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Report: Kentucky Foster Care Rife With Corruption: Child Protective Services caseworkers lied to judges, falsified documents and ripped families apart all for their personal gain.



 
 
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Old June 20th 07, 10:11 AM posted to alt.support.child-protective-services,alt.dads-rights.unmoderated,alt.support.foster-parents,alt.support.divorce,misc.kids
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Default Report: Kentucky Foster Care Rife With Corruption: Child Protective Services caseworkers lied to judges, falsified documents and ripped families apart all for their personal gain.

Hmm... a reference to a "culture" that supports this.
Now who do you know who has talked about
the corrupt culture in these agencies before, Kane?

On Jun 18, 11:43 am, fx wrote:
Report: Kentucky Foster Care Rife With Corruption

POSTED: 8:24 pm EST February 7, 2007
UPDATED: 12:59 pm EST February 8, 2007

http://www.wlwt.com/news/10957912/detail.html?taf=cin

The report, released by Kentucky's inspector general, revealed a culture
where some caseworkers thrived on the power to control families. It
claimed that some caseworkers lied to judges, falsified documents and
ripped families apart all for their personal gain.

Some parents said their children were severely abused on top of it all.

"My youngest grandchild was beaten -- made to stand in a barn," said
Connie Marshall, who had three grandchildren taken by the Kentucky
foster care program. She said her grandchildren were "made to go without
food, and my oldest grandchild was putting food in his pockets to feed
the younger grandchild."

Other parents had similar horror stories.

"They just left her laying in a car seat nonstop. You'd pick this child
up and she was shaped like a car seat," said Aldonica Kiger, speaking
about one of her children taken in 1997.

Many parents said they believed their children were subjected to the
system with no justification.

One parent, Phyllis Richardson, said she called child protective
services for advice on how to handle her teenage daughter. She said
instead of helping, the they simply took her children.

"They took my daughter and the youngest one at the same time," said
Richardson. "It's just a mess. Instead of offering families more help,
they just want to hurry up and take [the children]."

Parents said it was all about the money.

Foster parents get hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of dollars a
month for each child, and the state gets thousands for each adoption.

Families called it "the other Kentucky lottery," because it seemed like
a game of chance where the unlucky ones not only lost their children --
they also lose their rights.

That's what caught the attention of the inspector general.

The report compiled a long list of complaints against the system, below
are some of the most egregious.

# The state emphasizes adoption, not reunification.

# Caseworkers falsified documents and lied to intentionally misled courts.

# Parents were denied legal representation for important court hearings.

# Caseworkers would intentionally overwhelm parents financially and
emotionally until they quit trying to get their kids back.

# Some employees faced retaliation for opposing supervisors.

# Some foster parents were told they would not get children placed in
their homes if they talked to investigators.

# Any foster care youths who become parents themselves were forced to
give their children up to the state once they leave the system.

"It's very disturbing and those are attitudes we will not tolerate and
we'll take necessary steps to ensure that is not prevalent throughout
the state," said Tom Emberton, the state undersecretary at the Cabinet
for Health and Family Services.

While the inspector general's report focused on central Kentucky, there
have been allegations of corruption throughout the state.

Witnesses also showed that the corruption reached all the way to the
upper echelons of the state bureaucracy.

A former social worker for the cabinet said she attended meetings where
supervisors from northern Kentucky would discuss how to force
undesirable workers out of the cabinet.

Emberton said he blames the previous administration for all the
wrongdoing and credits this administration for finding the corruption.

"We didn't stick our head in the sand. We've identified it and we're
taking the necessary steps so it doesn't continue," said Emberton.

As of Wednesday 13 workers could face criminal charges, but some are
still employed.

A state panel is expected to discuss the inspector general's findings
Thursday morning.

The inspector general also made sure to point out that most social
workers are good people and that his report didn't touch on those that
did their job well.

Previous Stories:

* May 4, 2005: Target 5 Investigates Alleged Adoption Abuse, Neglect

Copyright 2007 by WLWT.com. All rights reserved. This material may not
be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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 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.

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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