DCF Official Outraged At Alleged Foster Home Rape Politician WantsTo Reform DCF's Foster Care

DCF Official Outraged At Alleged Foster Home Rape
Politician Wants To Reform DCF's Foster Care

http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_218214720.html

Gary Nelson
Reporting

(CBS4) MIAMI Florida's Department of Children and Families is going on
record now, acknowledging a terrible failure to protect the kids in a
North Dade foster home. The failure led to the alleged rape of an
eight-year-old girl.

Miami-Dade's DCF administrator conceded Monday that the allegations
surrounding Ian Garrick, are as bad is gets when it comes to the
agency's failures.

In a North Miami-Dade foster home, as CBS4 News was first to reveal,
Garrick is accused of molesting two little girls. Garrick was the
boyfriend of the foster mother at the home, and he was allowed to move
into the home in March, even though DCF knew he had been accused of
molesting a 10-year-old girl at the home the year before. Police say he
went on to rape an eight-year-old this year.

"How was this man, who we knew we had suspicions on before, allowed to
move back into the home and reside in the home, because it was
reported?" said Ferradaz. "We knew about it; it was reported. Definitely
something went wrong. We had policies in place to catch this sort of
thing and prevent it from happening, but apparently they weren't
followed," said Gilda Ferradaz, with DCF.

But even before this accused rapist slipped through the bureaucratic
cracks and through this foster home door, there were questions about the
home and Cynthia Matthias, the woman who ran it.

Reams of records acquired by CBS4 News revealed serious questions were
raised about the mother several years ago.

One caseworker's notes refer to "several abuse reports against the
(foster parent), including one of concern."

But it apparently wasn't enough concern to keep Matthias's license from
being renewed.

An arrest for battery didn't keep the state from licensing Matthias either.

On one occasion, a caseworker found the foster kids in this home alone,
being watched by a teenager.

This is what we found written in a report: "She was informed that the
children cannot be left with a 16-year-old."

And so it went in this foster home, until Matthias�with the state's
consent�allowed Garrick to watch and allegedly abuse children.





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...