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Councils reminded to share information with foster carers

Wales Online

September 24, 2009

The Government wrote to councils today to remind them of the need to give foster carers full details about the backgrounds of the children they take on.

The move follows a recent case where a teenager placed with a couple in South Wales sexually abused their children. Ms Morgan pressed home the importance of keeping foster carers fully informed in her letter to council directors of children's services and chief executives. She said: "In a number of high-profile cases, where foster carers have not been given sufficient information about children placed with them, other children living within their home have been placed at risk of suffering harm..."

Walmart sued over kids' bath pictures

MSNBC

September 23, 2009

PHOENIX -- An Arizona couple accused of sexual abuse after taking bath-time photos of their children and then trying to have them developed at Walmart are suing the state and the retail giant.

Lisa and Anthony "A.J." Demaree's three young daughters were taken away by Arizona Child Protective Services last fall when a Walmart employee found partially nude pictures of the girls on a camera memory stick taken to the store for processing, according to the suit.

CASA For Kids: 'Nancy and Peter'

The Daily Courier

September 21, 2009

A CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer is needed for 13-year-old "Nancy" and her 9-year-old brother, "Peter."

Child Protective Services (CPS) removed the children from their parents' care because of the mother's history of substance abuse, domestic violence, incarceration and neglect of the children's medical issues. The father had mental health problems and also had a history of substance abuse. In addition, Nancy is already involved in the delinquency system.

Cop finds nephew asleep in street, doesn't call child welfare, Ozark police say

Mobile Press-Register

September 18, 2009

OZARK, Ala. -- An Ozark police sergeant has been demoted to corporal for failing to notify welfare authorities when his sister's 2-year-old son was found asleep and dirty in an intersection.

Ozark Police Chief Tony Spivey said Jessie Kellum also was suspended without pay for five days for inappropriate handling of the child care case. Kellum was called to a residence after the child was found in the roadway about 5:50 a.m. on Sept. 1. Instead of notifying child welfare officials, he returned the boy to the mother.

ACORN Fires More Officials for Helping 'Pimp,' 'Prostitute' in Washington Office

Fox News

September 11, 2009

Two more ACORN officials were fired after a second video surfaced showing staffers in the community organizers' Washington office offering to help a man and woman posing as a pimp and prostitute acquire illegal home loans that would help them set up a bro

The firings came less than 24 hours after another pair of ACORN officials from the group's Baltimore office were canned for instructing the "pimp" and "prostitute" how to falsify tax forms and seek illegal benefits for 13 "very young" girls from El Salvador that pair said they wanted to import to work as child prostitutes.

Woman Says She Got Pregnant By Social Worker; He Has Child

WISN Milwaukee

August 29, 2009

State Representative Calls For Investigation -- A social worker who was supposed to be helping a Milwaukee woman got her pregnant instead, the woman said. Now, she's fighting to get her daughter back.

The baby's father was assigned to investigate a child neglect complaint about the woman's other children. The agency said the social worker broke rules by having sex with a client and but then placed the child with him after they removed the baby from her mother's home.

Government: Don't let dealers force you to sign return agreement under 'Cash for Clunkers'

content.usatoday.com

August 13, 2009

The government is taking aim at car dealers that require "cash-for-clunkers" buyers to sign agreements to try to make them pay back up to $4,500 in government incentives if their trade-in clunkers wind up being ineligible for reimbursement.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration posted a notice on the official "cash for clunkers" website saying that "consumers are not required to sign contingency agreements to pay back the dealer should the CARS credit be rejected."

Fight breaks out among job-seekers at Fresno WinCo grocery store

The Fresno Bee

July 29, 2009

Police used pepper spray to break up a fight and arrested five women and two men waiting in line to apply for grocery store jobs in southeast Fresno.

A verbal argument became physical, DeJong said. Twelve officers were called in to to break up the disturbance, which broke out just before noon.

New DSHS secretary can make difference

The Olympian

July 7, 2009

Susan N. Dreyfus, the new secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, has an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of children in the state's foster care system.

Dreyfus, who has headed the largest agency in state government since mid May, recently told foster care experts that she will embrace a 2004 lawsuit settlement as a way to improve the foster care system. Let's hope, for the sake of the nearly 10,000 children in state custody, that Dreyfus is a woman of her word and that her actions match her promises.

CASA for Kids, 'Jasmine' and 'Isaac'

The Daily Courier

July 5, 2009

A CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer is needed to serve as a "Baby CASA" for 3-year-old "Jasmine" and her 5-month-old brother, "Isaac."

Child Protective Services (CPS) removed the children from their mother because she was homeless, unemployed and had a history of illegal substance abuse. The father is incarcerated.

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