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Florida |FOR SALE| Your Children: -- State foster care gets a fix-it
State foster care gets a fix-it list
A state task force offers recommendations. By MELANIE AVE, Times Staff Writer Published October 10, 2007 http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/10/St...care_get.shtml The state's Task Force on Child Protection, created to examine the Florida's foster care system and recommend improvements in the wake of a high-profile blunder involving a missing toddler, issued its preliminary report this week. The 11-page report says more urgency and coordination between agencies is needed in all levels of foster care and specifically calls for a quicker review when foster children are not visited by caseworkers. Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob Butterworth created the 13-member task force in July to make sure a case like 2-year-old Courtney Clark's would not happen again. The Pinellas girl disappeared for nine months with her birth mother. Subsequent reviews revealed numerous errors by DCF, its private contractors and law enforcement. "One of the things our committee did not want was to come up with just another report to sit on the shelf," said task force chairman Barry Krischer, West Palm Beach state attorney. "We wanted to come up with recommendations that could be implemented, assuming the Legislature was committed to protecting children." Melanie Ave can be reached at or 727 893-8813. Key recommendations Caseworkers: Reduce the review period for children not seen by a caseworker to 31 days.In Courtney's case, a caseworker did not visit her once she was placed with her mother's friend in Lake County. It took the worker four months to report her missing to law enforcement. Background checks: Improve the screening of potential caregivers, including foster parents, relatives and strangers through changed legislation. In Courtney's case, a home study of the foster family did not fully disclose a history of abuse there. Missing child reports: Support legislation to require law enforcement to accept a missing child report when a foster child is taken by a fleeing birth parent. In Courtney's case, there was a delay in entering her information into the Florida Crime Information Center and the National Crime Information Center because she was taken by her birth mother, who was not charged with a crime. What's next A final report will be released Nov. 2, though the group's work is far from over. It plans to continue to meet bimonthly through September 2008 to tackle other issues, including: Creating a uniform payment method for foster ca There is a large range in per child funding among nonprofit, community-based agencies that oversee foster care across the state. Some agencies receive $11,000 per child while others receive $18,000. Clarifying the roles of DCF and its private contractors: In Courtney's case, DCF partly blamed its contractor, which partly blamed its subcontractor, which supervised the girl's caseworker. Reducing caseworker turnover: In some areas, turnover has been more than 90 percent. Establishing standards for addressing child against child sexual abuse: Confusion has arisen among foster families about where to place children who abuse other children. [Last modified October 9, 2007, 23:09:11] 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... |
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Florida |FOR SALE| Your Children: -- State foster care gets a fix-it list: agencies receive $11,000 per child while others receive $18,000.
Are the financial stats on what various states get per child public?
On Oct 10, 1:31 am, fx wrote: State foster care gets a fix-it list A state task force offers recommendations. By MELANIE AVE, Times Staff Writer Published October 10, 2007 http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/10/St...care_get.shtml The state's Task Force on Child Protection, created to examine the Florida's foster care system and recommend improvements in the wake of a high-profile blunder involving a missing toddler, issued its preliminary report this week. The 11-page report says more urgency and coordination between agencies is needed in all levels of foster care and specifically calls for a quicker review when foster children are not visited by caseworkers. Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob Butterworth created the 13-member task force in July to make sure a case like 2-year-old Courtney Clark's would not happen again. The Pinellas girl disappeared for nine months with her birth mother. Subsequent reviews revealed numerous errors by DCF, its private contractors and law enforcement. "One of the things our committee did not want was to come up with just another report to sit on the shelf," said task force chairman Barry Krischer, West Palm Beach state attorney. "We wanted to come up with recommendations that could be implemented, assuming the Legislature was committed to protecting children." Melanie Ave can be reached at or 727 893-8813. Key recommendations Caseworkers: Reduce the review period for children not seen by a caseworker to 31 days.In Courtney's case, a caseworker did not visit her once she was placed with her mother's friend in Lake County. It took the worker four months to report her missing to law enforcement. Background checks: Improve the screening of potential caregivers, including foster parents, relatives and strangers through changed legislation. In Courtney's case, a home study of the foster family did not fully disclose a history of abuse there. Missing child reports: Support legislation to require law enforcement to accept a missing child report when a foster child is taken by a fleeing birth parent. In Courtney's case, there was a delay in entering her information into the Florida Crime Information Center and the National Crime Information Center because she was taken by her birth mother, who was not charged with a crime. What's next A final report will be released Nov. 2, though the group's work is far from over. It plans to continue to meet bimonthly through September 2008 to tackle other issues, including: Creating a uniform payment method for foster ca There is a large range in per child funding among nonprofit, community-based agencies that oversee foster care across the state. Some agencies receive $11,000 per child while others receive $18,000. Clarifying the roles of DCF and its private contractors: In Courtney's case, DCF partly blamed its contractor, which partly blamed its subcontractor, which supervised the girl's caseworker. Reducing caseworker turnover: In some areas, turnover has been more than 90 percent. Establishing standards for addressing child against child sexual abuse: Confusion has arisen among foster families about where to place children who abuse other children. [Last modified October 9, 2007, 23:09:11] 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... |
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