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State Child Services Badly Need Repair, Report Finds By SHERRI ACKERMAN The Tampa Tribune Published: Oct 11, 2007 http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBDB32OM7F.html TAMPA - More state oversight of private contractors of foster care and

Parents of shelter runaway sue over rape REGISTER STAFF WRITER October 10, 2007 http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071010/NEWS/71010034/1001 TThe parents of an 11-year-old Winterset girl who was sexually assaulted

DCF Employees Allegedly Used Tax Money For Personal Purchases POSTED: 5:53 pm EDT October 10, 2007 http://www.wftv.com/news/14313194/detail.html ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Eyewitness News discovered some top managers at the Department of Children and Families are in trouble, but this time it has...

Editorial: Hiding foster care records won't safeguard Ohioans' rights or toddlers' lives Tuesday, October 09, 2007 http://www.cleveland.com/politics/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/119191932727050.xml&coll=2 Almost 47 years ago, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that public records are the...

Wilderness therapy flayed Programs misleading, parents tell lawmakers By Suzanne Struglinski Deseret Morning News Published: Oct. 10, 2007 11:57 p.m. MDT http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695217641,00.html WASHINGTON — The deaths of five teenagers in Utah-based wilderness

Homicide ruled at youth center A 17-year-old boy sent by DHS to a Tennessee facility died after a fight and "restraint" by staffers. By John Sullivan and Craig R. McCoy http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20071010_Homicide_ruled_at_youth_center.html Inquirer Staff Writers Omega Leach, the...

How does a society fight it terrible parenting? By JohnMichael Davis http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071010/OPINION05/710100311/1006/OPINION With tears in my eyes, I read the very sad story of 8-year-old Levares Key, beaten to death last week by his 13-year-old brother...

No home, no health care may await ex-foster kids Tue Oct 9, 2007 1:29pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL96291920071009 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After leaving foster care, many children end up homeless, without adequate access to health care, warn researchers in a report...

Fox opposes more secrecy in foster care Others support bill to close info on foster parents By Josh Sweigart Staff Writer Wednesday, October 10, 2007 http://www.western-star.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/10/10/hjn101007csscrutiny.html

Bill to shield foster records Amendment also would increase required training for foster parents. By Josh Sweigart Staff Writer Wednesday, October 10, 2007 http://www.western-star.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/10/10/hjn101007HB214.html

Report: Philly teen who died at youth center was homicide victim The Associated Press http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-10102007-1421023.html PHILADELPHIA - A troubled teen who was sent to a Tennessee youth center for treatment died of strangulation after a confrontation with staff...

Gotbaum wasn't first neglected http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1010roberts1010.html Oct. 10, 2007 12:00 AM We've heard all about Carol Anne Gotbaum, how she died after being left alone in a holding cell at Sky Harbor. It's been in all the papers. We've seen the video....

Boot camps neglected teens' fatal health problems http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-10-boot-camps-inside_N.htm By Ken Dilanian, USA TODAY The mortician told Bob Bacon he needed to see his 16-year-old son's body. When he looked, Bacon "buckled at the knees," he told Government...

Raid on Your Black Muslim Bakery came a day late for Oakland editor Jaxon Van Derbeken, Matthai Chakko Kuruvila,Leslie Fulbright, Chronicle Staff Writers Tuesday, October 9, 2007 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/09/MNF2SLVBJ.DTL

Money for foster homes is the lesser issue here THE NEWS TRIBUNE Published: October 7th, 2007 01:00 AM http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/173143.html Don’t trust every study you meet.

After Nearly 7 Years, Rilya Wilson Case Unresolved http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_280110848.html (CBS4) MIAMI It's been more than six years since foster child Rilya Wilson went missing, a disappearance that led to scandal and shake up at Florida's child welfare agency. Rilya was...

Wyoming youth ranch ought to be investigated http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/07/opinion/letters/23-ranch.txt My son, John O'Brien, was the victim in the assault at Mount Carmel on Sept. 18, 2005. I received a phone call on Monday telling me to read a few Gazette articles written...

Oregon's foster care fails to thrive Checkup - Six years after a dismal federal review, the state's system has made little progress protecting children http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/1191651986118090.xml&coll=7 Sunday, October 07, 2007 MICHELLE COLE and BRENT WALTH The...

Mother gets life term in 2006 beating death of son Eugene Scott and Senta Scarborough The Arizona Republic Oct. 6, 2007 12:00 AM http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1006hulseysentence1006.html Vicki Lynn Hulsey was sentenced Friday morning to life in prison for the April 2006...

Is this child abuse? http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/250162 By Citizen Staff JUNEAU — A 46-year-old Horicon man made his initial appearance in Dodge County Circuit Court on Monday after allegedly striking a Dodge County Human Services child protective services caseworker who had came to his...