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Florida-- DCF incompetence costly to taxpayers
DCF incompetence costly to taxpayers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Page February 10, 2008 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opi...,3298982.story ISSUE: DCF lawsuit settlements cost taxpayers millions. Florida's lead social services provider has long needed an overhaul, but state officials have chosen band-aid solutions instead. Now taxpayers are paying the price in lawsuit settlements costing the state millions of dollars. Such expensive payouts couldn't have come at a worse time for a state already strapped with a $1 billion budget shortfall. The most recent case involves a Southwest Ranches foster parent accused of molesting little girls placed in his home. There had been previous sexual misconduct allegations against 79-year-old Thomas Ferrara dating back to 1992, and yet DCF continued to place children in his house. As many as 400 children were placed in the home from 1984 to 2000, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The public is right to question why DCF workers kept placing children in his care despite allegations of abuse in 1992 and 1996. True, no charges emerged from the allegations, and those investigations were dropped. But red flags should have been going up. Broward Sheriff's Office arrested Ferrara in 2001 after a 9-year-old girl told police he had molested her over a two-year period. Ferrara pleaded no contest to the charges, and later accepted a plea deal, getting two years house arrest and 20 years probation. No prison time. Taxpayers didn't get off as easy. The state will end up paying $2.26 million for Ferrara's misdoings, and the trust the agency kept in him, the result of three suits involving two different girls. In some ways, the payments are progress and in keeping with DCF Secretary Bob Butterworth's vow to open up the secretive agency and admit wrong-doing. But such cases are also an enormous expense that taxpayers can ill afford. The agency deserves its share of blame. But Floridians must also do a little soul-searching, for DCF's woes wouldn't have gotten this expensive if the state's leadership had not been so inattentive and neglectful in addressing the agency's shortcomings. BOTTOM LINE: It's the worst time for such an expense, but hopefully a lesson learned. 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. 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 The full study is available here. http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fo...arch07_aer.pdf 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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FL DCF incompetence costly to taxpayers
This is WHY families abused by CPS agencies
need to sue for MILLIONS. It's the one language the system sucks understand. (And the taxpayers will force them to stop the malpractice.) On Feb 10, 3:30 am, fx wrote: DCF incompetence costly to taxpayers South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Page February 10, 2008 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opi...sbfeb10,0,3298... ISSUE: DCF lawsuit settlements cost taxpayers millions. Florida's lead social services provider has long needed an overhaul, but state officials have chosen band-aid solutions instead. Now taxpayers are paying the price in lawsuit settlements costing the state millions of dollars. Such expensive payouts couldn't have come at a worse time for a state already strapped with a $1 billion budget shortfall. The most recent case involves a Southwest Ranches foster parent accused of molesting little girls placed in his home. There had been previous sexual misconduct allegations against 79-year-old Thomas Ferrara dating back to 1992, and yet DCF continued to place children in his house. As many as 400 children were placed in the home from 1984 to 2000, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The public is right to question why DCF workers kept placing children in his care despite allegations of abuse in 1992 and 1996. True, no charges emerged from the allegations, and those investigations were dropped. But red flags should have been going up. Broward Sheriff's Office arrested Ferrara in 2001 after a 9-year-old girl told police he had molested her over a two-year period. Ferrara pleaded no contest to the charges, and later accepted a plea deal, getting two years house arrest and 20 years probation. No prison time. Taxpayers didn't get off as easy. The state will end up paying $2.26 million for Ferrara's misdoings, and the trust the agency kept in him, the result of three suits involving two different girls. In some ways, the payments are progress and in keeping with DCF Secretary Bob Butterworth's vow to open up the secretive agency and admit wrong-doing. But such cases are also an enormous expense that taxpayers can ill afford. The agency deserves its share of blame. But Floridians must also do a little soul-searching, for DCF's woes wouldn't have gotten this expensive if the state's leadership had not been so inattentive and neglectful in addressing the agency's shortcomings. BOTTOM LINE: It's the worst time for such an expense, but hopefully a lesson learned. 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. 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/...16,0,5019944.s... 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/...tudy_N.htm?csp... The full study is available here. http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fo...arch07_aer.pdf 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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