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Double dipping public employees cost hundreds of millions Posted by Mike Deeson http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=82536&catid=8 Tampa, Florida - It is the agency that looks to protect the most vulnerable people in Florida. However, The Department of Children and Families...

Letter: Monogamous Deception http://campverdebugleonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&subsectionID=73&articleID=20314 Editor: The lower courts have spoken; the Supreme Court of Texas has spoken. Yet the quasi-dictatorial government agency, the Texas Child Protective Services, defies the courts...

Caseworkers criticized in death of 3 Nassau children http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-likids0614,0,3002968.story BY MICHAEL AMON 4:30 PM EDT, June 13, 2008

Foster mom arrested for murder of boy http://www.kcoy.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0efe346e-7db2-42ce-9f9c-5679fe762be1 6/13/08 SANTA MARIA - A Santa Maria woman has been charged with murder in the death of her 3-year-old foster son. Officers arrested 27-year-old Sylvia Dominguez after...

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CPS worker charged with assault BY JACOB JONES Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:09 AM PDT http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/06/11/local_news/09news.txt The Daily World A longtime Child Protective Services coordinator was charged Monday in Aberdeen Municipal Court for allegedly assaulting...

Whose Children Are They, Anyway? By: Gregory A. Hession, J.D. June 23, 2008 http://www.thenewamerican.com/node/8344 How does a state child protective services agency even begin to take nearly 500 children from families living in a peaceful religious

Polygamist sect to sue government officials over raid By BILL HANNA Star-Telegram staff writer http://www.star-telegram.com/275/story/693313.html The attorney for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints said Tuesday that the polygamist sect intends to sue state and...

FLDS couple notches another court victory By Brian West Deseret News Published: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:06 a.m. MDT http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700233634,00.html An FLDS couple won another temporary court victory Monday. But their quest to gain full legal custody of their children...

State’s child welfare system stops short of accreditation Would you send your child to a physician who chose not to be certified by an appropriate licensing board? http://www.theolympian.com/columnists/story/470293.html By Sharon Osborne | For The Olympian • Published June 07, 2008 We at...

SPIRITUAL LIFE: A modern-day Inquisition in Texas http://www.patriotledger.com/lifestyle/x142954252/SPIRITUAL-LIFE-A-modern-day-Inquisition-in-Texas By SUZETTE MARTINEZ STANDRING For The Patriot Ledger Posted Jun 10, 2008 @ 10:25 AM It took two months, but roughly 430 children are finally...

Public overwhelmingly wanted FLDS children back with parents http://www.sltrib.com/Polygamy/ci_9537072 Thousands of pages of documents also show problems Texas officials had housing 450 kids By Brooke Adams The Salt Lake Tribune

NYC couple charged with assault in boy's horrific death; child welfare agency under scrutiny By KAREN MATTHEWS , Associated Press http://www.startribune.com/nation/19673084.html?location_refer=Homepage NEW YORK - Two people have been charged with beating a 3-year-old boy who died in their care...

Stepgrandmother convicted of abuse http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004468022_dige10m.html A Pierce County woman accused in a highly publicized case of child abuse was convicted Friday of three counts of assaulting her stepgrandson. Authorities said the woman, Loni Venegas, beat...

POLYGAMIST SECT CHILDREN Kids left mark on caretakers Polite youngsters were playful, did chores and disliked cartoons By RICHARD STEWART Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/5828446.html LIVERPOOL — The children from a West Texas polygamist...

Schooling Issue a Complication for Foster Care By Linda Jacobson Article Tools http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/06/11/41fosterkids.h27.html Policymakers from Congress to the state and local levels are sharpening their focus on the educational needs of children in foster care, a...

Paddock tells of own pain Johnston mom denies intent to kill adopted boy http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1102523.html Mandy Locke, Staff Writer SMITHFIELD - Lynn Paddock testified Monday that she knew the pain of a beating with a PVC pipe. That she felt the shame of skin that turned...

Kids Living With Relatives Have Fewer Problems Than Those in Foster Homes http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/cdev/616122.html MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children removed from their homes due to mistreatment have fewer behavioral problems if they're placed with...

BATTERED TWICE?: VICTIMS OFFER CRITIQUE OF COURTS http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/viewarticle.cfm?article_id=3567&content_type=1&media_type=4 A compilation of the experiences of 75 survivors of domestic violence shows that many feel Family Court adds to their families' problems. By...

Richard Wexler Taking away too many children weakens system Posted: June 8, 2008 http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080608/OPINION12/806080347/1002/OPINION It is tempting to look at the tragic deaths of TaJanay Bailey, and Destiny Linden as opposites. After all, Tajanay died...