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http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...child_welfare/


http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15767194.htm
Inquirer Investigation: 'Bury Your Mistakes'
Three years after a string of blunders by DHS was widely
blamed for failing to prevent the torture-murder of toddler
Porchia Bennett, an Inquirer investigation has found
that young children are still regularly abused to death
after coming to the attention of DHS.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15915897.htm
Street names panel to assess DHS
Its first job: To review all current child-welfare
cases. The move follows an Inquirer probe of the
agency. Promising the city will do a better job
protecting children in danger of abuse, Mayor
Street is pushing for sweeping reforms.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15829310.htm
Child-abuse cases in Philadelphia
This graphic shows statistics on reports of child
abuse, child-abuse deaths, cases of neglect
and youths placed in out-of-home care.



RECENT STORIES
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15873251.htm
Teen under DHS ca A fugitive
Throughout the summer, a city-paid caseworker visited
the home of a troubled 17-year-old named Braheem
Burke to make sure he was OK.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15840612.htm
Girl wasted away under DHS care
Fourteen-year-old Danieal Kelly, bedridden and nearly
paralyzed with cerebral palsy, wasted away in her
stifling Mantua apartment, gaping bedsores exposing
her bones. When she died, she weighed just 46 pounds.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15833780.htm
Pa. to file on child tragedies
A bill requiring the state Department of Public
Welfare to submit findings about each case of
child abuse or neglect that results in a child's
death or serious injury was sent to Gov. Rendell
after unanimous passage in the House last night.


http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15816438.htm
New boss brings team-building skill,
if not child-welfare expertise, to DHS
Arthur C. Evans Jr., Mayor Street's pick to lead the
beleaguered Department of Human Services, knows
plenty about about mental health - his speciality
- but little about child welfare.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15816459.htm
Workers walk in protest
Social workers at the Department of Human Services
walked off the job Friday after learning that their
boss, Commissioner Cheryl Ransom-Garner, had
resigned and Deputy Commissioner John McGee had
been fired.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15816460.htm
DHS leader and deputy ousted
Mayor Street forced out two top officials at
the city's child-welfare agency Friday,
acknowledging that his administration had
not done enough to protect children from
being killed by child abuse.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15820730.htm
The pique behind the scenes on DHS
Last Sunday, Mayor Street sent an e-mail
to his closest advisers. He was disturbed,
sources said, by The Inquirer's investigation
into how his Department of Human Services
had handled the cases of children who were
later killed.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15792613.htm
State DPW will review child deaths
Pennsylvania's welfare secretary is reviewing the
actions of the city Department of Human Services
in the wake of The Inquirer's report about child-abuse
deaths, she said yesterday.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15792638.htm
Editorial | Training and Transparency
Grown-ups often tiptoe around sleeping children.
It makes good sense. Little ones need ample rest,
and tiptoeing allows the adults to have a little free time.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15783988.htm
Law would reduce secrecy about child-abuse deaths
Gov. Rendell and Pennsylvania lawmakers were moving
yesterday toward legislation that would for the
first time require the state to tell the public
details about each child-abuse death - but only
the bare minimum needed to comply with a federal law.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15775794.htm
Hearings urged on DHS conduct
State and local elected officials called yesterday for
hearings into the conduct of Philadelphia's Department
of Human Services (DHS), the $600 million agency that
investigates child abuse.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15775858.htm
Father charged with killing baby son
The father of a year-old North Philadelphia boy
has been charged with beating the child to death.
Authorities said yesterday there was evidence that
the boy might have been abused in the past.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15760130.htm
Details of Porchia case's failures emerge
In the months after the torture-murder of 3-year-old
Porchia Bennett, top officials at the Department of
Human Services spoke of the 2003 case as a shattering
event that would change the culture at the agency.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15760147.htm
DHS 'death reviews' are kept confidential
When a child on the Department of Human Services'
watch is killed by a caregiver, city and state
officials comb through case files and interview
social workers to find out what went wrong.

Greegor wrote:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...child_welfare/

Gosh, Greg, I've posted before, and again recently, that I consider PA
an absolute trainwreck of a state when it comes to child protection.

Could it be you are having one of those infamous cases of "spaz" you
seem to think other's are afflicted with?

R R R R R R R R



http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15767194.htm
Inquirer Investigation: 'Bury Your Mistakes'
Three years after a string of blunders by DHS was widely
blamed for failing to prevent the torture-murder of toddler
Porchia Bennett, an Inquirer investigation has found
that young children are still regularly abused to death
after coming to the attention of DHS.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15915897.htm
Street names panel to assess DHS
Its first job: To review all current child-welfare
cases. The move follows an Inquirer probe of the
agency. Promising the city will do a better job
protecting children in danger of abuse, Mayor
Street is pushing for sweeping reforms.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15829310.htm
Child-abuse cases in Philadelphia
This graphic shows statistics on reports of child
abuse, child-abuse deaths, cases of neglect
and youths placed in out-of-home care.



RECENT STORIES
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15873251.htm
Teen under DHS ca A fugitive
Throughout the summer, a city-paid caseworker visited
the home of a troubled 17-year-old named Braheem
Burke to make sure he was OK.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15840612.htm
Girl wasted away under DHS care
Fourteen-year-old Danieal Kelly, bedridden and nearly
paralyzed with cerebral palsy, wasted away in her
stifling Mantua apartment, gaping bedsores exposing
her bones. When she died, she weighed just 46 pounds.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15833780.htm
Pa. to file on child tragedies
A bill requiring the state Department of Public
Welfare to submit findings about each case of
child abuse or neglect that results in a child's
death or serious injury was sent to Gov. Rendell
after unanimous passage in the House last night.


http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15816438.htm
New boss brings team-building skill,
if not child-welfare expertise, to DHS
Arthur C. Evans Jr., Mayor Street's pick to lead the
beleaguered Department of Human Services, knows
plenty about about mental health - his speciality
- but little about child welfare.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15816459.htm
Workers walk in protest
Social workers at the Department of Human Services
walked off the job Friday after learning that their
boss, Commissioner Cheryl Ransom-Garner, had
resigned and Deputy Commissioner John McGee had
been fired.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15816460.htm
DHS leader and deputy ousted
Mayor Street forced out two top officials at
the city's child-welfare agency Friday,
acknowledging that his administration had
not done enough to protect children from
being killed by child abuse.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15820730.htm
The pique behind the scenes on DHS
Last Sunday, Mayor Street sent an e-mail
to his closest advisers. He was disturbed,
sources said, by The Inquirer's investigation
into how his Department of Human Services
had handled the cases of children who were
later killed.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15792613.htm
State DPW will review child deaths
Pennsylvania's welfare secretary is reviewing the
actions of the city Department of Human Services
in the wake of The Inquirer's report about child-abuse
deaths, she said yesterday.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15792638.htm
Editorial | Training and Transparency
Grown-ups often tiptoe around sleeping children.
It makes good sense. Little ones need ample rest,
and tiptoeing allows the adults to have a little free time.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15783988.htm
Law would reduce secrecy about child-abuse deaths
Gov. Rendell and Pennsylvania lawmakers were moving
yesterday toward legislation that would for the
first time require the state to tell the public
details about each child-abuse death - but only
the bare minimum needed to comply with a federal law.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15775794.htm
Hearings urged on DHS conduct
State and local elected officials called yesterday for
hearings into the conduct of Philadelphia's Department
of Human Services (DHS), the $600 million agency that
investigates child abuse.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15775858.htm
Father charged with killing baby son
The father of a year-old North Philadelphia boy
has been charged with beating the child to death.
Authorities said yesterday there was evidence that
the boy might have been abused in the past.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15760130.htm
Details of Porchia case's failures emerge
In the months after the torture-murder of 3-year-old
Porchia Bennett, top officials at the Department of
Human Services spoke of the 2003 case as a shattering
event that would change the culture at the agency.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...e/15760147.htm
DHS 'death reviews' are kept confidential
When a child on the Department of Human Services'
watch is killed by a caregiver, city and state
officials comb through case files and interview
social workers to find out what went wrong.

Let me guess, Kane, you think MONEY is what PA needs, right?
To create more of the same?

Greegor wrote:
Let me guess, Kane, you think MONEY is what PA needs, right?
To create more of the same?

As I said recently, I have know that PA sucks as far as Child
Protection is concerned, but I haven't the time to examine it closely
enough to pin down the causes.

Did you forget I said that?

I suspect they have, for want of proper funding, just like all states,
for the size and scope of the problems of child abuse, done a lot of
creative work trying to take up the slack.

That usually results in bandaid actions with bandaide results. The
problem grows worse.

That has been the case in every state I've studied. And apparently
those that Pew and other's have studied.

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Thanks Greegor for posting these links. Very interesting data.


*****
Non-spanker by choice,
Chris C.
TX



On Nov 4, 7:41 pm, "Greegor" wrote:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...child_welfare/

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Inquirer Investigation: 'Bury Your Mistakes'
Three years after a string of blunders by DHS was widely
blamed for failing to prevent the torture-murder of toddler
Porchia Bennett, an Inquirer investigation has found
that young children are still regularly abused to death
after coming to the attention of DHS.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Street names panel to assess DHS
Its first job: To review all current child-welfare
cases. The move follows an Inquirer probe of the
agency. Promising the city will do a better job
protecting children in danger of abuse, Mayor
Street is pushing for sweeping reforms.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Child-abuse cases in Philadelphia
This graphic shows statistics on reports of child
abuse, child-abuse deaths, cases of neglect
and youths placed in out-of-home care.

RECENT STORIEShttp://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/child_welfar...
Teen under DHS ca A fugitive
Throughout the summer, a city-paid caseworker visited
the home of a troubled 17-year-old named Braheem
Burke to make sure he was OK.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Girl wasted away under DHS care
Fourteen-year-old Danieal Kelly, bedridden and nearly
paralyzed with cerebral palsy, wasted away in her
stifling Mantua apartment, gaping bedsores exposing
her bones. When she died, she weighed just 46 pounds.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Pa. to file on child tragedies
A bill requiring the state Department of Public
Welfare to submit findings about each case of
child abuse or neglect that results in a child's
death or serious injury was sent to Gov. Rendell
after unanimous passage in the House last night.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
New boss brings team-building skill,
if not child-welfare expertise, to DHS
Arthur C. Evans Jr., Mayor Street's pick to lead the
beleaguered Department of Human Services, knows
plenty about about mental health - his speciality
- but little about child welfare.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Workers walk in protest
Social workers at the Department of Human Services
walked off the job Friday after learning that their
boss, Commissioner Cheryl Ransom-Garner, had
resigned and Deputy Commissioner John McGee had
been fired.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
DHS leader and deputy ousted
Mayor Street forced out two top officials at
the city's child-welfare agency Friday,
acknowledging that his administration had
not done enough to protect children from
being killed by child abuse.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
The pique behind the scenes on DHS
Last Sunday, Mayor Street sent an e-mail
to his closest advisers. He was disturbed,
sources said, by The Inquirer's investigation
into how his Department of Human Services
had handled the cases of children who were
later killed.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
State DPW will review child deaths
Pennsylvania's welfare secretary is reviewing the
actions of the city Department of Human Services
in the wake of The Inquirer's report about child-abuse
deaths, she said yesterday.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Editorial | Training and Transparency
Grown-ups often tiptoe around sleeping children.
It makes good sense. Little ones need ample rest,
and tiptoeing allows the adults to have a little free time.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Law would reduce secrecy about child-abuse deaths
Gov. Rendell and Pennsylvania lawmakers were moving
yesterday toward legislation that would for the
first time require the state to tell the public
details about each child-abuse death - but only
the bare minimum needed to comply with a federal law.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Hearings urged on DHS conduct
State and local elected officials called yesterday for
hearings into the conduct of Philadelphia's Department
of Human Services (DHS), the $600 million agency that
investigates child abuse.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Father charged with killing baby son
The father of a year-old North Philadelphia boy
has been charged with beating the child to death.
Authorities said yesterday there was evidence that
the boy might have been abused in the past.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Details of Porchia case's failures emerge
In the months after the torture-murder of 3-year-old
Porchia Bennett, top officials at the Department of
Human Services spoke of the 2003 case as a shattering
event that would change the culture at the agency.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
DHS 'death reviews' are kept confidential
When a child on the Department of Human Services'
watch is killed by a caregiver, city and state
officials comb through case files and interview
social workers to find out what went wrong.

wrote:
Thanks Greegor for posting these links. Very interesting data.


*****
Non-spanker by choice,

Really?

And why did you decide not to spank your children?

How many children do you have?

And aren't you an advocate of spanking that argues against all forms of
nonspanking arguments?

Chris C.
TX

Why yes, it's that same Chris C. we came to know and love when he put
up a list of parenting hints that were easily mistaken as his. It was
great to see you, after being hammered for a few weeks, finally
establish clearly that it was not your list at all, but you did accuse
the poster of them of plagerizing, didn't you? Why?

Tsk.

And you are right, it's a great list. PA sucks.

Problem is no one seems to know what to do about it. Greg has no idea,
except sue, but that hasn't seemed to really solve any problems.

You got any ideas?

Share them with us, "Non-spanker by choice Chris C."





On Nov 4, 7:41 pm, "Greegor" wrote:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...child_welfare/

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Inquirer Investigation: 'Bury Your Mistakes'
Three years after a string of blunders by DHS was widely
blamed for failing to prevent the torture-murder of toddler
Porchia Bennett, an Inquirer investigation has found
that young children are still regularly abused to death
after coming to the attention of DHS.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Street names panel to assess DHS
Its first job: To review all current child-welfare
cases. The move follows an Inquirer probe of the
agency. Promising the city will do a better job
protecting children in danger of abuse, Mayor
Street is pushing for sweeping reforms.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Child-abuse cases in Philadelphia
This graphic shows statistics on reports of child
abuse, child-abuse deaths, cases of neglect
and youths placed in out-of-home care.

RECENT STORIEShttp://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/child_welfar...
Teen under DHS ca A fugitive
Throughout the summer, a city-paid caseworker visited
the home of a troubled 17-year-old named Braheem
Burke to make sure he was OK.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Girl wasted away under DHS care
Fourteen-year-old Danieal Kelly, bedridden and nearly
paralyzed with cerebral palsy, wasted away in her
stifling Mantua apartment, gaping bedsores exposing
her bones. When she died, she weighed just 46 pounds.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Pa. to file on child tragedies
A bill requiring the state Department of Public
Welfare to submit findings about each case of
child abuse or neglect that results in a child's
death or serious injury was sent to Gov. Rendell
after unanimous passage in the House last night.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
New boss brings team-building skill,
if not child-welfare expertise, to DHS
Arthur C. Evans Jr., Mayor Street's pick to lead the
beleaguered Department of Human Services, knows
plenty about about mental health - his speciality
- but little about child welfare.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Workers walk in protest
Social workers at the Department of Human Services
walked off the job Friday after learning that their
boss, Commissioner Cheryl Ransom-Garner, had
resigned and Deputy Commissioner John McGee had
been fired.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
DHS leader and deputy ousted
Mayor Street forced out two top officials at
the city's child-welfare agency Friday,
acknowledging that his administration had
not done enough to protect children from
being killed by child abuse.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
The pique behind the scenes on DHS
Last Sunday, Mayor Street sent an e-mail
to his closest advisers. He was disturbed,
sources said, by The Inquirer's investigation
into how his Department of Human Services
had handled the cases of children who were
later killed.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
State DPW will review child deaths
Pennsylvania's welfare secretary is reviewing the
actions of the city Department of Human Services
in the wake of The Inquirer's report about child-abuse
deaths, she said yesterday.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Editorial | Training and Transparency
Grown-ups often tiptoe around sleeping children.
It makes good sense. Little ones need ample rest,
and tiptoeing allows the adults to have a little free time.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Law would reduce secrecy about child-abuse deaths
Gov. Rendell and Pennsylvania lawmakers were moving
yesterday toward legislation that would for the
first time require the state to tell the public
details about each child-abuse death - but only
the bare minimum needed to comply with a federal law.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Hearings urged on DHS conduct
State and local elected officials called yesterday for
hearings into the conduct of Philadelphia's Department
of Human Services (DHS), the $600 million agency that
investigates child abuse.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Father charged with killing baby son
The father of a year-old North Philadelphia boy
has been charged with beating the child to death.
Authorities said yesterday there was evidence that
the boy might have been abused in the past.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
Details of Porchia case's failures emerge
In the months after the torture-murder of 3-year-old
Porchia Bennett, top officials at the Department of
Human Services spoke of the 2003 case as a shattering
event that would change the culture at the agency.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...s/child_welfar...
DHS 'death reviews' are kept confidential
When a child on the Department of Human Services'
watch is killed by a caregiver, city and state
officials comb through case files and interview
social workers to find out what went wrong.

Ever heard of Gerry or Jerry Regier?

Greegor wrote:
Ever heard of Gerry or Jerry Regier?

Playing coy? Trying to avoid getting into the subject?

Why not state who they are, instead of ask?

State your case. Stupid.

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How about those LINKS?