Foster homes are now protected from sex offenders living near-by

Foster homes are now protected from sex offenders living near-by

The Decatur Police Department is wanting foster families to know that they are now protected in the Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act.

Note: What about the foster parents who are sex offenders?

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes bill to increase foster kid adoptions, defends birth parents

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes bill to increase foster kid adoptions, defends birth parents

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed foster children to be adopted while their birth parents were still fighting to keep them.

Judge Admits Wrongdoing In Child Welfare Rulings

Judge Admits Wrongdoing In Child Welfare Rulings

A state judge has admitted taking too long to issue child welfare rulings and is asking a disciplinary panel to approve a negotiated suspension of 30 business days.

China has 570,000 orphans, most outside govt welfare system

China has 570,000 orphans, most outside govt welfare system

China had some 570,000 orphans by the end of 2012, an increase of 11 percent on the same period of last year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Wednesday in an annual report.

Sesame Street Creates a Muppet Whose Dad Is in Jail. Way Too Many Kids Relate.

Sesame Street Creates a Muppet Whose Dad Is in Jail. Way Too Many Kids Relate.

Note: I guess they don't want Elmo to feel alone when he gets locked up.

Grab your hankies: To help kids coping with a parent in prison, Sesame Street created a Muppet whose father can't play with him because he's in jail.

Child's death has relatives blaming DCF

Child's death has relatives blaming DCF

As the investigation into the death of a 4-year-old Coral Springs boy deepens, loved ones are stepping up and placing blame.

Abused Kids Will Never Be Safe Until DCF Is Fixed

Abused Kids Will Never Be Safe Until DCF Is Fixed

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke speaks up for neglected, abused children.

Teen at center of custody dispute runs away

Teen at center of custody dispute runs away

A 16-year-old girl at the center of a custody dispute where her parents claim she was "legally kidnapped" has now disappeared.

Length of stay in foster care for some children a problem

Length of stay in foster care for some children a problem

A report by the revamped Foster Care Review Office issued Saturday showed fewer children were in out-of-home care as of April 1 and were spending less time in what is supposed to be temporary shelter care.

Fugitive Couple Sought in Murder of Adopted Toddler

Fugitive Couple Sought in Murder of Adopted Toddler

An intensive hunt for a fugitive couple wanted in connection with the killing of their 2-year-old daughter in Mississippi is underway in Maywood and surrounding cities after the pair was allegedly spotted in the area selling cars, DVDs and puppies.

Judge tosses lawsuit claiming DCFS took kids from family because father is black

Judge tosses lawsuit claiming DCFS took kids from family because father is black

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a Clinton couple who claimed they lost custody of their children because the father is black.

Texas child welfare workers resign amid probe

Texas child welfare workers resign amid probe

The Texas child welfare agency under investigation for its mishandling of a toddler's death last year has disciplined two employees after discovering one of them had "an inappropriate relationship" with the child's father, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.

ALLEN IVERSON I'm Not Holding My Kids Hostage

ALLEN IVERSON I'm Not Holding My Kids Hostage

Former NBA superstar Allen Iverson has returned his kids to their mother ... and insists he was NEVER holding them hostage in the first place ... at least that's what A.I. claimed in court last week.

'Huge problems' in social services

'Huge problems' in social services

Huge problems are building up in social services departments because of staff shortages and "impossibly high" child protection caseloads, a union has warned.

NH man sentenced for raping 7-year-old foster brother while family lived in Mass.

NH man sentenced for raping 7-year-old foster brother while family lived in Mass.

A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing his 7-year-old foster brother while living in Massachusetts.

Will you be mein? Bizarre moment white supremacist who named his son Adolf Hitler proposed to girlfriend in full Nazi regalia

Will you be mein? Bizarre moment white supremacist who named his son Adolf Hitler proposed to girlfriend in full Nazi regalia

The self-proclaimed Nazi who lost custody of his child after naming him Adolf Hitler proposed to his white supremacist girlfriend yesterday.

Demand for FULL AUDIT Child Protective Services of CALif. part 2

Part 2, of the JUNE 5th , 2013 Rally to support Families ruthlessly brutalized by C.P.S. and one victim, Anna Nikolayev, got to tell her story of 3 days of TERRORISM by CPS criminals yet to be INDICTED for fabricating false evidence. Another woman, Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick gives us hope of her $10.5 million judgement for 6 years of Orange County, California, CPS workers fabrication of false evidence, and Deanna got the check to prove it.

Foster parent pleads to child sex abuse

Foster parent pleads to child sex abuse

A Lexington Park foster parent has entered an Alford plea to one count of sex abuse of a minor. Lowell Johnson, 65, entered the plea in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court on Monday with Judge Michael Stamm presiding. An Alford plea means Johnson did not admit guilt but conceded the state had enough evidence to present at trial to convict him.

Hospitals in China Advertise Sale of Unwanted Babies

Hospitals in China Advertise Sale of Unwanted Babies

Hospitals in central China are advertising the selling of unwanted babies, according to a report by China National Radio (CNR), an official radio station.

Allen Iverson Allegedly Abducted His Own Children

Allen Iverson Allegedly Abducted His Own Children

According to Tawanna Iverson, Allen Iverson’s ex-wife, A.I. has abducted his own children after failing to bring them home after a “vacation.”

How state's child protection system failed this child

How state's child protection system failed this child

The 12-year-old is stretched on a rough wooden cot at the night shelter for street children which doubles as the collaborating agency for Childline, the statutory helpline for kids in distress. His left leg is severed above the right and his right foot has lost its toes. On Monday afternoon, a government ambulance, the one used for the chief minister's 'janatadarbar', dumped Dharamraj (named changed) on the scorching steps of the night shelter, and sped away. Shocked Childline staff were jolted to see the boy lying near-naked on the steps. They had last visited him the previous night at the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH). How could this be?

Courts unfair to single fathers, laments group

Courts unfair to single fathers, laments group

All single fathers wanted this year for Father’s Day was to spend time with their children.

ALLEN IVERSON Ex-Wife Claims HE STOLE OUR KIDS

ALLEN IVERSON Ex-Wife Claims HE STOLE OUR KIDS

Former NBA star Allen Iverson has abducted his own children ... so says his ex-wife, and now she's begging the court to force Allen to give them back.

Google Is Working On Technology That Will Eliminate Internet Child Porn

Google Is Working On Technology That Will Eliminate Internet Child Porn

One of the best places where information flows freely is the Internet. Sadly though, aside from containing useful information it also comes with materials that exploit children. Google has announced that they aim to fight child pornography on the web by eradicating child abuse images online.

Smacking law confirmed as spectacular failure - Family First

Smacking law confirmed as spectacular failure - Family First

Family First NZ says that six years since the anti-smacking law was passed in a supposed effort to lower our child abuse rates, it has been confirmed as a spectacular failure based on flawed ideology.