DCF FL admits it failed to protect kids

Of course, the head of Florida's CPS is now outta here.

Would you trust these jokers with your flesh and blood?

Subject: DCF FL admitted it failed in protecting kids
From: (Fern5827)
Date: 9/3/2004 8:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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Subject: Failure of DCF system left two unprotected
From: wexwimpy
Date: 8/26/2004 12:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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Failure of DCF system left two unprotected
By Times Staff Writer Published August 25, 2004

BROOKSVILLE - An independent panel chided the Department of Children
and Families for failing to heed warning signs of an abusive
environment that led a 10-year-old girl to shrink to 29 pounds over
four years.

The state agency released the report Tuesday, which highlights a
series of systematic failures and a pattern of "torture and
starvation" that nearly delivered the girl to death's doorstep.

Although DCF has acknowledged that it failed to protect the children,
the 25-page report points out exactly where the state agency went
wrong. It cites the failure of caseworkers to visit regularly and
question the foster parents.

The four-person panel did not recommend disciplinary actions. Agency
spokesman Bill Spann said DCF has implemented some of the panel's
recommendations.

Foster parents Lori and Arthur Allain face criminal charges of neglect
and abuse of the children. They were arrested in June, not long after
the state removed the 10-year-old and her 14-year-old half-brother in
May.

The Allains denied Tuesday that they abused the girl. They say the
state agency didn't adequately train and prepare them to care for the
special needs of the children, who were neglected by their biological
mother.
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/25/He...F_system.shtml



DESCRIPTORS; CPS, DHS, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, MIAMI, ORLANDO,
JACKSONVILLE, CHILD PROTECTIVE, CHILD ABUSE,

Network at site:

http://www.familyrightsassociation.com

Look under departments, then US contacts for your state.

Fern5827 wrote:

Of course, the head of Florida's CPS is now outta here.

Of course not. Goverment should never be involved in families and
parenting decisions should always be left to the family.

Would you trust these jokers with your flesh and blood?

So government involvement is bad, and privatization is even worse. I
say no accountability for parents. Hit your child, beat your child,
maim your child. As long as you are the biological parent, you have the
right to treat your child however you see fit.

After all, children deserve no protection and they have no rights.

Good post, Fern.

LaVonne

Subject: DCF FL admitted it failed in protecting kids
From: (Fern5827)
Date: 9/3/2004 8:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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Subject: Failure of DCF system left two unprotected
From: wexwimpy
Date: 8/26/2004 12:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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Failure of DCF system left two unprotected
By Times Staff Writer Published August 25, 2004

BROOKSVILLE - An independent panel chided the Department of Children
and Families for failing to heed warning signs of an abusive
environment that led a 10-year-old girl to shrink to 29 pounds over
four years.

The state agency released the report Tuesday, which highlights a
series of systematic failures and a pattern of "torture and
starvation" that nearly delivered the girl to death's doorstep.

Although DCF has acknowledged that it failed to protect the children,
the 25-page report points out exactly where the state agency went
wrong. It cites the failure of caseworkers to visit regularly and
question the foster parents.

The four-person panel did not recommend disciplinary actions. Agency
spokesman Bill Spann said DCF has implemented some of the panel's
recommendations.

Foster parents Lori and Arthur Allain face criminal charges of neglect
and abuse of the children. They were arrested in June, not long after
the state removed the 10-year-old and her 14-year-old half-brother in
May.

The Allains denied Tuesday that they abused the girl. They say the
state agency didn't adequately train and prepare them to care for the
special needs of the children, who were neglected by their biological
mother.
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/25/He...F_system.shtml



DESCRIPTORS; CPS, DHS, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, MIAMI, ORLANDO,
JACKSONVILLE, CHILD PROTECTIVE, CHILD ABUSE,

Network at site:

http://www.familyrightsassociation.com

Look under departments, then US contacts for your state.