Child-welfare agency must change course: department trusted withchildren's lives can't even be trusted with office supplies.

Child-welfare agency must change course
A department trusted with children's lives can't even be trusted with
office supplies.
Daily Breeze editorial

http://www.dailybreeze.com/opinion/a...s/9119151.html

If it were only office supplies that Los Angeles County's Department of
Children and Family Services couldn't be trusted to oversee

An audit released last week found that the department charged with
protecting the county's children has slack management and oversight of
its $177 million services and supplies budget.

If that were the extent of the poor management in the department, it
would be a good day in L.A. However, this is yet another damning report
in a long string over many years that shows beyond a doubt that the
county's child-protection efforts are a failure.

Despite numerous reports and management overhauls, the department once
again has betrayed its trust, wasting millions of taxpayer dollars and
putting at-risk children at even greater risk.

The department has been criticized in the past for its poor oversight of
kids in foster care - who were lost or even died of abuse and neglect,
and too often were sent back to abusive home situations.

In June, a grand jury blasted the DCFS for not funding an
abuse-prevention program and not sharing information that might help
children in custody - even as the number of slayings of abused children
more than tripled. Those slayings numbered 15 in 2003 but rose to 53 by
last year.

Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, told
the Los Angeles Daily News that the latest findings represent an
egregious case of wasteful spending. The report is also an argument for
the position that the government doesn't need more tax revenue - just
better control of fraud and waste.

Needless to say, the failure to follow county rules for purchasing
printer toner is hardly on the same level as losing children. But it
does indicate that the problems at the county child welfare department
run strong, deep and wide. County supervisors need to ensure that the
department corrects its spending policies so that funds truly benefit
children under its care.






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...