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DCF Failed To Protect Kids Raped In Foster Home
Politician Wants To Reform DCF's Foster Care
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Gary Nelson

http://cbs4.com/local/Foster.Home.Rape.2.635443.html

MIAMI (CBS4) ― Florida's Department of Children and Families is out with
a report that confirms what CBS4 News reported last July. A man named
Ian Garrick, who was charged with raping a 10-year old child in a North
Miami-Dade foster home, was allowed to remain in the home, even after
DCF learned of the first case of alleged abuse and he went on to
allegedly abuse another child.

As CBS4 News was first to reveal, Ian Garrick was the boyfriend of
Cynthia Matthias, the foster mother at the home. He was allowed to move
into the home in March of 2007, even though DCF knew he had been accused
of molesting a 10-year-old girl at the home the year before. Police say
he went on to rape an eight-year-old child also living at the home.

The new DCF report, obtained by CBS4 News, concludes that the agency
failed miserably in overseeing the foster home.

Early on, investigators took Ian Garrick's word that he'd done nothing
wrong. The report states, "The interview with the alleged perpetrator
consisted only of a brief telephone conversation with him, denying the
sexual abuse allegation."

The complaint wasn't referred to police. As a matter of fact, numerous
complaints of abuse at this home went unreported by DCF investigators.
"Required notifications to law enforcement, the State Attorney and
others were either late or not completed at all," states the report.

When two more children accused Ian Garrick of raping them last year, the
report states that child protection investigators didn't protect
anybody. "There was no sense of urgency; the foster children remained in
the home for days with the potential of being further abused."

Alan Abramowitz, DCF's new regional administrator in Miami told CBS4's
Gary Nelson that changes will be made. "It's as serious as you can get.
I think we have a specific duty to foster children."

Abramowitz has only been on the job for a week but he promises a
complete overhaul of how the agency responds to foster home complaints.

To improve the licensing and oversight of foster homes, Abramowitz is
creating a specialized unit within his investigations staff with
expertise in identifying the maltreatment of kids living in private or
state-run institutions.

At least one state lawmaker wants the legislature to hold hearings.

"The more people looking at this, the more people watching the people in
charge, the more who are watching the people who have custody of these
children, the more oversight you have, the better chance you have of
preventing this," said Rep. Dan Gelber via telephone from Tallahassee.

Ian Garrick remains jailed awaiting trial.

Click here to read the DCF report.

(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)


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 PROGRAMS....

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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