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Tucson, Arizona: Answers sought when children aren't protected, Releasingrecords provides insight into the workings of child welfare...
Answers sought when children aren't protected
Our view: Releasing records provides insight into the workings of child welfare Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.25.2007 http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/193144 The Child Protective Services files of three Arizona children who were killed, allegedly by their parents will likely be opened to the public after the Pima County Attorney's Office dropped its objection to the records release. We look forward to the release of the records because we believe the people of Arizona should know what happened in the brief lives of Brandon Williams, 5, and of siblings Ariana Payne, 4, and Tyler Payne, 5. Word of the possible release of the records came at a hearing in Maricopa County Superior Court in the lawsuit the Arizona Daily Star and the Arizona Republic filed to force CPS to release the files. CPS officials said they were following state and federal confidentiality laws by refusing to release the files. The privacy rules, CPS officials and Gov. Janet Napolitano said, exist to protect other children and innocent adults in the family. After the children died, the County Attorney's Office said releasing the CPS records would interfere with the prosecution of the criminal cases filed against the children's parents and other adults. But CPS released summary case files in the deaths last week and the County Attorney's Office said the files would not hamper the prosecution. Instead of arguing why the records should remain secret, the Arizona Attorney General's Office, which represents CPS in court, gave Judge Edward O. Burke the complete case files and a version with confidential details redacted, according to a story by the Star's Josh Brodesky. Burke said he will decide by next Monday how much information can be released while protecting privacy. As we've said on these pages before, the public needs to know what actions CPS workers did, or did not, take on behalf of Brandon, Ariana and Tyler. The case summary reports revealed the bare bones of the agency's interaction with the kids' families, but serious questions went unanswered. Brandon, who was autistic, died of a skull fracture in March. The boy's feet had been severely burned, ligature marks were found all over his body and he had a large amount of over-the-counter cold medicine in his system. CPS workers had been trying to find his mother, Diane Marsh, to discuss an abuse allegation in the family, but never made contact with her. Marsh and a roommate, Flower Tompson, are charged with Brandon's murder. Ariana's body was found in a storage locker in February. Despite several landfill searches by police, Tyler's body has never been found. Their father, Christopher Matthew Payne, and his girlfriend, Reina Gonzalez, are charged in the children's murders. No one who is arguing for a look at the complete case files wants to put children or adults in danger. In these cases, the sad reality is that the children are dead and the parents have been arrested. The argument to release the records of the Payne children has been strengthened because their mother, Jamie Hallam, has waived her confidentiality rights. Releasing the records will give the public a better look at the inner workings of child welfare. We need to see how the case workers do their job to better understand what needs to be improved. Such information is important because CPS investigates more than 35,000 allegations of abuse or neglect each year. Arizona Department of Economic Security Deputy Director Ken Deibert said he hopes the public will be able to see that its perception of how CPS works isn't always true. The media has painted "an inaccurate picture of how we conduct ourselves," he told Brodesky. "I believe the public at times has a misconception of what child welfare does or doesn't do." Arizonans may soon have a better understanding through these records about that process. The state then must come to terms with shortcomings in the system — too few caseworkers and drug-treatment resources, for example — and do what is necessary to make sure kids under the umbrella of CPS stay safe. 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... |
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Tucson, Arizona: Answers sought when children aren't protected,Releasing records provides insight into the workings of child welfare...
Apparently Michael believes that CPS is underfunded in some
instances...this one in fact: "The state then must come to terms with shortcomings in the system — too few caseworkers and drug-treatment resources, for example — and do what is necessary to make sure kids under the umbrella of CPS stay safe. " Greg's cure, of course, would more likely include his claim that "they didn't earn it," so cutting funding is the cure. That surely will improve practice. Logic and Greg are never far apart. But one of them sleeps. fx wrote: Answers sought when children aren't protected Our view: Releasing records provides insight into the workings of child welfare Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.25.2007 http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/193144 The Child Protective Services files of three Arizona children who were killed, allegedly by their parents will likely be opened to the public after the Pima County Attorney's Office dropped its objection to the records release. We look forward to the release of the records because we believe the people of Arizona should know what happened in the brief lives of Brandon Williams, 5, and of siblings Ariana Payne, 4, and Tyler Payne, 5. Word of the possible release of the records came at a hearing in Maricopa County Superior Court in the lawsuit the Arizona Daily Star and the Arizona Republic filed to force CPS to release the files. CPS officials said they were following state and federal confidentiality laws by refusing to release the files. The privacy rules, CPS officials and Gov. Janet Napolitano said, exist to protect other children and innocent adults in the family. After the children died, the County Attorney's Office said releasing the CPS records would interfere with the prosecution of the criminal cases filed against the children's parents and other adults. But CPS released summary case files in the deaths last week and the County Attorney's Office said the files would not hamper the prosecution. Instead of arguing why the records should remain secret, the Arizona Attorney General's Office, which represents CPS in court, gave Judge Edward O. Burke the complete case files and a version with confidential details redacted, according to a story by the Star's Josh Brodesky. Burke said he will decide by next Monday how much information can be released while protecting privacy. As we've said on these pages before, the public needs to know what actions CPS workers did, or did not, take on behalf of Brandon, Ariana and Tyler. The case summary reports revealed the bare bones of the agency's interaction with the kids' families, but serious questions went unanswered. Brandon, who was autistic, died of a skull fracture in March. The boy's feet had been severely burned, ligature marks were found all over his body and he had a large amount of over-the-counter cold medicine in his system. CPS workers had been trying to find his mother, Diane Marsh, to discuss an abuse allegation in the family, but never made contact with her. Marsh and a roommate, Flower Tompson, are charged with Brandon's murder. Ariana's body was found in a storage locker in February. Despite several landfill searches by police, Tyler's body has never been found. Their father, Christopher Matthew Payne, and his girlfriend, Reina Gonzalez, are charged in the children's murders. No one who is arguing for a look at the complete case files wants to put children or adults in danger. In these cases, the sad reality is that the children are dead and the parents have been arrested. The argument to release the records of the Payne children has been strengthened because their mother, Jamie Hallam, has waived her confidentiality rights. Releasing the records will give the public a better look at the inner workings of child welfare. We need to see how the case workers do their job to better understand what needs to be improved. Such information is important because CPS investigates more than 35,000 allegations of abuse or neglect each year. Arizona Department of Economic Security Deputy Director Ken Deibert said he hopes the public will be able to see that its perception of how CPS works isn't always true. The media has painted "an inaccurate picture of how we conduct ourselves," he told Brodesky. "I believe the public at times has a misconception of what child welfare does or doesn't do." Arizonans may soon have a better understanding through these records about that process. The state then must come to terms with shortcomings in the system — too few caseworkers and drug-treatment resources, for example — and do what is necessary to make sure kids under the umbrella of CPS stay safe. 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... |
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