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Washington State’s child welfare system stops short of accreditation
State’s child welfare system stops short of accreditation
Would you send your child to a physician who chose not to be certified by an appropriate licensing board? http://www.theolympian.com/columnists/story/470293.html By Sharon Osborne | For The Olympian • Published June 07, 2008 We at Children’s Home Society of Washington are dismayed that the Council on Accreditation and the Children’s Administration could not agree on what’s best for children in the implementation of national standards. This comes after seven years of effort by hard-working DSHS staff at Department of Social and Health Services and more than $1 million in wise investment. These standards ensure the safety and health of Washington’s most vulnerable children. In 2001, Children’s Home Society — Washington’s largest and oldest statewide nonprofit children’s organization — other providers, child advocates, and policy makers, including state Rep. Ruth Kagi, joined together to make children their highest priority. These groups encouraged DSHS to actively seek accreditation. Washington soon became the first state in the nation to voluntarily place accreditation of public child-welfare services in statue. House Bill 1249 instructed DSHS to undertake the process of accreditation to prevent tragedies such as the death of toddler Zy-Nyia Nobles — the 3-year-old Tacoma girl who was brutally beaten to death in May 2000 after state social workers returned the child to her mother’s care. Seven years later, we are deeply troubled that the state will not continue to pursue national accreditation as promised to Washington taxpayers. Every day, thousands of our state’s most vulnerable youngsters and their caregivers receive advice, therapeutic care or case management from the Children’s Administration whose practices, values, clinical techniques and professionalism have been stated but never proven. Participation in accreditation is critical, but completion of the accreditation process is of utmost importance, especially at a time when our citizens are questioning the effectiveness of our state’s child welfare system. Would you feel comfortable sending your child to a physician who came 10 credits short of obtaining their medical degree or who chose not to be certified by an appropriate licensing board? How would you send your child into a classroom with a teacher who had failed to earn their teaching certificate? The Children’s Administration decides the fate of tens of thousands of children and families each year and they have the opportunity to be the leaders in a call for quality. But, if we as a state are not willing to commit to best practice standards, how can we assure that children and families receive the highest quality services possible? Reports of child deaths and disgruntled foster, adoptive and birth parents who feel abused by the system regularly grab headlines. This only reinforces the widely held public view that the child-welfare system is out of control, policies and practices are inconsistent, and services are poorly run. Accreditation is an extremely valuable tool that can be used to improve the public child-welfare system and also highlight positive efforts made by the Children’s Administration. Accreditation also: • Improves programs, services and operations by increasing credibility and accountability, and by creating a more-responsive system for the people being served. • Requires that clients have a place at the table in terms of making decisions that affect their lives, resulting in better outcomes for children and families. • Ensures that agencies have and use solid risk-management strategies, including internal self-assessment and self-correcting procedures. • And helps agencies to identify and reduce risks and prevent crisis. The strongest case for accreditation comes not from what it requires of agencies, but what it promises Washington’s children and their families. We have learned at Children’s Home Society of Washington that accreditation is more than a sticker in our window. We have experienced the benefits of accreditation for more than 50 years. It’s a way of life — the way we do business. It’s a process of excellence that is the foundation of everything we do. It is expert evaluation from our peers in the areas of child development and family services. It is confirmation that our commitment to excellence and the highest service standards is not lip service — it is what we do. That is why it is not hard for us to imagine a Washington where every child thrives and every child reaches his or her full potential. DSHS has made significant gains towards meeting best practice standards for children and families. After seven years, they are remarkably close to national accreditation. We urge them to complete this important process. Sharon Osborne is president and CEO of Children’s Home Society of Washington An Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and the Child Protection "INDUSTRY" Child Protective Services Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of CPS. every parent should read the free handbook from connecticut dcf watch... 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/Foster care 160, biological Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS/Foster care 112, biological Parents 13 Neglect CPS/Foster care 410, biological Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS/Foster care 14 biological Parents 12 Fatalities CPS/Foster care 6.4, biological 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. THIS IS AMERICA'S HIDDEN HOLOCAUST Currently Child Protective Services violates more constitutionally guaranteed liberties & civil rights on a daily basis then all other agencies combined, Including the National Security agency/Central intelligence agency wiretaping programs… THE CORRUPT BUSINESS OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BY: Nancy Schaefer Senator, 50th District of Georgia http://www.senatornancyschaefer.com/...s.php?filter=6 This is Child Protection? By Gregory A. Hession, J.D. http://www.jbs.org/node/4632 Mercenary Motherhood: "Memoirs of a Babystealer." http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...nion-rightrail FOSTER CARE IS A 80 PERCENT FAILU. A Brief Analysis of the Casey Family Programs. Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. By Richard Wexler http://www.nccpr.org/reports/cfpanalysis.doc HOW THE WAR AGAINST CHILD ABUSE BECAME A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN http://www.nccpr.org/issues/1.html Adoption Bonuses: The Money Behind the Madness DSS and affiliates rewarded for breaking up families By Nev Moore Massachusetts News http://www.massnews.com/past_issues/...May/mayds4.htm A recent study has found that 12-18 months after leaving foster ca 30% of the nation’s homeless are former foster children. 27% of the males and 10% of the females had been incarcerated 33% were receiving public assistance 37% had not finished high school 2% receive a college degree 50% were unemployed Children in foster care are three to six times more likely than children not in care to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems, including conduct disorders, depression, difficulties in school and impaired social relationships. Some experts estimate that about 30% of the children in care have marked or severe emotional problems. Various studies have indicated that children and young people in foster care tend to have limited education and job skills, perform poorly in school compared to children who are not in foster care, lag behind in their education by at least one year, and have lower educational attainment than the general population. *Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support 80 percent of prison inmates have been through the foster care system. The highest ranking federal official in charge of foster care, Wade Horn of the Department of Health and Human Services, is a former child psychologist who says the foster care system is a giant mess and should just be blown up. http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=2017991 Four rigorous studies have found that at least 30 percent of America’s foster children could be home right now if their parents had decent housing. This study found thousands of children already in foster care who would have done better had child protection agencies not taken them away in the first place. Front-page story in USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...m?csp=34#Close Read the studies online. Casey "alumni" study: "Improving Family Foster Ca Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study," http://www.casey.org/Resources/Publi...lumniStudy.htm MIT study: "Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care," http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fo...arch07_aer.pdf http://www.cftl.org/documents/2008/FCfullreport.pdf Texas comptroller's "Forgotten Children" reports: www.window.state.tx.us/forgottenchildren The bottom line? - Child Protective Services and the Foster Care system for the most part turns out young adults that are nothing more than walking wreckage... CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS.... CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS 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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