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Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 Ex-child care worker to be sentenced for sex with minor 14-year-old boy was under her supervision By VICTOR A. PATTON vpatton@mercedsun-star.com

Colo. governor backs bill to create more oversight of social workers in child welfare cases By Associated Press 2:46 PM MST, February 25, 2010 DENVER (AP) — Gov. Bill Ritter is backing legislation to provide more oversight of social workers investigating child abuse cases. A bill sponsored by Sen. Linda Newell would create an independent office to investigate complaints about how cases are being handled. Ritter said Thursday it would help provide transparency, consistency and ideas for improving the state's child welfare system. Ritter ordered a review of the system two years ago following the deaths of children who had been involved in the system. Creating an oversight office was one of the recommended changes. In the last three years, over 30 children whose families had been involved in the system died of abuse or neglect. One was 7-year-old Chandler Grafner, who starved to death after being locked in a closet. State Senator: 'How many kids have to die?' Eli Stokols, Political Reporter KDVR.com 6:32 PM MST, February 25, 2010   DENVER - Gov. Bill Ritter and Democratic lawmakers laid out a plan to address systematic weaknesses in Colorado's child protection system that have resulted in the deaths of a few dozen children in protective care, from Chandler Grafner, who starved, to Neveah Gallegos, who was murdered. Sen. Linda Newell, D-Littleton, is the sponsor of a bill that would create a child protection "ombudsman", an independent advocate to oversee the child welfare system. "In the past three years, Colorado has seen over 30 childhood abuse and neglect related deaths under our care," Newell said. "How many kids have to die before we take action?" Thursday's action is the result of the Colorado Child Welfare Action Committee, which Ritter convened 18 months ago to come up with solutions to problems within the state's child welfare system. The ombudsman advocacy office is one of the committee's 30 ideas, 27 of which are being implemented. Right now, 29 other states have an ombudsman to oversee child protection. "The program will provide for transparency, consistency, efficiency and ongoing input," Ritter said. "They'll help resolve complaints and assure services for children in need of protection. Altogether, this will result in better outcomes for children, their families, county departments and the child protection system as a whole." The state of Utah created such an office after the Parker Jensen fiasco in 2003.  They put a top-notch lady in that office and then just stonewalled her until she quit.  I don't think anything more came of it.

Director of state hospital that treats child molesters accused of repeatedly raping foster child February 24, 2010 |  3:28 pm Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton LA Times The executive director of Napa State Hospital, a Northern California mental institution whose patients include convicted child molesters, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexually molesting a foster child in his care for more than a decade. Claude Edward Foulk, 62  had been charged Tuesday with 35 felony counts, including 22 counts of forcible oral copulation, 11 counts of sodomy by use of force and two counts of forcible lewd act on a child, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. Prosecutors asked that bail be set at $3.5 million. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum sentence of 280 years in state prison. An appointee of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Foulk allegedly began molesting the then-10-year-old boy in the fall of 1992, shortly after taking him in as a foster child. They lived in Long Beach at the time, authorities said. The molestation allegedly continued through 2003, after Foulk and the youth moved to Walnut. Prosecutors said there are "numerous" additional victims "who fall outside the statute of limitations." According to a statement from the Orange County district attorney's office, they cannot pursue cases of molestation that occurred before 1988 because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision. Police were alerted to the allegations of sexual assault last year after one alleged victim, now in his 40s, discovered that Foulk was in charge of a hospital in Northern California. Neither Foulk nor his attorney could be reached for comment. State officials released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying Foulk had been removed from his job. [Updated at 3:36 p.m. "Long Beach police served an arrest warrant at Napa State Hospital today, taking Executive Director Claude Edward Foulk into custody on felony charges of child molestation," the statement read. "Foulk served as executive director at the hospital from 2007 to the present. The charges are related to incidents that predate Mr. Foulk’s tenure at Napa State Hospital. Mr. Foulk’s employment with the Department of Mental Health has been terminated, effective immediately.”] Also See- Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis "Adults with an added authority (e.g., teachers, camp counselors, coaches, religious leaders, law-enforcement officers, doctors, judges [DA and child protection attorneys]) present even greater problems in the investigation of these cases. Such offenders are in a better position to seduce and manipulate victims and escape responsibility. ...The most difficult case of all involves a subject who has an ideal occupation for any child molester: a therapist who specializes in treating troubled children. This offender need only sit in his office while society preselects the most vulnerable victims and brings them to him. The victims are by definition “troubled” and unlikely to be believed if they do make an allegation

Over the last decade alone, in states across the country, nearly 20 pediatricians have been charged with abusing children Feb. 24, 2010 Pedophile Pediatricians Remain in Shadows Parents Fight Abuse in Delaware, but Many Other Cases Never Make it Past State Medical Boards By Jan Crawford Don't miss the Videos (CBS)  The case of Dr. Earl Bradley follows a pattern: whispers in the community, sporadic complaints to authority, and no action. "She just came out and said, 'Why did Dr. Bradley kiss my tongue?'" said one mother, who called the police that day. That day was five years ago when her daughter was 3 years old. She is one of half a dozen parents CBS News interviewed who know their children were molested and asked their identities be concealed. "The state prosecutors felt that there wasn't enough evidence to charge him or to go in with a search warrant," said a mother. "It was devastating." The shock and anger that has cast a dark cloud over this town is not confined to Lewes, Del., reports CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford. In doctor's offices in other towns in other cities across America there are predators that parents trust to heal their children, not to hurt them. Over the last decade alone, in states across the country, nearly 20 pediatricians have been charged with abusing children. Those are the criminal cases, but most complaints never get past state medical boards. FULL STORY

February 24, 2010 New Online Clearinghouse for State Child Welfare Policies   Child Trends, with support from Casey Family Programs, launches the State Child Welfare Policy Database to provide information on child welfare laws, procedures, and agency guidance for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  The Database can help elected officials, administrators, advocates, practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders keep up to date with the policies that protect our nation's most vulnerable children.     The site can be navigated by state or by topic.  You can learn about your state's expenditures on child welfare services, policies for relatives and "kin" caring for children involved in the child welfare system, benefits and services provided to foster youth after age 18, and much more.  In addition to the traditional web version, the site is designed to be compatible with your mobile device, allowing for easily accessible information on the go.   For more information about child welfare resources available at Child Trends, please visit: www.childtrends.org/childwelfare.  Through program evaluations, data analysis, policy surveys, literature reviews, and research syntheses, we seek to inform policy makers and frontline practice.

I am Mad as Hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore!

Former investigator for Pasco Sheriff's Office charged with welfare fraud By Erin Sullivan, St Petersburg Times Staff Writer In Print: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida — A former child protective investigator for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office was arrested Monday on accusations she falsified documents so she and her boyfriend could get food stamps and other government assistance. Elizabeth C. Haigh, 26, is charged with welfare fraud. Court documents state that between December 2008 and May 2009, while she was working for the Sheriff's Office, Haigh fraudulently received "food stamp benefits, cash assistance and Medicaid services." Haigh gave birth to a son in December 2008. Court documents say from that month through April 2009, Haigh's boyfriend — Michael Devine, the father of her child — submitted applications to the Florida Department of Children and Families for food stamps and Medicaid benefits declaring himself as the sole caregiver for the child. He received $1,049.99 in government assistance. Internal Affairs documents from the Sheriff's Office say a DCF investigator visited Devine's apartment at Millpond Lakes in New Port Richey on April 29. The investigator saw Haigh enter the apartment and learned she was the child's mother and lived there, the documents say. DCF asked Haigh for her payroll history and Haigh submitted pay stubs saying she got $442.23 in gross wages for each pay period. Sheriff's Office documents say her gross pay was $1,173.29. As of July 2009, her yearly salary was $37,544.  FULL STORY

Supreme Court sets aside strict ruling on Miranda 'right to remain silent' Justices overturn 1981 'Edwards rule,' intended to prevent suspects from being badgered. If freed, the suspect can be questioned in 14 days, and any freely given statements can be used against him. By David G. Savage 11:19 a.m. CST, February 24, 2010 Chicago Tribune Reporting from Washington - A crime suspect who invokes his "right to remain silent" under the famous Miranda decision can be questioned again after 14 days, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. And if he freely agrees to talk then, his incriminatory statements can be used against him. In a 9-0 decision in a Maryland child-abuse case, the high court overturned a strict rule set in 1981 that barred police from questioning a suspect once he had asked to remain silent and to speak with a lawyer. Known as the "Edwards rule," it was intended to prevent investigators from "badgering" a suspect who was held in jail after he had invoked his Miranda rights. In some cases, police had awakened a suspect in the middle of the night and asked him again to waive his rights and to admit to a crime. Although that rule makes sense for suspects who are held in jail, it does not make sense for suspects who have gone free, the justices said Wednesday. In recent years, it has been understood to prevent police from ever re-questioning a freed suspect, even for other crimes in other places. "In a country that harbors a large number of repeat offenders, the consequence" of the no-further-questioning rule "is disastrous," said Justice Antonin Scalia. If there has been a "break in custody" and the suspect has gone free, Scalia said the police should be allowed to speak with him after some period of time. "It seems to us that period is 14 days," he said. "That provides plenty of time for the suspect to get re-acclimated to his normal life (and) to consult with friends and counsel." Then, if the suspect waives his rights and agrees to talk, any statement he makes can be used against him, the court said. The ruling in Maryland vs. Shatzer reinstates a child-abuse conviction against a Maryland man who made incriminatory statements to a state investigator 2 1/2 years after he had first been questioned by police. At that time, Michael Statzer refused to talk without first consulting a lawyer. Later, however, he had been sent to state prison on another, unrelated charge. When a new investigator asked him about the original allegation, he agreed to speak and admitted abusing his son. However, he later won a ruling from the Maryland courts that said his statements could not be used against him because he had been questioned without his lawyer. The high court overturned the Maryland court's decision and ruled that Shatzer's incriminatory statements could be used to convict him of child abuse. When you do wrong and try to lie about it, eventually the truth will slip out.  A Freudian Slip

2/24/10 State sues to defend federal Medicaid claims By Meg Haskell BDN Staff BANGOR, Maine — Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services has asked a federal court to overturn a decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that disallows close to $30 million in federal case management funds for children in Maine’s Medicaid program, called MaineCare. If the state should lose its case, Maine DHHS could be required to repay the money, which dates to services delivered in 2002 and 2003.  FULL STORY

14-year-old statutory rape victim coached not to tell anyone about her 31-year-old boyfriend.  Planned Parenthood hides child sex abuse – 10 times! Largest abortion provider nailed again in undercover film footage Posted: February 23, 2010 8:49 pm Eastern By Chelsea Schilling © 2010 WorldNetDaily  Planned Parenthood has been caught covering up child-sex abuse during an undercover sting – for the 10th time.  Newly released video footage reveals staff members at a Milwaukee, Wis., Planned Parenthood abortion clinic counseling a woman who posed as a 14-year-old statutory rape victim not to tell anyone about her 31-year-old boyfriend.  They also coached her on how to obtain an abortion without her parents' knowledge or approval, according to student-led nonprofit Live Action, a group that filmed the incident.  FULL STORY

Foster parent charged with sex acts with a child February 23, 2010 4:34 PM Diane Turbyfill  Gaston Gazette LINCOLNTON, North Carolina — A foster parent in Lincoln County has been charged with sex acts against a child. George Michael Steen, 38, of North Cedar Street, was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree sex offense with a child and one count of sex offense with a child. The boy was 8 at the time of the sexual assaults, according to Detective Matt Painter with Lincolnton Police. Steen could face a life sentence if convicted as charged. The incidents took place between December 2007 and February 2009 at Steen’s Lincolnton home, according to a press release from Lincolnton Police. Steen and his wife were licensed foster parents from 2005 to 2009, according to the Lincoln County Department of Social Services. Officials would not say how many children were cared for in the Steen home during that time.  FULL STORY

2-23-2010 Dana Lawhon in Oklahoma wins jury trial!

Parents cleared of false allegations remain on state's child abuser list California's child abuse reporting act is unconstitutional because the wrongly accused have no recourse to get off the list. More than a year after that ruling, the state has yet to fix the problem. By David G. Savage February 23, 2010 Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington - Craig and Wendy Humphries of Valencia have been "living every parent's nightmare," as a judge put it, since Craig's rebellious teenager falsely accused them of abuse nine years ago. They were arrested by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and had their other young children taken away from them. It continues today. Even though the state courts agreed that the girl's original complaint was "not true" and that the couple were "factually innocent," the Humphrieses are still listed as child abusers on the state's Child Abuse Central Index.  FULL STORY See last years (November 5, 2008) case- http://familyrights.us/bin/caselaw/humphries_v_county_of_la.pdf

"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" The following is a letter to the Editor which appeared in the Cape May County (NJ) Herald Feb. 17.

AZ bill: Time limit null for suits over sex abuse of child Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services | Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:00 am PHOENIX - State lawmakers voted Monday to give childhood victims of sexual abuse an entire lifetime to sue those who assaulted them. Without dissent, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure to repeal the existing laws that require civil suits to be filed within two years of a victim's turning 18. For incidents that take place in the future, there will be no statute of limitations. SB 1292 also opens a window for those who were abused in the past 35 years, giving them one year from the time the law takes effect to file suit, even if the time limit had previously run out. But legislators agreed to extend the time allowed to file a suit only for cases based on a defendant's "direct or intentional conduct." Sen. Amanda Aguirre, D-Yuma, who wrote the legislation, said it would give sex-abuse victims added time to go after both the perpetrator and anyone who knew of the abuse. But she said it would leave the current time limits in place for lawsuits against churches or school districts for simply being negligent in supervising their employees. And she said it also would bar late-filed lawsuits, even if a victim could show that an organization or even a specific person had suspicions someone was a molester but failed to act. The measure now goes to the full Senate. FULL STORY OOPS!  They forgot to absolve state employees, their colluding contractors and fosters of liability.  Not to worry, they will probably bury a pass for them later, because a kid in state custody is a kid that is going to be raped.

Reid: 'Men, when they're out of work, tend to become abusive' By Michael O'Brien - 02/22/10 06:52 PM ET The Hill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) suggested Monday that domestic violence by men has increased due to U.S. joblessness. Reid, speaking in the midst of a Senate debate over whether to pass a $15 billion package meant to spur job creation, appeared to argue that joblessness would lead to more domestic violence. "I met with some people while I was home dealing with domestic abuse. It has gotten out of hand," Reid said on the Senate floor. "Why? Men don't have jobs."  FULL STORY Next November Reid will be out of a job.  Since he is such a nasty little snake, let's see how it works out for him.

Doctor accused of worst child abuse in US history Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:58p.m. By Randall Chase News3.co.nz A Delaware grand jury has returned a sweeping indictment against a paediatrician accused of serial molestation in what could be one of the worst child sex abuse cases in the nation's history. The 160-page indictment returned by a Sussex County grand jury charges Dr. Earl Bradley of Lewes with 471 counts of sexual crimes against 103 children. Attorney General Beau Biden said all of the alleged victims, including one boy, were caught on more than 13 hours of video recordings, some dating to 1998, that were seized from Bradley's office and home. "The charges in this indictment are unique in the history of the state of Delaware, as far as I can tell," he said. "These were crimes committed against the most vulnerable among us - those without voices," Biden added as tears welled in his eyes and he paused to collect himself. Biden said that while there have been other cases around the country involving multiple victims, "I know of no other that has this many victims."  FULL STORY Obviously Beau, you are not counting, or you are ignoring the nation-wide dystopia of Children's "Protective" Services.

Feb 22, 2010 6:45 pm US/Eastern Del. Pediatrician Indicted On 471 Criminal Counts DOVER, Del. (AP) ― Delaware's attorney general says a Lewes pediatrician accused of serial child abuse victimized 103 children, and the alleged crimes were recorded on videotape. Attorney General Beau Biden said at a news conference Monday that Dr. Earl Bradley has been indicted on 471 charges, including rape and assault. Bradley was arrested in December and initially charged with 29 felony counts for allegedly abusing nine children. Biden says the charges are based on 13 hours of video files. The attorney general said the charges are "unique" in state history, and the alleged crimes were committed against "those without voices." Also See- Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis "Adults with an added authority (e.g., teachers, camp counselors, coaches, religious leaders, law-enforcement officers, doctors, judges [DA and child protection attorneys]) present even greater problems in the investigation of these cases. Such offenders are in a better position to seduce and manipulate victims and escape responsibility. ...The most difficult case of all involves a subject who has an ideal occupation for any child molester: a therapist who specializes in treating troubled children. This offender need only sit in his office while society preselects the most vulnerable victims and brings them to him. The victims are by definition “troubled” and unlikely to be believed if they do make an allegation

'Cookie-cutter' plan failed child in abuse case State review cites Children Services for not tailoring treatment to boy  Monday, February 22, 2010 5:31 AM By Rita Price THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH  The case file contained standard recommendations: To be reunited with her son, Franklin County Children Services said, the abusive mother should attend parenting classes, maintain an appropriate living environment and visit the boy at least once a week. But that plan - one often written in child-abuse and neglect cases - did not fit the reality of the child's life. His mother was in jail and was to have no contact with her son. He was moving thousands of miles away to stay with grandparents in Washington state. And the most immediate issue - what services the badly abused 4-year-old might need in his new home - wasn't addressed at all. Those are among the findings in a state review that cites the agency for taking "a cookie cutter approach" and writing a case plan that did not "meet the specific needs" of the child. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said Franklin County violated both the Ohio Administrative Code and the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children in its handling of the case that placed a Columbus boy, now 6, with Lenford and Mary Ann O'Garro, his grandparents who live in Lacey, Wash.  FULL STORY Technically speaking, the parents are supposed to participate in the creation of Service Plans.  But they aren't.  Service Plans ARE "cookie-cutter" scripts CPS agents force people to sign and then "fail" them for failure to comply with whatever insane crap is in those plans.   The system couldn't possibly care less about what the kid wants- they have their New Civil Right to have government make all their life decisions for them even if government stupidity kills the child.

Mothers meet to tame DHS and its adversarial relationship to families By DANA DiFILIPPO Philadelphia Daily News Posted on Mon, Feb. 22, 2010 In the article-  Every Mother is a Working Mother Network Based in the USA in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Philadelphia, we are a national multi-racial grassroots network of mothers, other carers and supporters. We campaign to establish that raising children is work, and that the time mothers spend doing this caring work has economic value, entitling us to welfare and other resources. Is home where the heart is? Should poverty and inability to find & keep appropriate housing tear mother from child? By DANA DiFILIPPO Philadelphia Daily News Posted on Mon, Feb. 22, 2010

VOTE NOW against CPS Subject:     American Judicial System Date:     Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:16:12 -0500 (EST) From:     phillipbradshaw@lycos.com The Obama Administration has welcomed ideas for change to be voted for on-line, in the Criminal Justice section there is the suggestion to eliminate preponderance of evidence as a judicial standard, that people may have equal protection under the law.  To reform the American Judaical system toward eliminating quasi-judicial administrative hearings that are held as services yielding the sword of government power, without the constitutional protections normally afforded in criminal prosecution, this link: http://www.change.org/ideas/view/ban_preponderance_of_evidence_as_a_judicial_standard   is aimed at stopping the child-snatching industry that is bankrupting our Social Security system at a rate of $300Billion a year with 98% false claims of child protection services by the states.  To stand up for families and demand that our courts require evidence supporting allegations before adjudication, please forward this post to as many people as possible.  We need more than 2000 votes before this Thursday to be considered among the top three most popular ideas. Leonard voted and left this comment- While I personally think Change.org is a Public Relations ploy of the Obama bunch, I think it would be just fine if this 35 year-old government kidnapping scheme did become issue #1. I highly encourage everybody who cares about what's really right for children to sign on. Who knows?  Maybe somebody will wake up to the fraud, corruption, malfeasance, and Federally Criminal activities of Child Protection agencies. See the Federal crimes CPS commits daily against the American Family at- http://familyrights.us/bin/CPS_violates_these_every_case.htm

Study shows child abuse decrease Posted February 21, 2010 at 12:04 a.m. Abilene Reporter-News This week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the NIS-4, a periodic study on the incidence of child abuse and neglect in our county. Based on this report, our country has seen a 26 percent decrease in the number of child maltreatment cases in the period from 1987-2006. These statistics give child welfare advocates, communities, legislators and various stakeholders a reason for continued hope in this difficult battle, as well as cause for brief celebration that the hard work done throughout the 1980s and 1990s is paying off.  FULL STORY God knows we do our part to warn parents to do NOTHING that even remotely looks like abuse.   If the Frankenstein's Monster CPS really wanted to stop child abuse, all they would need to do is put out massive Public Service Announcements (PSA) informing people that CPS will kidnap the kids and utterly destroy the parent's lives forever on the flimsiest excuse.

AFRA EDITORIALS By Leonard Henderson Family rights vs. child welfare Leonard Henderson February 20, 2010 Also see previous Family Rights Examiner articles and the Scribbles of the Founder

Crist touts new mobile technology to help track child welfare cases By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff Writer In Print: Saturday, February 20, 2010 LARGO, Florida — Two years ago, following state scrutiny over the disappearance of a Florida foster child, Gov. Charlie Crist remarked that society does a better job of tracking packages than children. Friday, Crist visited Pinellas County's Juvenile Welfare Board to celebrate the launch of mobile technology to help the state's welfare workers keep track of the children they visit. "The most important thing we do is protect our children,"* Crist said. The system, called Remote Data Capture, uses laptop computers, cameras and handheld mobile devices to help caseworkers file pictures and reports remotely. It also keeps them accountable with GPS technology that records where caseworkers have been and assigns time and date stamps to photos they take. Florida is the first state in the country to introduce this technology and use it in child welfare, officials said. George Sheldon, secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, said caseworkers are asked to work miracles every day. "We ought to be able to give them to tools to do that job," Sheldon said  FULL STORY   * Not since the overthrow of the Weimar Republic have the leaders of a major democracy used their offices and the mass media to disseminate invective against millions of their own citizens.  In fact it was Adolph Hitler who urged that “the state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people” and who explained, in the words of Rabbi Daniel Lapin, that “as long as government is perceived as working for the benefit of children, the people happily will endure almost any curtailment of liberty.”  Using children to tug on our heartstrings may be not only a weakness of the sentimental. It also may be a ploy by those cynical and unscrupulous enough to exploit children for their own purposes. This is likely to be remembered as one of the most diabolical perversions of governmental power in our history, a time when we allowed children to be used and abused by fast-talking government officials and paid for it with our families, our social order and our constitutional rights.-- STEPHEN BASKERVILLE (in about 2000) "It's For the Children" The motto of tyrants, kleptocrats, and bureaucrats everywhere

Man charged with 3-year-old's murder in alleged child abuse death Posted: Feb 19, 2010 1:37 PM By HARLOW SUMERFORD 6 News Reporter MORRISTOWN, Tennessee (WATE) -- A man is charged with felony murder in the alleged child abuse death of his girlfriend's three-year-old son in Morristown. Joshua Matthew Darnell, 28, is also charged with aggravated child abuse. The victim was Zylin Seth Reese. The boy's mother, Terri Reese, took him to a Morristown hospital Tuesday with severe head injuries and bruising. The mother told investigators Darnell was taking care of the boy that day while she was at work.  FULL STORY **SIGH** Single Mothers shacked up with boyfriends- the #1 baby killers by any statistic.

Lincoln senator wants to change child abuse register procedure By JoANNE YOUNG / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:23 pm Nebraska- Between 2004 and 2007, an annual average of 959 Nebraskans asked to have their names expunged from a child abuse and neglect register kept by the state Department of Health and Human Services. In those same years, 55 percent to 68 percent of requests were granted. The problem, Lincoln Sen. Colby Coash told the Legislature's Judiciary Committee Friday, is that people don't have an opportunity to defend themselves prior to being placed on the register. He has introduced a bill (LB973) that would give those people an opportunity for a hearing before their names are placed on the register. Under the bill, a name would not be put on the register until 10 days after the person receives a notice of pending placement on the register, during which time they could request a hearing to contest the placement. It is a concern, said Lincoln Sen. Amanda McGill, that more than half of the names each year are expunged, some of which should not have been there in the first place. "It can be pretty devastating for people who end up on this register," Coash said.  FULL STORY What would be even better would be if they got to defend themselves from the outset of a case

And now, some Happy News- On February 19th, 2009-a Judge in a small county in Oklahoma told the DA that "you have legally kidnapped this woman's child, you must return him immediately. " I won a small step and only half the battle, we are still fighting the rest but after only 4 months my son is home. I would like to thank everyone for the help and words of encouragement that were given to me by this group. To each and every individual that sent a personal email, phone call or other, with offers of advice and other thoughts on how to approach the situation-my deepest thanks. Truth, Fact and Law do prevail you just have to be ahead of the game and know when to push their bluff. The court setting that day was that of a trial, I was faced with having to lose everything I had ever worked for to get my children back. All the months of preparing could not afford me the feeling of Victory. And Yes VICTORY is sweet! Now as my sweet little boy sleeps only feet away from me I can rest at least one eyelid for the time being. It is so nice to hear the voice of the little guy who always made me smile. As a very wise individual once said "until every child comes home-WE will not rest!"  Thank you. -Jewell

"Officials with DHS say they are looking into the situation are trying to figure out the best course of action." If they open the real can of worms, how do they ever get the lid back on? DHS worker arrested twice in 24 hours Russell Carter Reporting KFOR 5:18 PM CST, February 19, 2010 SEE the VIDEO onsite OKLAHOMA CITY -- An employee for the Department of Human Services is now facing serious charges after she was arrested twice in two days. According to officials with the Edmond Police Department, Kristaline Sands was pulled over near the 400 block of S. Bryant after officers say she was swerving in and out of lanes at 4 o'clock in the morning, February 3. "During the course of a conversation he (the officer) smelled alcohol on her breath and he performed a field sobriety test at which she failed at that time," said Glynda Chu with the Edmond Police Department. "She agreed to breathalyzer and at that point she blew a .13 and .08 is the legal limit in Oklahoma." And just hours after being released from jail, Sands would have another run-in with law enforcement while trying to fill a prescription for Lortab at a pharmacy along Northwest Expressway. "Where the original prescription was supposed to be for 30 tablets somebody had actually scratched this out and changed the quantity to what was suppose be given to 50," said Sgt Jennifer Wardlow with the Oklahoma City Police Dept. Officials with DHS say they are looking into the situation are trying to figure out the best course of action.  FULL STORY This of course is typical CPS agent criminal behavior, lying and Sociopathy.  These monstrous spoiled rotten brat "grown up" children employed by the states think they are the gods of the universe.  OKDHS "officials" trying to figure out the best course of action?  Well, lets see.... hmmm.... FIRE HER?  And then PROSECUTE HER?  Maybe go talk to the people she has been victimizing?  Roll back all the malfeasant dirty work she has been doing to the PEOPLE she has been "servicing"?  Look at her supervisors?  Who knew WHAT and When did they know it?  Some day the lid has to blow off this entire garbage can of insane corruption and MALFEASANCE.

Doctor certification to aid child abuse detection This subspecialty will help pediatricians weed out false claims as well.  By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer Published: 2/18/2010  2:23 AM Last Modified: 2/18/2010  4:05 AM Tulsa World A new child abuse subspecialty for pediatricians will help weed out false child abuse allegations against parents and will provide more solid legal proof when such abuse has taken place, two University of Oklahoma physicians say. "In court, the consequences to the child and the family are great," said Dr. Robert Block, who is nationally renowned for his work to stop child abuse and neglect. He is chairman of the University of Oklahoma's pediatrics department in Tulsa and Oklahoma's chief child-abuse examiner. He also serves on the state Child Death Review Board and the Board of Child Abuse Examination and is one of the founders of the Tulsa Children's Justice Center, a multidisciplinary child-abuse evaluation center. Block led the national effort to get the subspecialty recognized by the American Board of Pediatrics to ensure that more organized clinical research in the field will be conducted to support pediatricians and others who testify in court during child-abuse cases. As a result, pediatricians certified in child abuse pediatrics will have "a more informed medical opinion" about what is abuse or what may be a medical condition, he said. "The expertise is to know when it's not abuse," Block said. FULL STORY Just think of how many thousands of families have been destroyed wrongfully over the past 30 years by these inexpert "misdiagnoses"?

WHAT IS KILLING AMERICAN BABIES? By Dr. Renee Tocco February 18, 2010 NewsWithViews.com Thanks to very ambitious pharmaceutical companies, with the help of pediatricians, the American government and schools across the country, the USA has produced the most highly vaccinated infants in the world. We give American babies up to three times the vaccines as other first-world countries. While we have earned a “blue ribbon” for our vaccine rates, we are close to earning the “booby prize” in another category that should devastate every parent in the country. Since implementation of the CDC mass vaccine program we have gone from about 2-3 to about 41-42 on the international infant mortality list. Yes, this means that a high rate of American infants never live to see toddler hood.  FULL STORY Which the system then blames on parents as "Shaken Baby"

THROW THE LYING BUMS OUT - OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES  By Coach Dave Daubenmire February 18, 2010 NewsWithViews.com Oath-“A solemn, formal declaration or promise to fulfill a pledge, often calling on God, a god, or a sacred object as witness.” Perjury- “The breach of an oath or promise.”  FULL STORY Info tidbit- Bureaucrats and CPS agents TAKE NO OATH

Big Pharma researcher admits to faking dozens of research studies for Pfizer, Merck Thursday, February 18, 2010 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (NaturalNews) It's being called the largest research fraud in medical history. Dr. Scott Reuben, a former member of Pfizer's speakers' bureau, has agreed to plead guilty to faking dozens of research studies that were published in medical journals. Now being reported across the mainstream media is the fact that Dr. Reuben accepted a $75,000 grant from Pfizer to study Celebrex in 2005. His research, which was published in a medical journal, has since been quoted by hundreds of other doctors and researchers as "proof" that Celebrex helped reduce pain during post-surgical recovery. There's only one problem with all this: No patients were ever enrolled in the study! Dr. Scott Reuben, it turns out, faked the entire study and got it published anyway. It wasn't the first study faked by Dr. Reuben: He also faked study data on Bextra and Vioxx drugs, reports the Wall Street Journal. .....He was also fired from his job at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. after an internal audit there found that Dr. Reuben had been faking research data for 13 years.  FULL STORY After the recent revelations on the Global Warming Fraud, are you beginning to wonder if ALL modern "science" is FRAUD?

SB 6416 Concerning relatives in dependency proceedings Pam Roach Report February 16, 2010 Pam Roach Report February 16, 2010 Pam Roach Report February 16, 2010 Washington State- The Alexis Stuth Bill passed out 48-0 (with one excused) and has been transmitted to the House of Representatives. The bill needs to pass out of the House and be delivered to governor. Your support will be needed again. This time in the House hearing. Thank you to everyone in getting it this far. Of note, Denise Revels-Robinson testified in favor of the bill. And, Alexis became one of Washington's youngest to be addressed by the chair, Senator Jim Hargrove (second on the bill). If passed into law a relative will be able to file a petition to be heard on the issue of removal of a dependent child from their care. The relative has ten business days from the date of removal, or when the relative learns of the removal, whichever is later, to file the petition. The relative may call and cross examine witnesses at the hearing on the petition. The relatives ability to file a petition to be heard does not grant them party status in the underlying dependency. When a parent requests that his or her child be placed with a relative, there is a presumption that such placement is in the child's best interest. (The best interest placement was SB 6417 which was amended into SB 6416.)

Posted on Tue, Feb. 16, 2010 Mob descends on Center City stores; 15 arrested By GLORIA CAMPISI & DAVID GAMBACORTA Philadelphia Daily News A flash mob of 150 teens slammed into Center City Tuesday afternoon like a tidal wave of stupidity, flooding the streets with chaos and fear. The mob of mindless miscreants gathered at the Gallery mall about 4:45 p.m. for a fight that apparently had been arranged earlier on the Internet, police said. Mall security guards chased away the massive group, only to watch them stampede through the nearby Macy's, causing $700 worth of damage, said Lt. George Ondrejka of Central Detectives. The teens, including numerous students from Simon Gratz and Benjamin Franklin High Schools, then wreaked havoc as they moved en masse across Market Street toward City Hall. Traffic came to a halt as the youngsters began pelting cars, pedestrians and each other with snowballs, Ondrejka said. Numerous innocent bystanders were knocked to the ground, and some members of the mob even turned on each other. Philadelphia police and SEPTA cops soon swarmed on the scene and collared 15 participants - 14 boys and one girl - near City Hall, Ondrejka noted. The future of America so good people will beg for a Police State?

Keeping families together A state program aims to keep abused children out of foster care while parents seek treatment By Nancy Arcayna POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 16, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin This appears to be an admirable program. It's a shame this sort of thing just doesn't happen over here on the mainland. What CPS does to families over here is nothing less than a crime.

Oregon assistant AG Susan Gerber checks into treatment after being accused of strangling and punching her wife By Aimee Green, The Oregonian February 16, 2010, 4:48PM An Oregon assistant attorney general is accused of punching and strangling her long-time partner, after the woman attempted to change the locks on the North Portland condo they shared. According to an affidavit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court Tuesday, assistant attorney general Susan R. Gerber's  wife of five years told Portland police that she'd confronted Gerber about an affair she suspected Gerber had with another woman. FULL STORY Awww. Isn't that sweet?

Juvenile Court: Change, But Concerns By ALAINE GRIFFIN February 16, 2010 Hartford Courant Juvenile court proceedings can be some of the most emotionally charged cases in the court system, with dockets full of horrific stories of child abuse and neglect. In Connecticut, those stories historically have been kept secret. But a judicial branch pilot program beginning today in Middletown will give the public its first glimpse into the plight of children forced into this legal world, a move that will put Connecticut on a list with about 20 other states moving toward opening up juvenile court proceedings. Now, the public can hear child abuse and neglect cases as well as attend hearings on petitions for termination of parental rights. The goal of these cases is to remove children from unsuitable homes. Cases in which children are accused of crimes are still off-limits. Chief Court Administrator Barbara M. Quinn created the pilot program with the help of an advisory board and rules committee in response to legislation passed last year. A report on the program — due to the legislature at the end of the yearlong program — could determine whether juvenile proceedings will be public in other judicial districts as well. Quinn said child welfare advocates for years have pushed to make public what happens in child protection sessions, arguing that openness can increase accountability and foster public awareness of children involved in the juvenile court system. "Public debate and awareness is useful and it shows that government is working and can be held accountable," Quinn said. Quinn said the court proceedings could also serve as a learning forum for law students and social workers who would not normally be able to access such hearings. Connecticut's decision follows a national trend that Quinn said has gained momentum in the past five to seven years. Quinn said that before creating the pilot program state officials consulted with officials in New York, Arizona, Wisconsin and other states that either have opened juvenile courts or are considering doing so. "Everyone benefits when there is public scrutiny of the system," said Elisabeth Borrino, a longtime child welfare attorney. "The process of any court proceeding is important for the public to see. Child protection cases should not be treated any differently. There should be greater scrutiny of the child protection system and a public awareness of what happens in these proceedings."  FULL STORY We hope that open hearings might be conducted with greater Constitutional Due Process, and CPS workers and their contractors might be more truthful.

Officials concerned about protecting youngsters from predators in child welfare system Spotlight on female workers in wake of recent allegations By Ofelia Casillas, Chicago Tribune Reporter February 14, 2010 Four times recently adult women have been investigated on allegations of sexually abusing some of the state's most vulnerable teen boys— those living in child welfare facilities where they were seeking treatment for abuse, neglect or behavioral problems.  FULL STORY Also See- Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis "Adults with an added authority (e.g., teachers, camp counselors, coaches, religious leaders, law-enforcement officers, doctors, judges [DA and child protection attorneys]) present even greater problems in the investigation of these cases. Such offenders are in a better position to seduce and manipulate victims and escape responsibility. ...The most difficult case of all involves a subject who has an ideal occupation for any child molester: a therapist who specializes in treating troubled children. This offender need only sit in his office while society preselects the most vulnerable victims and brings them to him. The victims are by definition “troubled” and unlikely to be believed if they do make an allegation

Woman gets 26-year term for leaving daughter to die in creek By Maria Glod Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 13, 2010 A Prince William County woman who left her 13-year-old adopted daughter to die in a frigid creek was sentenced to 26 years in prison Friday, marking the end of a criminal case that revealed shortcomings in the county's policies on child abuse. Alfreedia L. Gregg-Glover, 45, dumped her daughter, Alexis "Lexie" Agyepong-Glover, still alive, in an icy Woodbridge area creek in January 2009 and reported the girl missing. Lexie died of drowning and exposure to the cold. Gregg-Glover did not offer any apologies or regrets during the hearing in Prince William Circuit Court and quietly answered the judge's questions. Gregg-Glover's attorney said she had instructed him not to speak on her behalf. Gregg-Glover pleaded guilty in July to felony murder, felony child abuse and filing a false police report. ...An internal audit conducted after Lexie's death found "deficiencies" in the county's handling of the case. The report, prepared with assistance from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said that Gregg-Glover intentionally misled authorities by portraying herself as a loving mother and her daughter as a "severely mentally and physically challenged" liar ....Several investigations were launched to determine whether the case had been mishandled. One county social services employee was fired, and two were disciplined. Three police employees were disciplined. Policies were revamped. Social services supervisors now review cases after three calls(!), that, on their own, don't merit a site visit(!). And employees are being trained by police on how to better identify signs of abuse. (by systemites)  FULL STORY Please note the words I highlighted.  These are NewSpeak words that don't mean what you think they mean when referring to bureaucrats because they are committing Capital Crimes against the PEOPLE. "Bureaucracies are beautiful mechanisms for the evasion of responsibilities and guilt." -Warren Bennis

The New American  July 21, 1997  WHOSE CHILDREN? America's parents are battling for the right to raise their kids  by William Norman Grigg "Those who educate are more to be honored than those who bear the children. The latter give them only life; the former teach them the art of living." - Carolyn Warner, former Superintendent of Public Instruction in Arizona "Each child belongs to the state." - William H. Seawell, professor of education at the University of Virginia Who are the primary stewards of children - parents, or state- appointed bureaucrats? Are parents, as John Locke wrote, instruments in God's "great design" with "an obligation to nourish, preserve, and bring up their offspring"? Or are they merely temporary custodians of the state's children, expected to provide lodging and meals during those brief periods when the children are not under the state's direct supervision? Is the public education system intended to supplement the efforts of parents to educate their children, or to supplant the parents altogether? FULL STORY

Report: Child welfare agency not well managed By The Canadian Press Sat. Feb 13 - 4:54 AM WINNIPEG — The chiefs who ran the child welfare agency that moved a foster child more than 60 times before she committed suicide offered little oversight of the agency even though they had unprecedented control over the agency’s cash. That was the conclusion of a massive, two-year review of Southeast Child and Family Services, released Thursday. The review details shoddy documentation on case files and demoralized staff who felt isolated and abandoned on reserves. But its major findings relate to the complicated and questionable relationship between the child welfare agency, meant to be arm’s length from chiefs, and the Southeast Resource Development Council, the tribal council run by the region’s eight chiefs. The child welfare agency’s finances were so enmeshed with those of the tribal council and its various offshoots that investigators struggled to unravel it all, suggesting cash meant for children was often diverted for other purposes. FULL STORY These agencies can never be anything but corrupt.  The only real solution is to shut them all down and put most of their employees in prison where they belong for their fraud and Capital Crimes.

 

Beach woman charged in death of 9-month-old foster son Kathleen Ganiere was charged after her 9-month-old foster son died after being found unresponsive in his crib.  By Cindy Clayton The Virginian-Pilot © February 13, 2010  A woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of her 9-month-old foster son, who died Sunday after being found unresponsive in his crib, police said. Paramedics were called to the Glenville Circle home of Kathleen S. Ganiere last Saturday, police wrote in a news release. When they arrived, they found Braxton M. Taylor unresponsive in his crib. The infant was taken to a hospital, then transferred to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, where he died Sunday afternoon. The medical examiner ruled that the baby died as a result of being shaken, police wrote. Investigators arrested and charged Ganiere, 28, on Thursday, the news release said. She is being held without bond.  FULL STORY Story is also at WAVY-TV10.com.  There is a comments section there. As much as I "love" publishing stories about fosters killing kids, this "Shaken Baby" accusation bothers me a lot.  Really, the only way you could shake a baby hard enough to cause brain damage would be to clamp their head in a paint shaker.  If they were claiming NECK DAMAGE from shaking, I would believe that.  But no, they never mention THAT.  On the other hand, there's some good evidence that VACCINATIONS are causing these deaths.

 

L.A. County welfare agency refuses to release files on children's deaths Director Trish Ploehn says a 2007 disclosure law unfairly 'denigrated' her department. By Garrett Therolf February 12, 2010 | 5:19 p.m. Los Angeles County's embattled child welfare agency has clamped down on the release of information about 12 recent deaths among children who have passed through the child welfare system. The decision follows a series of articles in The Times last year that detailed flawed casework. The cases prompted some reforms at the county's Department of Children and Family Services, including enhanced training for social workers. But the state law that allowed much of the information to reach the public has been a source of discontent for Department of Children and Family Services Director Trish Ploehn. She has complained to a reporter that the law unfairly "denigrated" her department by placing such a harsh spotlight on the most tragic cases.  FULL STORY As far as I am concerned, it's time for "Pitchforks and Torches" for this entire insane fascist and malfeasant mess. California is 1000% bankrupt and it's time for all this kidnapping, family terrorism and legal abuse to STOP!  Send the kids HOME!  And leave the families alone

 

Valentine's Day and the Collapse of Marriage Research proves marriage is still the best means of happiness, financial stability, and raising children NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /Standard Newswire/ -- As seen on today's FOX News "Strategy Room," National Marriage Week USA-- February 7 to 14--is a new campaign  to raise the nation's alarm about the huge drop in marriage rates and vast numbers of children being raised without both of their parents, and to alert the nation about the looming relevance of marriage breakdown to our economic well being. (Watch FOX "Strategy Room")  The first-ever Marriage Index, recently released jointly by the National Center on African American Marriages and Parenting (NCAAMP) and the Institute for American Values in October 2009, reveals a huge decline in national marriage indicators. One indicator shows 79 percent of adults were married in 1970, while only 57 percent of adults were married in 2008. Another indicator shows 40 percent of all children in America are now born out of wedlock; and 72 percent of African American children are now born without married parents.  "Just like the collapse of structures in Haiti and the near collapse of our economic system, the collapse of marriage will be ruinous to our nation," said Chuck Stetson, chairman of Let's Strengthen Marriage Campaign which sponsors National Marriage Week USA. "The alarming drop in marriage rates in America combined with high divorce rates are financially costly to taxpayers and individuals, and emotionally costly to children. Marriage breakdown costs taxpayers at minimum $112 billion a year. The nation needs to pay attention."  FULL STORY Of course this began over 40 years ago and we are already living in the ashes.  Marriage and family has been destroyed and it has been done DELIBERATELY by the "progressives". Read this for an epiphany- United Nations Population Fund Leader Says Family Breakdown is a Triumph for Human Rights By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, February 3, 2009 Also see- The WAR  on the Family

Army discharging single mom who refused deployment By RUSS BYNUM, AP Military Writer Fri Feb 12, 2:25 am ET   AP – FILE - This undated self-portrait shows Spc. Hutchinson and her child SAVANNAH, Ga. – A single-mom soldier who says she refused to deploy to Afghanistan because she had no family able to care for her young son will be discharged from the military instead of facing a court-martial, the Army said Thursday. Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, an Army cook stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, was arrested in November after skipping her unit's deployment flight. Hutchinson, 21, said she couldn't leave her son because her mother had backed out of plans to keep the child a few days before the soldier's scheduled departure. The Army filed criminal charges last month against Hutchinson of Oakland, Calif., but a general at neighboring Fort Stewart chose to settle the case by granting her an administrative discharge rather than try her in a military court. "She's excited that she's no longer facing jail and can still be with her son, which is the most important thing," said Rai Sue Sussman, Hutchinson's civilian attorney. "We're very happy about it right now." The decision still carries consequences for Hutchinson. She is being demoted in rank to private and will lose benefits afforded to military service members and veterans, Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson said. FULL STORY Here in one story is a synopsis of what has happened to American society over the past 40 years.  This apparently is the feminist utopia, except Alexis didn't abort.  This would be a great basis for a Sociologist's study and report.  Not even George Orwell imagined a society quite like this.

Florida Girl, 6, Handcuffed After Temper Tantrum at School Thursday, February 11, 2010  Associated Press PORT ST LUCIE, Fla. — A 6-year-old Port St. Lucie girl was handcuffed after a temper tantrum and then, days later after another disruption at school, she was sent to a mental health facility. The girl's mother disputes the St. Lucie County Sheriff's report, saying her daughter didn't need to be handcuffed or sent to the adult mental health facility. The report says the girl had a temper tantrum last week, hitting school officials, screaming and kicking. After an hour of trying to calm the girl, a deputy handcuffed her. The girl eventually calmed down, and returned to class. After another incident at the school, the deputy took the girl to a mental facility. The mother said her daughter was released by the facility and doesn't have mental health problems. The world is mystified about what to do with spoiled rotten brats.  At least, the cops didn't taze her.  This time anyway.

Current, Former DCS Workers Say Kids At Risk Judge Quits Over Lack Of Faith In Department Of Children's Services Reported By Dennis Ferrier POSTED: 2:58 pm CST February 10, 2010 UPDATED: 8:08 pm CST February 10, 2010 WSMV.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- More than a dozen current and former Department of Children's Services workers say children are at risk from the agency's focus on mandates and quotas. April Meldrum is the new associate dean at the Duncan Law School in Knoxville. But just one month ago, she was a juvenile judge in Anderson County -- a judge who dealt every day with broken families, struggling families, foster families and the DCS. Meldrum quit that judgeship because she said DCS would not help families. "As you're faced with making a decision every day of deciding whether or not to remove a child from their parents, you would like to know that the agency to whom you're giving the child would do a better job than the parents from which you just removed the child," said Meldrum. "It's untenable to be in if you don't have that faith, and I no longer have that faith." Meldrum said she constantly had to battle DCS to provide its basic services like drug and alcohol counseling, anger management and just helping with paying a utility bill for a month. "It happens routinely that services are ordered, and they not provided. Time and time again the department would return without meeting their obligation," said Meldrum.  FULL STORY The only thing left to say is- This is the Culture of the Agency in every westernized country in the world.

Biological Psychiatry—Greatest Health Care Fraud in History By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD February 10, 2010 In Revising Book On Disorders Of the Mind, Benedict Carey (NY Times, A-1, February 10, 2010) writes, “Far fewer children would get a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.”  Were this to result from a re-write of psychiatry’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), Rebecca Riley of Hull, Massachusetts, diagnosed ADHD and ‘bipolar at 2 ½ years of age, multiply drugged and dead at 4, might still be alive today.  FULL STORY

Witness Tells of Falsified Reports in Danieal Kelly Death Feb. 10, 2010, By Nathan Gorenstein, Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Within hours of Danieal Kelly's death, officials at the social services company responsible for the 14-year-old girl's safety were rushing to produce backdated paperwork in an effort that apparently included forging the signature of the teen's mother on a form, according to testimony yesterday in federal court. Written on the day of Kelly's death, Aug. 4, 2006, the document was an "encounter" form recording a home visit that had in fact occurred months earlier.  FULL STORY Find the latest information on the Danieal Kelly case in Philadelphia As you read these stories of malfeasance, lies, and fraud, do not lose track of the FACT that this is the CULTURE OF THE AGENCY EVERYWHERE, and it has been since 1980. There is almost NO political will for any government to do anything about it. Pretty sickening, isn't it? CPS is a big, fat, ugly, sloppy, stinking pig. And the politicians are "twitterpated" with it

Ohio child abuse database draws complaints Updated: Feb 10, 2010 10:57 AM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Local child welfare agencies in Ohio complain that the state is too slow to correct errors in a new database for tracking abused and neglected children. Officials in Franklin County, which includes Columbus, say it has taken up to six months for wrong information in the system to be fixed. At the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, deputy chief of staff Michael McCreight says the state is working to streamline the process so revisions are posted more quickly. Franklin County Children Services chief Eric Fenner says the system often shows families are still under investigation long after caseworkers have determined that the underlying reports of abuse or neglect were mistaken. He calls the database delays unacceptable. The truth is, this is a nation-wide pandemic. See Humphries v. County of Los Angeles

New categories for the old frauds Big Changes for DSM-V, the Psychiatrist's 'Bible' New Manual Makes Changes to Eating and Gambling Disorders But Leaves Sex Alone By JOHN GEVER MedPage Today Senior Editor Feb. 10, 2010 Substantial changes are in the offing for the "psychiatrist's bible," the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, according to a draft of the forthcoming fifth edition. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) posted the draft of DSM-V on a special Web site, www.dsm5.org, to obtain comment from its members, other members of the mental health community, and the public.  FULL STORY "DSM IV is the fabrication upon which psychiatry seeks acceptance by medicine in general. Insiders know it is more a political than scientific document. To its credit it says so, although its brief apologia is rarely noted. DSM IV has become a bible and a money making best seller" (Quote from Dr. Loren R. Mosher) December 4 1998

~  Action Item #1~ CONTACT YOUR REP AND SENATOR TODAY HERE'S THE QUICK and EASY WAY The Parents' Rights Amendment

February 9, 2010 What Do Virginia Republicans and Hawaii Democrats Have in Common? What do Virginia Republicans and Hawaii Democrats have in common? It might surprise you to learn that both are championing state resolutions calling on the U.S. Congress to pass the Parental Rights Amendment. Hawaii's Senate Concurrent Resolution 73 was introduced on Monday by Sen. Gabbard (D), while its companion bill, HCR 60, is set to be introduced by 6 members of the Hawaii House-  3 Democrats and 3 Republicans. By contrast, all 6 initial sponsors of Virginia's House Joint Resolution 193 are Republicans, though bipartisan support is expected. A third state resolution already has as cosponsors 60% of the "yes" votes it needs to pass that state's House. (We've been asked not to identify the state yet, lest we awaken opposition to the resolution.) Support in that state is also bipartisan in nature. What this means, taken all together, is that the Parental Rights Amendment at the state level is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. It is an American issue, enjoying support from both sides of the aisle. Only in Congress, where so many Republicans have signed on that Democrats fear a hidden agenda, is this a one-party issue. Soon, hopefully the States will be telling Congress that this is one issue it's safe for both parties to support. Action Item State Resolutions are one tool in our quest to pass the Amendment, but not the only tool. We also need to see new local chapters started across the country. These chapters allow volunteers to work together to gather petition signatures where you live. If you would be willing to host a meeting to form a ParentalRights.org chapter, please contact Eric@parentalrights.org Of course, if you want to champion a resolution in your state, we would be thrilled to help you with that effort as well. Simply visit our States Watch page, click on your state, and contact the Regional Representative listed there to let them know of your interest. Or, if there is already a resolution in your state, why not contact your own local delegate and urge them to support it? I did, and was thrilled to learn she had already signed on to Virginia's resolution!

Big Pharma executive murders 8-year-old son with Xanax and Ambien (opinion) Saturday, February 06, 2010 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com   (NaturalNews) I've always said that Big Pharma executives were guilty of crimes against humanity. Now one of their wealthiest and most successful executives has been caught trying to pull off a murder-suicide in an upscale NY hotel. Gigi Jordan, who ran pharmaceutical companies selling pills to treat cancer, murdered her 8-year-old son by force-feeding him ground-up pharmaceuticals which included Xanax and Ambien. Let's just stop right there for a moment and consider what this says about the pharmaceutical industry: Even its own executives know their drugs are toxic enough to commit murder. Jordan had been planning the murder-suicide for some time, it seems. She had left a suicide note in the hotel room, alongside thousands of pills scattered about the room. Jordan is reportedly worth $100 million -- money she accumulated largely by selling toxic pills that harmed other people. Now, it seems, she chose to turn those pills on herself and her own family. Why is this not surprising? FULL STORY Also see Doping the Kids- The Pharmacaust

2/8/2010 Defending Freedom Wherever and Whenever it is Threatened HSLDA Last week’s victory in the Romeike political asylum case demonstrates the positive impact HSLDA is having on homeschooling freedom around the world. American homeschoolers are fiercely protective of freedom and families, which is why HSLDA is fighting to protect homeschooling freedom wherever and whenever it is threatened. American homeschoolers are also compassionate and care about the oppression and persecution of homeschoolers in other countries. This is why HSLDA is equipping, encouraging and defending homeschoolers in other countries like Germany. Germany isn’t the only country where homeschoolers have challenges, but the Romeike case has sent a message across the globe that homeschooling is a human right which no country may deny its citizens and still call itself a “free country.” In his decision granting asylum to the Romeikes, Judge Lawrence O. Burman noted that the rights being denied to the Romeikes were “basic human rights that no country had the right to violate.” We agree with Judge Burman that the right and responsibility of parents to direct the education and upbringing of children is of paramount importance. As Judge Burman noted, this fundamental right is under assault overseas—and there are forces that would like to impose unreasonable and unnecessary regulation on homeschooling parents even in America.  FULL STORY

Child abuse victim unhappy with $375Gs By QMI Agency    February 6, 2010 CNE News A child abuse victim in Nova Scotia says he is not happy with the $375,000 awarded to him by the province on Friday. "I'm horribly disappointed with the award because the award doesn't justify the abuse," the man, identified only as L.M., told CBC News. L.M. was one of 29 victims of Cesar Lalo, who worked as a probation officer and social worker for the province. Lalo, 69, was found guilty of sexually assaulting 29 boys between 1973 and 1989 while working for the province. L.M. said it wasn't a fair settlement considering another victim of one of the province's most notorious child abusers, probation officer and social worker Cesar Lalo, received a $640,000 settlement. Court documents show that during the proceedings, the court heard that L.M. met Lalo when he was 10-years-old while Lalo was a probation officer. L.M. was 13 when the abuse began.   L.M.'s performance at school dropped significantly after the sexual abuse began, and while he had been in trouble with the law before, his crimes became worse and more frequent after the abuse began. On several occasions during his teen years, L.M. spoke with mental health professionals about his behaviour, but never admitted to the abuse. In 1996, he told a Halifax Regional Police officer, who was investigating Lalo, about the abuse. L.M. cried as he told the court about the assaults. He said the abuse started with Lalo opening L.M.'s shirt and rubbing his chest, then he put "his hand down my pants and fondled me and asked how I liked it and stuff like that." L.M. said later, Lalo would ask him to perform oral sex, and then Lalo performed oral sex on L.M. The last incident was when they were together in Lalo's car in a north-end Halifax park. While assaulting L.M., Lalo "shoved his finger up my ass," L.M. testified. He said he ran from Lalo's car after that.  FULL STORY Also See- Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis "Adults with an added authority (e.g., teachers, camp counselors, coaches, religious leaders, law-enforcement officers, doctors, judges [DA and child protection attorneys]) present even greater problems in the investigation of these cases. Such offenders are in a better position to seduce and manipulate victims and escape responsibility. ...The most difficult case of all involves a subject who has an ideal occupation for any child molester: a therapist who specializes in treating troubled children. This offender need only sit in his office while society preselects the most vulnerable victims and brings them to him. The victims are by definition “troubled” and unlikely to be believed if they do make an allegation

Wanted: 35,000 to fight child abuse By John Johnston • jjohnston@enquirer.com • February 5, 2010  Cincinatti.com Child advocates hoping to reduce childhood sexual abuse want to recruit at least 35,000 Hamilton County adults for a 2½-hour prevention program. That figure represents "the tipping point that's going to make a huge difference in reducing issues of sexual predators and childhood victimization in our community," Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune said Friday. He spoke at the Xavier University Women's Center, where he helped launch an initiative with the founder of the local chapter of Darkness to Light, a Charleston, S.C.-based non-profit that raises awareness of childhood sexual abuse. Its Stewards of Children program, which costs $10, teaches adults how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. The organization also wants to train facilitators to lead the program locally. Darkness to Light says one in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused by age 18. Those numbers come from the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, a collaboration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and San Diego's Kaiser Permanente, a large managed-health-care organization. I think Wexler debunked those numbers, in one of his recent columns.  Our culture is teaching our kids to hump each other like a basket-full of puppies.  Are they counting THAT as "abuse"? When 17,500 mostly middle-class Kaiser members were questioned between 1995 and 1997 about various types of traumatic childhood experiences, 25 percent of women and 16 percent of men reported experiencing contact sexual abuse before age 18.  "I think it's the single biggest social issue we face," said Gary Hudson, president and founder of the Cincinnati Darkness to Light chapter. "Individuals and families are destroyed." Research shows the effects last into adulthood and include drug and alcohol addiction, eating disorders, depression and suicide.  FULL STORY Speaking personally, I think the biggest social issue we face is loss of our American Liberty and Freedom that is destroying individuals and families.

Another vaguely written story.  Who hurt the baby?  A parent? Two found guilty of child neglect of 20-month-old February 5, 2010 Herald-Mail CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Two people were found guilty Thursday of child neglect causing bodily injury in a case in which a 20-month-old child suffered fractured ribs, various bruises and what appeared to be scalding water or chemical burns on the child’s genitalia, prosecutors said.  Jacqueline Reed and Robert Sencendiver were convicted of the charge by a jury in Jefferson County Circuit Court following a three-day trial before Judge David H. Sanders, according to a news release from the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.  Reed and Sencendiver were found not guilty of conspiracy to commit child neglect causing bodily injury, the release said.  The child, who was taken to Winchester (Va.) Medical Center on Aug. 31, also had “ligature marks” on both ankles, the release said.  Ligature refers to tying or binding together. So here's the "rest of the story"- Grand jury hands down 42 indictments By RICHARD F. BELISLE April 26, 2009 richardb@herald-mail.com  CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A 1-year-old boy suffered serious bodily injury, including five broken ribs, burns in his genital area and bruises at the hands of two Ranson, W.Va., residents who were taking care of him while his mother was incarcerated, (foster parents?) according to an indictment handed down last week by a Jefferson County grand jury.  According to the charging document on file in the Jefferson County Circuit Clerk’s office, Jacqueline E. Reed and Robert Scott Sencendiver were charged with child neglect causing serious bodily injury.  The couple told investigating officers that the child was “destructive” and was prone to throwing himself down the stairs. The couple also told police that personnel at Jefferson Memorial Hospital declined to treat the child because they had no proof of guardianship, a claim hospital officials disputed when questioned by police. Who do you think is lying?  Are you feeling like a whole bunch of the story isn't being told?

MultiEthnic orchestrated a frantic cover-up, lying to investigators and creating phony reports to cover the tracks of their neglect. No matter what they say: This trial's about Danieal's death By Ronnie Polaneczky Philadelphia Daily News Posted on Thu, Feb. 4, 2010 THE FORMER social-services employees are not on trial for murder, their attorneys reminded the jury yesterday at the federal courthouse. Mickal Kamuvaka, Solomon Manamela, Julius Murray and Mariam Coulibaly are charged with fraud and obstruction, not with the death of Danieal Kelly. So, please, they implored the jury during the trial's opening arguments, remember that fact when the prosecution displays those gruesome autopsy photos of 14-year-old Danieal, who had cerebral palsy and weighed just 42 pounds when she died in 2006 of starvation and neglect. "This is not a . . . homicide case," said attorney William Cannon, who is defending Kamuvaka, co-founder of MultiEthnic Behavioral Health Inc., the now-defunct social-services agency for which all the defendants worked. "Nobody . . . wanted that child to die." Except, if just half of the prosecution's allegations prove true - that MultiEthnic, which was hired by DHS to look out for Danieal and her family, barely set foot in the house of horrors she called home - the trial is, fundamentally, about her death. Danieal's monstrous parents, obviously, are most culpable for her agony. Her mother, Andrea Kelly, pleaded guilty last year to third-degree murder; her father, Daniel Kelly, is awaiting trial on child-endangerment charges. Nothing that MultiEthnic is alleged to have done excuses the towering failure of Danieal's parents to give even half a damn about their little girl. But MultiEthnic's nicely educated workers - Kamuvaka, for one, has a master's degree from Cornell and a doctorate from Penn - were paid to protect Danieal from her despicable mother and to mitigate the absence of her useless father. They were supposed to ensure that Danieal and her many siblings - all of them stuffed like rabbits in a squalid, two-bedroom apartment - were attending school, receiving medical care and being fed. Instead, the feds allege, not only did MultiEthnic workers fail to visit Danieal and her family twice a week, as the contract with DHS required them to do, but company supervisors failed to oversee the workers as they should have - which is especially unforgivable given that the children's well-being was categorized as being at high-risk. Further, the feds allege, after Danieal's death MultiEthnic orchestrated a frantic cover-up, lying to investigators and creating phony reports to cover the tracks of their neglect. Five former MultiEthnic employees already have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to this fraud and obstruction case; other former employees will testify, in the trial of defendants Kamuvaka et al, about the alleged falsification of MultiEthnic's records. Manamela's attorney, Paul Hetznecker, asked the jury not to leave their "common sense at the door" as they listen to the latter witnesses, some of whom, he said, have cut deals with the feds in exchange for turning coat on their former co-workers. And the jury was reminded, several times, that Kamuvaka et al are not being tried as a single entity but as individuals. Each of whom, it appeared during opening arguments yesterday, plan to scapegoat the other. Listening to the back and forth, from all sides, was depressing and heartbreaking, as the only fully knowable truth about this miserable case became apparent yet again: If Danieal Kelly's life had been given even one-tenth of the energy being given her death, she might be alive today. The time and cost of the grand-jury investigation into her demise. The frantic response from everyone accountable, in one way or another, for what happened to her. The firings, indictments and sentencings that have resulted from her case so far. And, now, the fraud and obstruction trial unfolding in federal court. Like everything that has preceded it, this development, too, is all about Danieal's death. No matter what the defense attorneys say.  FULL STORY Everybody points out that MultiEthnic was a CPS contractor, not CPS.  The CPS agency wants to pretend that their operation is more ethical than their contractors.  We say they are all the same corrupt people, working the same fraud, everywhere CPS exists.  See my old essay The Alphabet of Corruption

HIJACKING SCIENCE From global warming to evolution, psychology to sociology, corruption runs deep Posted: February 04, 2010 1:20 am Eastern © 2010 WorldNetDaily If your faith in today's scientific establishment was shaken recently by successive waves of fraud on the part of climate scientists – from systematically suppressing evidence of global cooling, to attempting to erase the Middle Ages, to falsely claiming the Himalayan glaciers were rapidly melting – get ready for more scientific corruption, a lot more. As Whistleblower reveals in its groundbreaking February issue – titled "HIJACKING SCIENCE" – global warming is just the tip of the science-fraud iceberg. Politically and financially motivated pseudo-science is widespread and utterly out of control, extending far beyond climate research and into virtually every major scientific field. Indeed, this Whistleblower issue is subtitled, "From global warming to evolution, from psychology to sociology, blatant corruption of science is running rampant."  FULL STORY

US Study Shows Drop in Child Abuse Federal study finds sharp drop in serious child abuse between 1993 and 2006 By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK February 2, 2010 (AP) A massive new federal study documents an unprecedented and dramatic decrease in incidents of serious child abuse, especially sexual abuse. Experts hailed the findings as proof that crackdowns and public awareness campaigns had made headway. An estimated 553,000 children suffered physical, sexual or emotional abuse in 2005-06, down 26 percent from the estimated 743,200 abuse victims in 1993, the study found. "It's the first time since we started collecting data about these things that we've seen substantial declines over a long period, and that's tremendously encouraging," said professor David Finkelhor of the University of New Hampshire, a leading researcher in the field of child abuse. "It does suggest that the mobilization around this issue is helping and it's a problem that is amenable to solutions," he said. The findings were contained in the fourth installment of the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect, a congressionally mandated study that has been conducted periodically by the Department of Health and Human Services. The previous version was issued in 1996, based on 1993 data. The new study is based on information from more than 10,700 "sentinels" — such as child welfare workers, police officers, teachers, health care professionals and day care workers — in 122 counties across the country. The detailed data collected from them was then used to make national estimates. The number of sexually abused children decreased from 217,700 in 1993 to 135,300 in 2005-2006 — a 38 percent drop, the study shows. The number of children who experienced physical abuse fell by 15 percent and the number of emotionally abused children dropped by 27 percent. The 455-page study shied away from trying to explain the trends, but other experts offered their theories. "There's much more public awareness and public intolerance around child abuse now," said Linda Spears, the Child Welfare League of America's vice president for public policy. "It was a hidden concern before — people were afraid to talk about it if it was in their family." She also noted the proliferation of programs designed to help abusers and potential abusers overcome their problems. Finkelhor, whose own previous research detected a drop in abuse rates, said the study reveals "real, substantial declines" that cannot be dismissed on any technical grounds, such as changing definitions of abuse. He suggested that the decline was a product of several coinciding trends, including a "troop surge" in the 1990s when more people were deployed in child protection services and the criminal justice system intensified its anti-abuse efforts with more arrests and prison sentences. Finkelhor also suggested that the greatly expanded use of medications may have enabled many potential child abusers to treat the conditions that otherwise might have led them to molest or mistreat a child. "There's also been a general change in perceptions and norms about what one can get away with, so much more publicity about these things," he said. One curious aspect of the study was the manner of its release. Although HHS had launched the study in 2004 and invested several million dollars, it was posted a few days ago on the Internet with no fanfare — neither a press release nor a news conference. Finkelhor, noting that experts in the field had been impatiently awaiting the study, described this low-profile approach as "shocking." The findings might be disconcerting to some in the child-welfare field who base their funding pitches on the specter of ever-rising abuse rates, said Richard Wexler, executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. "The best use of scarce child welfare dollars is on prevention and family preservation — not on hiring more people to investigate less actual abuse," said Wexler.  FULL STORY Not even mentioning the pandemic of falsely accused and falsely prosecuted families in this entirely unconstitutional system of NO DUE PROCESS..

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Paedophile teacher jailed for grooming male pupils for sex with sweets and computer games A paedophile teacher who groomed male pupils for sex with sweets and computer games over 20 years has been jailed for seven years. Published: 1:54PM GMT 01 Feb 2010 London Telegraph English and drama teacher James Braid, 58, preyed on his victims at Bay House School, Gosport, Hants, where he taught English and drama for 34 years.  Portsmouth Crown Court heard Braid, a respected member of the Parent Teacher Association, would surround himself with vulnerable boys who had fallen victim to bullies, known as Braids Bunch.  Braid earned the trust of parents by taking the boys on holiday to visit his relatives in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, or inviting them to his house for help with homework.  He gave the boys, all aged around 15, with alcohol, fizzy sweets and video games before abusing them.  During a 22-day trial last year the court heard from four of Braids victims, one of whom blackmailed him for £20,000 pounds to keep quiet, who described him as a father figure.  Braid was found guilty of seven charges of multiple offences of indecent assault between 1982 and 2002.  Judge Ian Pearson, in sentencing the experienced teacher, said: "This was the grossest possible breach of trust by a teacher.  "There is no doubt a gifted and charismatic teacher but you used those skills to identify, to target and to groom young boys.  "In my view you were and are a determined, deceitful and predatory paedophile."  FULL STORY Also See- Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis "Adults with an added authority (e.g., teachers, camp counselors, coaches, religious leaders, law-enforcement officers, doctors, judges [DA and child protection attorneys]) present even greater problems in the investigation of these cases. Such offenders are in a better position to seduce and manipulate victims and escape responsibility. ...The most difficult case of all involves a subject who has an ideal occupation for any child molester: a therapist who specializes in treating troubled children. This offender need only sit in his office while society preselects the most vulnerable victims and brings them to him. The victims are by definition “troubled” and unlikely to be believed if they do make an allegation

The REAL cases, handled by Sworn to uphold the Constitution Police officers, not mangy, lying, sociopathic, communist CPS agents*.  Don't miss the Video. Posted: 9:06 PM Feb 1, 2010 How Police Deal with Investigating Child Abuse The horrors of child abuse can be difficult to listen to when you hear news reports. But when it's your job to get the facts and basically save a child, it can take a toll. Reporter: Amanda Barren wsaz.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The horrors of child abuse can be difficult to listen to when you hear news reports. But when it's your job to get the facts and basically save a child, it can take a toll. WSAZ.com's Amanda Barren explains how State Police prepare themselves and deal with cases of true despair. When it comes to child abuse, the images are gut-wrenching and the numbers are growing. It also means seeing the world in a different way for the folks on the front lines. In West Virginia, lawmakers are being asked to fund more police officers to deal with crimes against children. So far, members of the West Virginia State Police have had a 100 percent conviction rate when it comes to these situations. State Police First Lt. D.L. Frye says communication with officers is key, as well as some time away from the graphic nature of investigating child abuse. *"When child abuse investigations are conducted by people whose main goal is to dig up dirt on a family to assassinate their character and desire for every family to be in "therapy," you end up with a mess- this mess we have right now of incompetence and corruption."

Campaign targets child abuse by moms' boyfriends By Sharon Coolidge • scoolidge@enquirer.com • January 31, 2010 Cincinatti.com Moira Weir, director of Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services, wants to make sure that no one forgets the names of these children or how they died. They were beaten to death by their mothers' boyfriends. Beginning Monday, the agency is rolling out Choose Your Partner Carefully - a campaign of commercials, billboards and brochures aimed at alerting mothers and others in a child's life to the warning signs. "When mothers are choosing a partner, they are not just choosing for themselves, they are choosing for their children too," Weir said. "Choosing the wrong partner can be, literally, deadly.  FULL STORY As I just wrote in Parenting in post-freedom Amerika-  PROACTIVE ADVISE Clean up your house and your life. Obviously, if your house is a mess or your life is a mess, your CPS worker is going to use every bit of it against you.  Shacking up with a boyfriend is the path to hell. Generally speaking, boyfriends have NO "natural affection" for your children, and they are the #1 baby rapists and child abusers and killers, at the TOP of any statistical data. So this is something YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT. Clean up. Quit smoking. Whatever you are doing that you KNOW is wrong, QUIT DOING THAT.  The choice is between your laziness, habits, lifestyle choices, CATS, and YOUR KIDS. Whatever you are doing that you KNOW is wrong, the choice is between your laziness, habits, lifestyle choices, CATS, and YOUR KIDS. You choose. If you can't, then don't complain about what happens. Also see the website- “How is it possible that Children can have any just Sense of the sacred Obligations of Morality or Religion if, from their earliest Infancy, they learn their Mothers live in habitual Infidelity to their fathers, and their fathers in as constant Infidelity to their Mothers?” --John Adams

PJTV Live From National Tea Party Convention Now   PJTV is streaming live from the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville today, Friday, and Saturday.     Check out our coverage of this event tonight, Thursday, Feb. 4, as well as all the major speeches and highlights on Friday, Feb. 5, and Saturday, Feb. 6.  Don't miss Sarah Palin's keynote at this event.  Everything will be streamed live at www.PJTV.com.  Click here for details and schedule:      http://www.pjtv.com/page/Tea_Party_Convention/148/  Roger L. Simon, PJTV

February 2, 2010 One Year Later No, we're not talking about Barack Obama or the State of the Union Address. A year ago this week, ParentalRights.org tossed out our old website and replaced it with the one we have now. Since then, we have had more than 623,000 unique visitors, and more than 5300 blogs or websites have linked to our pages. As we reach this one-year anniversary and take stock, we remain committed to providing you with the facts and information you need to stand up for parental rights in your state and in our nation. We maintain a comprehensive list of cosponsors in both the House and the Senate. We also break things down by state so you can know which of your lawmakers support our efforts, whether there is a PRA resolution introduced in your state, and how you can contact your congressmen.  FULL STORY

Trial opens for social workers in death of Danieal Kelly By Nathan Gorenstein Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Posted on Tue, Feb. 2, 2010 Four former employees of a city-funded social-service agency will go on trial in federal court today on charges stemming from the death of Danieal Kelly, the 14-year-old with cerebral palsy who died in 2006 of starvation at her mother's apartment. The now-defunct agency was supposed to provide care for the teen and other at-risk children with federal funds funneled through the city's Department of Human Services. But federal prosecutors charge that Michal Kamuvaka, who ran MultiEthnic Behavioral Health Inc., instead billed the city for services it never provided - including home visits that never happened - purportedly to care for the girl. And when an FBI investigation started, subpoenaed documents were allegedly tossed out or never turned over to the government. From July 2000 through December 2006, the city paid MultiEthnic some $3.7 million for services it was supposed to have provided to more than 500 families. Danieal Kelly and her family were considered at-risk, and DHS ordered twice-weekly home visits to ensure she was safe and getting services she needed. When she died, she weighed 47 pounds, and her body was covered with bedsores, some of which were maggot-infested and bone-deep. The apartment had no electricity or running water, and Danieal Kelly's siblings did not recognize the MultiEthnic case worker who was supposedly to have visited twice a week. FULL STORY Note to people who think the CPS system is great- Seriously.  How much debate do you think you could make for it?  How do you think more money, more power, and more people with NO ETHICS and NO accountability fixes this FRAUD?  How do you defend incompetence and malfeasance that leads to MURDER of a child?  How do you defend the fact that the Child Abuse Industrial Complex is packed FULL of these lazy sociopaths?

Just found by an AFRA NewsHawk- Agency's ex-exec admits fraud Posted on Thu, Jan. 21, 2010 Philly.com News Briefly The former executive director of MultiEthnic Behavioral Health, a private social-service agency linked to the starvation death of 14-year-old Danieal Kelly in 2006, pleaded guilty yesterday to wire fraud in federal court. Now-defunct, MultiEthnic was contracted by the city to watch children at risk of abuse. Authorities said MultiEthnic failed to make required visits, then forged documents to cover it up. Earle McNeill, 72, of Gypsy Lane near School House Lane, the fifth of nine defendants to plead guilty, admitted that he knew that at least one worker did not provide services that had been billed to the city and that another had complained about being asked to backdate records. "[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." --Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749

New article Child Welfare. 2009;88(3):127-44. CPS: client violence and client victims Ringstad R. California State University-Stanislaus, Turlock, California 95382, USA. rringstad@csustan.edu This paper describes a study that explored the extent and nature of workplace violence in child protective services (CPS). A total of 68 workers and clients reported on their experiences. Of workers, 70% reported being the victim of client violence, and 22% reported they had perpetrated a violent act toward a client. Of clients, 55% reported being a victim of assault by a CPS worker, while 42% acknowledged perpetrating violence. Future research needs and recommendations for practice including training, reporting, and policy development are discussed. PMID: 20084821 [PubMed - in process] Not online for free yet. Places to find the article Beginning with the CAPTA act of 1974, CPS declared WAR on America's Families Mass incarcerations without trial or charge; forced confessions; children forcibly separated from their parents with no reasons given; doctored hearing transcripts and falsified court records; evidence fabricated against the innocent; government agents entering the homes, examining private papers and personal effects, and seizing the property of citizens who are under no suspicion of legal wrongdoing; special courts created specifically to convict people who cannot be convicted in ordinary courts; children instructed to hate their parents by state functionaries:  Is all this the Soviet Union in the 1930s or Communist China in the 1960s? Is this some novelist’s prognosticated dystopia? No, all this and more is routine in the United States today. TOTALITARIANISM IN AMERICA By Stephen Baskerville, Ph.D

Malfeasance in the industry is pandemic College had warned 'fake doctor' Man charged with fraud had been told to stop misleading clients By MICHELE MANDEL, QMI Agency January 29, 2010 Dad lost his kids due to bogus doctor Fraudster posed as doctor in court Grandfather investigated fake doctor Also see What Happens in the Fog "In court, licensed professionals (and now, mere CPS employees and VOLUNTEERS, such as CASA workers) speaking presumptuously "In the best interest of the child" enjoy "particularized guarantees of trustworthiness" for their (often) second and third-hand HEARSAY. (Now, even when caught in a BALD FACED LIE, it matters not to Constitutionally "unencumbered" Walther-type "judges", who consider themselves "part of the prosecution team"."

The vaccines your kids “need to be healthy” Posted by Ryan W. McMaken on January 28, 2010 10:14 PM Lew Rockwell Blog The idea that an HPV vaccine is what a 12-year-old child “needs to be healthy” should be right out of Orwell’s glossary on Newspeak, but that’s the latest propaganda line from the CDC. Note this video in which the CDC graciously brings the vaccine to children compliments of the US taxpayer. The vaccines, which make billions for the pharmaceutical companies that lobby endlessly for their use in schools, are both dangerous and far less effective than advertised.

Look at what this communist has to say- If the Fostering Connections Act continues to be implemented and funded and if the health care bill becomes law, fundamental changes are possible in how vulnerable children are treated, creating a real opportunity to sizably shrink the foster care system. CWLA Reveals Top 5 Child Welfare Challenges and Opportunities for 2010 List Notes Real Chance to Shrink Foster Care System January 27, 2010 08:42 AM Eastern Time WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kicking off the year, the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the nation’s oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization, announced its top challenges and opportunities for 2010, during its “Children 2010: Leading a New Era” National Conference. CWLA’s Top 5 list captures events and trends are shaping the future for foster children this year…and beyond. “The Top 5 are key issues affecting foster children. Even though the economy continues to take its toll, we do see promising changes in the way our nation treats children and tackles child welfare issues” .“The Top 5 are key issues affecting foster children. Even though the economy continues to take its toll, we do see promising changes in the way our nation treats children and tackles child welfare issues,” said CWLA’s CEO Chris James-Brown. “As President Obama reports on the State of the Union, we encourage him to continue embracing changes that help children succeed. Smart and sustained investments in children are critical to our nation’s future.”  FULL STORY Just like our economy needs the government to get the heck out of strangulating business by taxing and regulating, the best thing government can do FOR THE CHILDREN is GET OUT of their lives.   As always- "Government can't solve the problem. Government is the problem." --Ronald Reagan Also see my essay on the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act last year- Washington , DC - On Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Lame Duck George W. Bush signed into law the Orwellian-named  Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act

Rutgers sorority members are accused of beating pledges during hazing By Star-Ledger Staff January 27, 2010, 8:40PM I am guessing that the girls are social work majors.  Hazing is exactly how CPS agents operate out in the field, terrorizing every person they deal with.  So perhaps they were just practicing for their future employment as domestic terrorists in the child abuse industry.  I am not trying to be funny.

January 27, 2010 Fourth Amendment rights upheld for KIDS State of Washington makes a determination on how CPS is to handle child interviews after the Greene v. Camreta case Which means- Forcing you to talk means you have been SEIZED.  KIDS now have CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, so LEARN THEM. LEARN YOUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW! Amendment IV The right of the people (now including kids too!) to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized You don't have to talk with CPS agents, so DON'T Kids don't want or need European Socialism's Rights of the Child, when AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS are much better. Just for fun, Here's our Kid's Rights page from 2002  Also see our SATIRE letter from the poison pen of Liz B. Bueldyke, CPS Caseworker

Lots more fresh meat for CPS to devour- US teen pregnancy rate up for first time since 1990: study Jan 26 01:04 PM US/Eastern AFP The US teen pregnancy rate rose in 2006 for the first time in 16 years, an report showed Tuesday, as experts speculated that the increase was due to abstinence-only sex education in schools. (while ignoring the sex crazed society) Three percent more girls between the ages of 15 and 19 became pregnant in 2006 than in 2005, four percent more gave birth, and one percent more had abortions, the report by the Guttmacher Institute showed. Three-quarters of a million women younger than 20, or seven percent of the 15-19 age group, became pregnant in 2006, the report said. That made for 71.5 pregnancies for every 1,000, 15- to 19-year-old girls, compared to 69.5 pregnancies per 1,000 girls in the same age group in 2005, when the US teen pregnancy rate reached its lowest point in more than 30 years.  FULL STORY As our CPS friend says- "There is no tool or legislation that will ever completely expunge child maltreatment or child deaths so long as the only requirement for parenthood is a capacity for coitus."

Ex-cop accused of sex abuse also faces child porn charge Former Minneapolis Park Police chief allegedly possessed tens of thousands of images By David Hanners Updated: 01/25/2010 11:53:19 PM CST Pioneer Press Former Minneapolis Park Police head William Allan Jacobs had a computerized stash of child pornography with tens of thousands of pictures, and there could be more, Hennepin County prosecutors charged Monday. Jacobs, 66, was named in a single count of possession of child pornography. The charge grew out of a search of his Deephaven home after Hennepin County sheriff's deputies arrested him on suspicion of sexually abusing a youth over a three-year period. The lawman-turned-college instructor listened passively Monday as a judge set his bail on the two charges at $500,000 and ordered him to surrender his passport and stay away from his alleged victim, computers and booze. Prosecutors said the investigation into Jacobs was continuing and didn't rule out the possibility of more charges. "This has been a bad month. We've had inappropriate sexual conduct by a lawyer, a businessman and now a cop," said Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. "It's disappointing to all of us in law enforcement." Freeman said he was particularly taken aback by the number of images discovered when deputies seized Jacobs' four computers, six external hard drives, four thumb drives and 141 CDs and DVDs. The criminal complaint says a forensic computer examiner picked 40 of the CDs and DVDs at random — 28 percent of the total — and discovered "approximately 39,133 images ... that appear to be children under the age of 18 engaged in sexual acts with other children or adults." "It's just pretty sad," Freeman said. "That's a whole lot of pornography. A whole lot of pornography." Criminal defense attorney Bruce Rivers, who represented Jacobs at the hearing, did not return calls seeking comment. Jacobs rose to the top post in the Minneapolis Park Police before retiring in 2001. He also earned a law degree and, in his retirement, taught at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. He'd taught in the criminal justice studies program since 1990. But on Jan. 17, a 15-year-old youth identified in court papers as "Child A" told his mother that Jacobs had been repeatedly sexually abusing him on camping trips and in Jacobs' home since he was 12. Jacobs was arrested Thursday and charged Friday with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. When Hennepin County sheriff's deputies arrested him, they also searched his home and seized several items, including computers. Inspection of those items led to the child pornography charge. An affidavit filed with the complaint alleges that a preliminary search of one CD labeled "Deleted Files Photos" contained a file titled "Sex Paradies" and that the file contained "photos of four pre-pubescent boys who are completely unclothed and are engaged in sexual acts."  FULL STORY  Also See- Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis "Adults with an added authority (e.g., teachers, camp counselors, coaches, religious leaders, law-enforcement officers, doctors, judges [DA and child protection attorneys]) present even greater problems in the investigation of these cases. Such offenders are in a better position to seduce and manipulate victims and escape responsibility. ...The most difficult case of all involves a subject who has an ideal occupation for any child molester: a therapist who specializes in treating troubled children. This offender need only sit in his office while society preselects the most vulnerable victims and brings them to him. The victims are by definition “troubled” and unlikely to be believed if they do make an allegation

Washington state grandparents inspires Senate bill Plateau family inspires Senate bill By BRENDA SEXTON Enumclaw Courier Herald Reporter Jan 25 2010, 4:16 PM Washington state- Stemming from her work with Enumclaw grandparents Doug and Anne Marie Stuth and their granddaughter Alexis Stuth, Sen. Pam Roach has introduced two pieces of legislation regarding child welfare and the Child Protective Services. The Stuths and Alexis were in Olympia Thursday for a public hearing on both bills. “They are perfect to represent this issue,” said Roach, who worked with the Enumclaw couple for nearly two years before they were able to adopt their granddaughter. Doug and Anne Marie Stuth had essentially raised their granddaughter Alexis until she was taken out of their care and put into foster care by the Department of Health and Human Services. The Stuths did not have legal standing to defend themselves or their granddaughter. After months of heartache, Alexis was placed back with the Stuths and they have since adopted her. Senate Bill 6416, the Alexis Stuth Act, would give certain grandparents and relatives legal standing in child welfare cases where a parent has been declared unfit to parent the child. In the Stuths’ case, Roach said, a relative, living outside the state of Washington, should also have been considered as a home for Alexis before foster care and that also did not happen. SB 6417 would create a legal presumption that placement with relatives, in dependency cases, is in the best interest of the child. “The Stuth case shows how crucial this legislation is,” Roach said. “We must place children with caring relatives first and we must give relatives who have been caring for a child that is stuck in the system a say in any placement decisions.”  FULL STORY

PsychRights® Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, Inc. NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2010 CONTACT  Jim Gottstein 907-274-7686 jim.gottstein@psychrights.org Massive Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Unsealed The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights®) announces the unsealing today of a major Medicaid Fraud lawsuit against psychiatrists, their employers, pharmacies, state officials, and a medical education and publishing company for their roles in submitting fraudulent claims to Medicaid. ....The Complaint walks through the lack of science supporting the practice and the methods used by the pharmaceutical industry to induce psychiatrists to improperly prescribe these drugs. "Even though the drug companies have been using these methods to induce psychiatrists to prescribe these drugs, it is the psychiatrists' responsibility to base their decisions on the facts, not drug company marketing," said Mr. Gottstein, continuing, "the uncritical acceptance of pharmaceutical company hype represents a massive betrayal of trust by the psychiatrists prescribing these drugs to children and youth."  FULL STORY   Also see the PsychRights website  Don't miss our Doping the Kids- The Pharmacaust

Medicaid, Welfare Would See Budget Boosts Mon Feb 1, 1:40 pm ET CQ Politics President Obama is proposing to expand the government's safety net for the poor as part of his fiscal 2011 budget for the Health and Human Services Department, which manages most of the government's health and welfare programs. Obama proposes additional spending for Medicaid, the health entitlement for the poor, as well as for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the government's main cash assistance program for low-income families. Programs to help single parents collect child support and to help families pay for child care and home utilities also would see big spending increases. While Obama announced last week he would freeze discretionary spending for many domestic agencies, HHS is clearly an exception. The budget shows that the administration considers the agency's health and welfare programs vital for a nation still struggling with unemployment rates in excess of 10 percent. The HHS discretionary budget would increase by $1.7 billion, to $81.3 billion in 2011. But many of the health and welfare programs, including Medicaid, are mandatory entitlements that are not charged to discretionary budgets. Obama plans to recommend legislation to increase the mandatory spending.  FULL STORY HHS would be one of the first unconstitutional agencies I would DISBAND if I were president.  You can be sure there's going to be plenty in there to keep the CPS kidnappers and their colluders in business. "HHS is the largest line item in the federal budget at over 700-billion last year, much of the expense going towards weakening the marriage market or attempting to Humpty-Dumpty the downstream wreckage." --David R. Usher September 7, 2008 Full Story

Obama unveils $3.83T budget with massive deficits Martin Crutsinger - The Associated Press | Posted: Monday, February 1, 2010 7:35 am WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.83 trillion budget on Monday that would pour more money into the fight against high unemployment, boost taxes on the wealthy and freeze spending for a wide swath of government programs.  FULL STORY Learn about the Cloward–Piven Strategy First proposed in 1966 and named after Columbia University sociologists Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, the “Cloward-Piven Strategy” seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.

Just found by an AFRA Newshawk- Office of Family & Children's Ombudsman An Independent Voice for Families and Children Loss of Trust: A Crisis of Confidence in the Child Welfare System in Colville Colville Investigation May 2009 Shows what can happen when folks work together.  Relatives are NOT being notified about kids in system and notices for meetings are not being fwd to them.  Even foster providers have kids taken on hasty or NO NOTICE.  Major fault is disconnect between arrogant agency that has a real DISCONNECT between them and the entire community.  Physicians will NOT even report suspected CA , since they, too, are wary of DFCS.

Judge orders life support for Baby Isaiah to continue Condition of injured infant to be re-evaluated Posted: January 27, 2010 6:29 pm Eastern © 2010 WorldNetDaily A judge in Edmonton today ordered life support services to an injured infant to continue for several more weeks while specialists examine his condition and made recommendations. According to a report in the Globe and Mail, Judge Michelle Crighton ordered the treatments for baby Isaiah to continue until another hearing she scheduled for Feb. 19. That will allow time for experts to assess the extent of injury the child suffered during a complicated birth. WND reported just days ago when the family was scheduled to hit a deadline today for the medical equipment supplying Isaiah James May with oxygen to be de-activated.  FULL STORY

January 26, 2010 Homeschooling Family Granted Political Asylum Immigration Judge Says Germany Violating Basic Human Rights HSLDA In a case with international ramifications, Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman granted the political asylum application of a German homeschooling family. The Romeikes are Christians from Bissinggen, Germany, who fled persecution in August 2008 to seek political asylum in the United States. The request was granted January 26 after a hearing was held in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 21. “We can’t expect every country to follow our constitution,” said Judge Burman. “The world might be a better place if it did. However, the rights being violated here are basic human rights that no country has a right to violate.” Burman added, “Homeschoolers are a particular social group that the German government is trying to suppress. This family has a well-founded fear of persecution…therefore, they are eligible for asylum…and the court will grant asylum.” In his ruling, Burman said that the scariest thing about this case was the motivation of the government. He noted it appeared that rather than being concerned about the welfare of the children, the government was trying to stamp out parallel societies—something the judge called “odd” and just plain “silly.” In his order the judge expressed concern that while Germany is a democratic country and is an ally, he noted that this particular policy of persecuting homeschoolers is “repellent to everything we believe as Americans.”  FULL STORY That family had better be really careful what state they settle in, because things aren't really much better here.  You can just smell the irony.  Tennessee CPS is just as nasty and Constitutionally uninhibited as any place else.

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