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Old August 7th 07, 06:48 AM posted to alt.support.child-protective-services,alt.support.foster-parents,alt.dads-rights.unmoderated,alt.parenting.spanking
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Child protection in Florida falters

By A TIMES EDITROIAL
Published August 7, 2007

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/07/Op...ion_in_F.shtml

In calling for a review of child-protection services at the Sarasota
Family YMCA, state Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob
Butterworth has delivered an unmistakable message of accountability: No
one will escape it.

The Sarasota Y is the dean of foster care providers in Florida, and
today's network of 20 different state-funded nonprofit organizations
exists in large part because of its early success. But the YMCA over the
past decade has grown into a $91-million-a-year state-funded business,
serving five counties including Pinellas and Pasco. There are ample
signs it is faltering.

The death of an 18-month-old girl who had been returned to her
dysfunctional mother and the inexcusable disappearance of a 2-year-old
foster girl are the human warnings. But the statistical indicators are
worrisome as well. A recent state report ranked Sarasota's north and
south regions as two of the worst performers in the state, yet noted
that the southern-counties contract pays the YMCA second-most in the
state - $17,982 per child. In the first quarter of this year, the YMCA
northern counties had the state's worst rate of missing foster children.

The agency's financial priorities have become murkier over time. It's
hard enough to defend the compensation for YMCA CEO Carl Weinrich,
$254,490, when it is almost half-again as much as Butterworth earns.
More troubling, the generosity seems limited to the front office, with
caseworkers being paid the second-lowest salaries in the state.

This may be only the tip of the community-based iceberg, and Butterworth
has promised a top-to-bottom review of child protection services. At a
meeting last week of the broader oversight committee, he was blunt:
"Everything is on the table. Our system, if not broken, is in desperate
need of serious repair."

The secretary should find willing bipartisan legislative support. Senate
Children, Families and Elder Affairs Chairwoman Ronda Storms, R-Valrico,
said recently: "I'm a supporter of ... privatization. I'm not such a
supporter that I will ignore problems, glaring problems, or give them a
pass when they fail."

Keeping children safe from some of the unthinkable environments in which
they live is agonizingly difficult work. But the problem with accepting
lower standards or poor communication or lack of follow-up is that
children can die. Butterworth has to keep digging.

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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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