LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman said the state needsto be more revealing about cases of adoption that involve foster children.

Governor Wants More Disclosure About Wards Of State
State Looks At Foster Care Reporting After Child's Death

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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman said the state needs to be
more revealing about cases of adoption that involve foster children.

State leaders are revisiting foster-care laws after Joleet M. Poole, 23,
was charged in the death of a foster child he was hoping to adopt. Poole
was charged last week with child abuse resulting in death after Davion
Winrow, 1, died at a hospital of head injuries.

Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine questions why Poole was ever allowed
to pursue adoption. Juvenile court records show that Poole stabbed a boy
in 1992. Soon after, his mother's parental rights were terminated.

Kleine said that after living his whole life in foster care, Davion had
recently gone to live with Poole as Poole considered adoption.

"We need to disclose more information, not less information about these
situations," Heineman said on Wednesday.

Davion's case has some state leaders considering whether the public
should know what role the Department of Health and Human Services had in
the decision to allow Poole to watch the child.

"All of us will benefit on how these choices were made," said state Sen.
Gwen Howard.

When a state ward dies, HHS said it can only report whether the child
was a state ward, and for how long, as well as whether the child had any
siblings in state custody.

State Sen. Ernie Chambers said there is a fine balance between the
public's right to know and a family's privacy.

"The key is how the legislation is handled," Chamber said.

Lincoln pediatrician Dr. Stacie Bleicher is a child advocate who, in
2003, served on a governor's task force that investigated child deaths.
She said on Wednesday that she believes the balance must be met in order
to protect kids.

"What do we use as screening tools for prospective adoptive parents?
What different things are looked at in their past?" Bleicher said.

The governor has looked at some of the facts, he said, and while he
would not yet say whether he has confidence in the way HHS handled
Davion's situation, he said that in general, case workers do good job.

Howard said she's going to draft legislation that will address these issues.

If convicted, Poole faces a maximum penalty of 20 years to life in prison.





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

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...