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Oregon House votes to keep foster children with relatives, if possible
House votes to keep foster children with relatives, if possible
http://blog.oregonlive.com/politics/...oster_chi.html Children who are removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect will have a better chance of living with a relative instead of a stranger under two bills that cleared the House Wednesday by unanimous vote and are headed to the governor. Senate Bill 282 redefines "foster home" in state law to allow people related to a child by blood or marriage to be considered as foster parents in the same way that people who are not related to the child are considered. It also contains language allowing the Department of Human Services to compensate foster parents who take in a relative as a foster child just as it compensates foster parents who take in strangers. Oregon and California are the only two states that do not compensate relatives as foster parents. Advocates were concerned that the bill initially limits compensation to relatives whose income is below 150 percent of poverty level-- which would be $24,000 a year for a family of three. But the bill also gives the department some flexibility to extend payments to more families. Senate Bill 414 requires child welfare caseworkers and others who work with children who have been removed from their homes to "make diligent efforts to preserve familial relationships." --Michelle Cole MR. PRESIDENT. PLEASE STOP CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES FROM USING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AS TOILET PAPER... 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 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON... |
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Oregon House votes to keep foster children with relatives, if possible
On Jun 28, 12:12 am, "0:-]" wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:29:17 -0700, fx wrote: House votes to keep foster children with relatives, if possible http://blog.oregonlive.com/politics/..._to_keep_foste... Children who are removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect will have a better chance of living with a relative instead of a stranger under two bills that cleared the House Wednesday by unanimous vote and are headed to the governor. Senate Bill 282 redefines "foster home" in state law to allow people related to a child by blood or marriage to be considered as foster parents in the same way that people who are not related to the child are considered. It also contains language allowing the Department of Human Services to compensate foster parents who take in a relative as a foster child just as it compensates foster parents who take in strangers. Oregon and California are the only two states that do not compensate relatives as foster parents. Advocates were concerned that the bill initially limits compensation to relatives whose income is below 150 percent of poverty level-- which would be $24,000 a year for a family of three. But the bill also gives the department some flexibility to extend payments to more families. Senate Bill 414 requires child welfare caseworkers and others who work with children who have been removed from their homes to "make diligent efforts to preserve familial relationships." --Michelle Cole Feel good legislation. These were already accomplished facts in statute in Oregon. Workers were under the law required to seek out and place children with relatives. The problems they had were that so many were not suitable...criminals, drug addicts themselves, unwilling to follow the case plan AND the safety plan. Some were in denial their relative had done anything wrong to the child. This in the face of things like clear proof, KNOWN by the relative, that the child's parent or parents were severely compromised in some way...say mental health related very dangerous behavior, drug effected, criminal activity, violence, spousal abuse, even abuse TOO the child him or herself. This speaks to the lack of credibility for CPS agencies. They have worked to earn this distrust. Let me explain what this bill will accomplish though. It will hold RELATIVES up to the same higher standards of 'stranger foster parents.' Something long overdue. It's been the case for decades that relatives get a great deal of slack cut for them in the effort to make it possible to place children with them. Things that would immediately disqualify a standard foster applicant are "managed" by the agency, not just in Oregon, but pretty much everywhere. The relative is counseled and supported and otherwise accommodated. Even physical disabilities are 'managed.' Another relative promises to assist the disabled relative...with conditions that would not pass for a standard foster applicant...say things that would limit mobility with children that are young and highly active. A lot of chances are taken with relatives. Some justified, and some questionable. And if you think foster abuses are covered up, you should see how RELATIVE foster abuses are "overlooked." MR. PRESIDENT. PLEASE STOP CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES FROM USING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AS TOILET PAPER... You really are a whacko nut case, aren't you fx. Did you think I'd take the bait and show up? You aren't that important. All I need to know about you is enough to nullify YOU SHOWING UP. Dummy. Otherwise you are just another anti government wacko under watch. Safe, unless YOU act. 0:] 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 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...- |
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