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The new DCF, the one - lawsuit by lawsuit, apology by apology, newpolicy by new policy - climbing out from under Jeb's Bush legacy.
DCF under Butterworth changing case by case
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion..._DCF_0623.html Palm Beach Post Editorial Saturday, June 23, 2007 There are two state Departments of Children and Families. One is the bureaucracy that former Gov. Bush "overhauled," funneling state responsibility for abused, neglected and disabled children and adults to private agencies and hiding details of wrongdoing. Then there's the new DCF, the one - lawsuit by lawsuit, apology by apology, new policy by new policy - climbing out from under Jeb's legacy. A key to that transformation has been deciding that DCF no longer will ignore court orders. As a result, DCF, under the leadership of former Attorney General Bob Butterworth, since January has cleared 384 lawsuits, most involving mentally ill inmates who were jailed without treatment for longer than the 15 days state law allows. "It's clearly a different view," said Assistant Secretary for Operations George Sheldon. DCF's responsibility to taxpayers and its obligation to those dependent on the state "are not necessarily in conflict." With 175 open lawsuits seeking money from DCF, Mr. Butterworth is weeding out "cases we shouldn't be fighting" and repairing damage when "the department might not have acted appropriately." Some cases take time to settle because they are not cheap and they are politically embarrassing. • DCF correctly dropped its appeal of the 2005 jury verdict ordering DCF to pay brain-damaged Marissa Amora $26.8 million for negligence under DCF's watch. After mediation hearings last week, Mr. Butterworth reiterated, "We want to do all we possibly can for the Amora case." • This week, Mr. Butterworth apologized to a Panhandle couple for DCF's refusal to acknowledge finding in 2004 the remains of their 18-year-old son who disappeared from a state hospital in 2002. • Mediation in an adoption case in which Mr. Butterworth concedes that the former Boynton Beach parents "were not treated properly" is scheduled for next month. DCF did not tell the couple the extent of abuse suffered by three brothers being adopted. • There's also mediation in a case involving five children placed in an Orlando home that, Mr. Sheldon acknowledged, "was not an appropriate setting for kids." But until the Legislature and the state-contracted private foster-care agencies meet Mr. Butterworth's commitment to expose and prevent such jaw-dropping tragedies, DCF's transformation will not be complete. Not as long as agencies keep secret for months abductions such as the 2-year-old from Tampa who was found this week in a Wisconsin house with a scalded 11-year-old and a strangled woman buried in the back yard. Not while the three adopted brothers remain untreated. And not while Marissa Amora remains unpaid. 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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The new DCF, the one - lawsuit by lawsuit, apology by apology, new policy by new policy - climbing out from under Jeb's Bush legacy.
These agencies have had 35 years to get it right!
Now that this one is a gonner, they're trying "damage control"? Put the agency out of it's misery. It's been known for ages that the only way to reform these corrupt agencies is to destroy them completely and start over with none of the old employees, none of the crusading or corrupt mindset, legal accountability for lies in court, Clear and Convincing as burden of proof, TOTAL REGIME CHANGE, no less. Coming to a state CPS near you. It won't take long now. On Jun 23, 12:21 am, fx wrote: DCF under Butterworth changing case by case http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion...aper/2007/06/2... Palm Beach Post Editorial Saturday, June 23, 2007 There are two state Departments of Children and Families. One is the bureaucracy that former Gov. Bush "overhauled," funneling state responsibility for abused, neglected and disabled children and adults to private agencies and hiding details of wrongdoing. Then there's the new DCF, the one - lawsuit by lawsuit, apology by apology, new policy by new policy - climbing out from under Jeb's legacy. A key to that transformation has been deciding that DCF no longer will ignore court orders. As a result, DCF, under the leadership of former Attorney General Bob Butterworth, since January has cleared 384 lawsuits, most involving mentally ill inmates who were jailed without treatment for longer than the 15 days state law allows. "It's clearly a different view," said Assistant Secretary for Operations George Sheldon. DCF's responsibility to taxpayers and its obligation to those dependent on the state "are not necessarily in conflict." With 175 open lawsuits seeking money from DCF, Mr. Butterworth is weeding out "cases we shouldn't be fighting" and repairing damage when "the department might not have acted appropriately." Some cases take time to settle because they are not cheap and they are politically embarrassing. · DCF correctly dropped its appeal of the 2005 jury verdict ordering DCF to pay brain-damaged Marissa Amora $26.8 million for negligence under DCF's watch. After mediation hearings last week, Mr. Butterworth reiterated, "We want to do all we possibly can for the Amora case." · This week, Mr. Butterworth apologized to a Panhandle couple for DCF's refusal to acknowledge finding in 2004 the remains of their 18-year-old son who disappeared from a state hospital in 2002. · Mediation in an adoption case in which Mr. Butterworth concedes that the former Boynton Beach parents "were not treated properly" is scheduled for next month. DCF did not tell the couple the extent of abuse suffered by three brothers being adopted. · There's also mediation in a case involving five children placed in an Orlando home that, Mr. Sheldon acknowledged, "was not an appropriate setting for kids." But until the Legislature and the state-contracted private foster-care agencies meet Mr. Butterworth's commitment to expose and prevent such jaw-dropping tragedies, DCF's transformation will not be complete. Not as long as agencies keep secret for months abductions such as the 2-year-old from Tampa who was found this week in a Wisconsin house with a scalded 11-year-old and a strangled woman buried in the back yard. Not while the three adopted brothers remain untreated. And not while Marissa Amora remains unpaid. 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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