING PROGRAM.... 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 from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON... BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION... |
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