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Foster mother will be charged in Fayette County boy's drowning http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/fayette/s_571906.html Criminal charges will be filed against a foster mother who was caring for a 2-year-old Washington Township boy who drowned after wandering away from a church...

FLDS couple granted an order to keep state away Custody battles for other children in raid to continue By ELIZABETH ALLEN San Antonio Express-news http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/5828409.html A couple from a polygamist West Texas sect won a small victory Monday, even as their...

Foster care alternatives sought BY LAURA KELLAMS Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/228183/ It’s long been the state’s goal to more quickly find permanent homes for children who otherwise would languish in foster care.

I-Team: Judge Rejects Argument in Child Welfare Case http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=8454880&nav=menu102_2 A federal lawsuit facing Clark County's child welfare system will not become a class action. Monday, a judge rejected the argument that all children in the county's care were...

Woman acquitted of charge she attacked DCFS worker By Mary Schenk Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:31 AM CDT http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/06/07/woman_acquitted_of_charge_she_attacked URBANA – An Urbana woman accused of battering a Department of Children and Family Services child...

Law disregards intentions http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0607roberts0607.html Jun. 7, 2008 12:00 AM The little girl looked fresh out of Auschwitz. Ribs jutting from her chest and back. Skin on a skeleton. Doctors were so shocked at the sight of the starving 3-year-old...

Mother of Florida teen found dead in motel room sues DCF Associated Press 9:56 PM EDT, June 6, 2008 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/miami/sfl-0606dcfsuit,0,6744530.story MIAMI - The mother of a 15-year-old girl found dead in a motel room is suing Florida's Department of Children & Families...

Background Check Information Missing From DCF Workers’ Files http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2008/6/6/background_check_information_missing_from_dcf_workers_files.html TALLAHASSEE -- About 1,300 employees of the state Department of Children and Families have background check information...

Inspector General’s Report Discloses Flawed DCF Hiring Practices http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2008/3/29/report_discloses_flawed_dcf_hiring_practices.html The Department of Children and Families released an inspector general's report aimed at preventing situations, like the arrest of...

Official's comments fuel debate over child custody reports http://www.hdnews.net/wirestories/k1020-BC-KS-SRSDocuments-06-08-0980 WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Comments made by the head of the state's child welfare agency earlier this year are fueling accusations that reports used to remove children...

Richard Wexler: More bumbling on child welfare Poor management to blame for struggle http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080609/OPINION/806090327/1015 The response of the Children's Network to state budget cuts is sadly predictable: whining and buck passing. In a June 5 story...

An Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and the Child Protection "INDUSTRY" Child Protective Services Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of CPS. every parent should read the free...

TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES: DR. FLETCHER BROTHERS AND FREEDOM VILLAGE LEADING THE WAY http://www.freedomvillageusa.com/pages/index.cfm?Directory=114&Page=308 By Rick Kern The black market teems with the sinister bustle of self-satisfied profiteers as they cash in from...

Who abused the children? By Jack Linden The Gazette-Enterprise http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=2fba708ff7055875 Published June 6, 2008 Have we Americans become so afraid and so protective that we are willing to let government agencies run roughshod over anyone or any group in the...

Two kids die in care in Manitoba http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=e858f830-696e-48ea-843c-66b646935660 WINNIPEG - Manitoba's embattled child-welfare system is scrambling to explain the deaths of two more children in care. The first was an infant, the second a 16-year-old...

Unpaid Lawyers and Texas Supreme Court Save Constitution in FLDS Matter http://beehivestandardweekly.com/articles/196/1/Texas-High-Court-Saves-Constitution-in-Polygamy-Ruling Previously, the editors of the Beehive Standard Weekly expressed our opinion that the raid on the polygamy compound was...

Trauma of family separations may linger for FLDS children http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9490673 By Julia Lyon and Brooke Adams The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 06/05/2008 12:36:01 PM MDT Posted: 12:34 PM- More than a half century after Arizona separated polygamous families from their...

Social worker suspended after being accused of misconduct http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x120332540/Social-worker-suspended-after-being-accused-of-misconduct By Jessica Pierce, staff writer Daily Messenger Thu Jun 05, 2008, 09:32 AM EDT Canandaigua, N.Y. -

Questions linger in death of foster child Lack of response from child services agency frustrates grieving mom By Tim Evans Posted: May 30, 2008 http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080530/LOCAL18/805300466 More than a month has passed since 7-week-old Destiny Linden died after...

Ex-counselor sentenced for attempted patient abuse Jason Lea http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19747912&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6 06/05/2008 Woman tells judge she 'crossed boundaries'