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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... |
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