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Collinsville Teen Freed From Foster Care
Collinsville Teen Freed From Foster Care
Created: 12/5/2007 5:10:21 PM Last updated: 12/5/2007 7:18:13 PM http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_articl...storyid=136098 By Leisa Zigman I-Team Reporter (KSDK) - A 17-year-old Collinsville teen was granted emancipation Tuesday from his mother and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Advertisement The extraordinary decision comes just one month after Illinois placed the teen in a foster home with a convicted sex offender. The emancipation order frees him from what James Branson called an abusive biological mother and the State of Illinois. The order states: "Petitioner James Branson is deemed completely emancipated from his/her parents, guardian or custodians as of December 4, 2007." Branson's nightmare with the Illinois DCFS began when case workers placed him in a Madison County foster home two months ago. Loren Wilbert Williams, convicted of four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child lived there, too. Branson found out about Williams' history when he plugged in the foster home address on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry. "What would have happened if I didn't say anything about the sex offender and the state just kept putting kids in there? What if another kid got hurt," Branson said. Branson said Williams never harmed him, but still called the hotline with the information. From there Branson was sent into two different foster homes. He said it was a situation that made it difficult to get to school. He said the state wouldn't help him with transportation or money as it related to school. A state spokesperson would only say that "DCFS is unable to comment further on a pending investigation." A spokesperson with the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition said a judge's emancipation order is rare. Karen Morgan has worked with foster and adoptive children in Missouri and Illinois for 16 years. "There are times when children do fall through the cracks. But at all costs, we have to ask, "Can we keep the child in his same school?'" "We have case workers that have driven kids across town to go to school everyday, because it's more important for that child to stay at his school," she said. Branson said he had one of those case workers, who he credited with driving him to school at six in the morning from one of his foster homes. Still, the thinks DCFS isn't working. Madison County Judge Duane Bailey signed Branson's emancipation order. He has signed a total of three since March. "The system failed these kids. . I want to make sure they can succeed," Bailey said in a prepared statement. Bailey first checks living and financial arrangements as well as the petitioner's maturity. Branson is living with an adult and has several adult friends advocating for him. He's getting a job, plans to graduate from Granite City High this year and hopes to attend Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville this fall. A call to the Illinois DCFS to ask how many times children in state care are granted emancipation was not returned. The Missouri Department of Social Services doesn't keep such statistics. CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS.... 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 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. 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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