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Only 5% of cases merit CPS interventions
http://www.child-abuse.com
George Thomas in Travels in the Trenches. Excerpt: Applying these estimated percentages, roughly 1 in every 20 CPS investigations engages CPS in its central mission of protecting children from the threat or actual occurrence of real physical harm. These ill-defined definitional boundaries around demand have clearly contributed to vaulting Child Protective Services from a minor specialty to the centerpiece in contemporary child welfare services over the last two decades, and their helter-skelter activities help convey an image that demand continues to outstrip supply, which in turn supports calls for more funding and more specialized services to respond to seemingly overwhelming demand. Comment: How to *grow a bureaucracy.* |
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Poorly Defined Boundries - was Only 5% of cases merit CPSinterventions
Fern, you are absolutely correct. CPS continues to work with ill-defined
boundaries because in the US we hesitate to protect children. Some states allow discipline that results in bruising and welts. Some states allow children to be hit with implements, while other states consider this abuse. Some states allow children to be hit with implements as long as there is no mark. And still other states allow children to be hit, below the waist and over clothing, with implements, as long as there is no mark. How bizarre is this, and how confusing for CPS workers who are left to make subjective judgments. How about passing a law that makes all corporal punishment illegal? How about passing a law that provides children the respect and protection they deserve? How about passing a law that allows CPS workers to do their job without the subjectivity they now experience? How about passing a law that allows CPS workers a livable wage and a livable case load? LaVonne Fern5827 wrote: Applying these estimated percentages, roughly 1 in every 20 CPS investigations engages CPS in its central mission of protecting children from the threat or actual occurrence of real physical harm. These ill-defined definitional boundaries around demand have clearly contributed to vaulting Child Protective Services from a minor specialty to the centerpiece in contemporary child welfare services over the last two decades, and their helter-skelter activities help convey an image that demand continues to outstrip supply, which in turn supports calls for more funding and more specialized services to respond to seemingly overwhelming demand. Comment: How to *grow a bureaucracy.* |
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Poorly Defined Boundries - was Only 5% of cases merit CPSinterventions
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, LaVonne Carlson wrote: Fern, you are absolutely correct. CPS continues to work with ill-defined boundaries because in the US we hesitate to protect children. Some states allow discipline that results in bruising and welts. Some states allow children to be hit with implements, while other states consider this abuse. Some states allow children to be hit with implements as long as there is no mark. And still other states allow children to be hit, below the waist and over clothing, with implements, as long as there is no mark. LOL! Poor CPS! ;-) How bizarre is this, and how confusing for CPS workers who are left to make subjective judgments. How about passing a law that makes all corporal punishment illegal? How about passing a law that provides children the respect and protection they deserve? How about passing a law that allows CPS workers to do their job without the subjectivity they now experience? How about passing a law that allows CPS workers a livable wage and a livable case load? LOL! YUP! Good idea, LaVonne. Make spanking illegal and CPS can take your kids away from parents because they used spanking. CPS workers don't even have to think twice! Liveable wage without having to use their brain! ;-) Can you tell me where all the money go? Doan |
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Poorly Defined Boundries - was Only 5% of cases merit CPS interventions
How about passing a law that allows CPS
workers a livable wage and a livable case load? If it's so bad, why did these people choose this career? Why pay un credentialed unlicensed people more? Fire the sand baggers and hire people who DO have credentials and licenses that they earned and paid for themselves. No LICENSE, gov't benefits, gov't retirement, tenure? We don't live in SOCIALISM yet, and I question whether even socialism would support such non-producers. |
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