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A grand jury blasted the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Servicesfor not disciplining state CPS social workers for "serious acts of misconduct"against families whose children they removed.



 
 
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Default A grand jury blasted the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Servicesfor not disciplining state CPS social workers for "serious acts of misconduct"against families whose children they removed.

Social work oversight criticized
No Hardin indictments, but Cabinet is blasted
By Valarie Honeycutt Spears


http://www.kentucky.com/454/story/138635.html

A grand jury yesterday blasted the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and
Family Services for not disciplining state social workers based in
Hardin County for "serious acts of misconduct" against families whose
children they removed.

But after a two-month investigation, the grand jury said it found "no
prosecutable crimes" in the case, and it did not issue any indictments.
One reason, the report said, is that 12 months has already passed,
barring prosecution of "any potential misdemeanor offenses."

The social workers' alleged actions occurred between 2003 and March 2006.

The grand jury investigation followed a report released in January by
the Inspector General of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services that
said workers falsified records, lied in court and mocked parents.

In its report, the grand jury said it was concerned by "the lack of any
significant response on the part of the Cabinet hierarchy in the form of
any serious disciplinary action, revealing deeper problems on all levels
of operation" of the cabinet.

"We found it both disturbing and shocking that these few employees were
able to act in such a manner toward the families involved, as well as
toward the court system, without any significant measures being taken,"
the report said. "... The Cabinet seems unable or unwilling to sanction
severely in situations when such action is clearly necessary."

The report said that a new and separate state agency might need to be
created to remove social workers whose actions are "undesirable."

Cabinet officials said they would take action regarding the social
workers in August.

Mark A. Washington, commissioner of the Department for Community Based
Services, testified before the grand jury, the report said.

Yesterday, Washington said the results of the Office of Inspector
General's investigation, issued in January, did not include case numbers
or the names of staff members involved.

"Since receiving the individual case files from the OIG in April, the
Department for Community Based Services and the Cabinet's Office of
Human Resource Management have conducted an extensive review of the
thousands of pages of case files, as required by merit system laws in
order for disciplinary action to be taken," Washington said.

One problem, the grand jury report said, is Kentucky doesn't have strong
enough criminal laws for social workers who abuse their power. The
report called on the General Assembly to make such misbehavior a felony.

The inspector general's report dealt with alleged misconduct pertaining
to child removal, termination of parental rights, and state adoption
proceedings.

The grand jury praised the two Louisville-based child advocacy groups
that first revealed problems with inappropriate child removals and
inappropriate state adoptions in January 2006: Kentucky Youth Advocates
and the National Institute on Children, Youth and Families, Inc.

"The message goes out loud and clear that you can abuse families and get
a pass from grand juries because of the time limitations," said David
Richart, executive director of the National Institute.

KYA's executive director, Terry Brooks, said he was surprised and
disappointed no indictments were returned since the grand jury said it
found evidence of serious employee misconduct.

With no indictments, Brooks said, "How do we ensure that a rogue social
worker can't do harm to families and children?"

Brooks said if the grand jury's admonishment of the cabinet drives
reform by the General Assembly, then the report will have had some
success. If not, and "if maverick social workers get off, then it's a
tragedy," he said.

Meanwhile, the report said proper supervision and timely discipline of
offending employees could fix the problems the grand jury found.

The grand jury report said there are good Cabinet social workers in
Hardin County and across the state: "It is unfortunate that they have
been tainted in the eyes of the public by these few bad apples."





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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