There are a vast number of bills subject to hearing next week - way too many for me to post about.If you go to http://www.mass.gov/... you will see there are pages of bills scheduled. Probably it is lobbyists who mostly pay attention … [Read more...]
Kentucky holds a summit on child welfare law – why don’t we?
The Chief Justice of the Kentucky Juvenile Court System goes on to say:The changes, which will take effect immediately, coincided with the announcement of an initiative by Lambert to improve Kentucky's courts and child welfare system.The … [Read more...]
First Star issues a report 4/24/07 on the representation provided children in child welfare cases
From the March 19, 2007 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.Foster change in DSS systemBefore a child is taken out of a family home, there is a federal requirement that "reasonable efforts" to prevent removal of a child from the home must … [Read more...]
Another update on the New Bedford saga
In Animal Farm, the initial slogan "All Animals are Equal" was craftily modified into "All Animals Are Equal but Some Animals are More Equal."For the entire ACLU Press Release go to: http://aclumedia.blo...And of course, there are … [Read more...]
Will Governor Patrick keep Harry Spence as the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services?
The problem is, Commissioner Spence is a Harvard Law School graduate who appears to subscribe to the "social eugenics" implicit in ASFA. {The so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act] See: http://www.casanet.o...A major change … [Read more...]
New Blogger provides hearing dates and bills, and digital footage/corrected link
This is the URL:http://svcs.tripod.l...Thanks to Janet Aldritch for setting this up.[I had a typo or something - I pasted Janet's site link in as she sent it to me in a comment, below - sorry! but think this is fixed] … [Read more...]
My letter to the Editor in Support of the Municipal Partnership Act
First, if my letter inspires you to write a letter to the editor, you can find the e-mail addresses to do that for EVERY paper in Massachusetts at:http://www.masshome....Next, here is my letter:Dear Editor:I am writing as a citizen of the … [Read more...]
New Bedford ICE raid – the latest developments
That tells me that being shuttled away, after 24 hours, without seeing an attorney or even knowing where your family is, surrounded by barbed wire, some of these folks may not have made knowing and voluntary waivers of their right to … [Read more...]
DSS, the Teen Drop Out rate and news from Hampden County
Take a look:"From 2003 through the present date, many thousands of children in Hampden County are excessively truant from school without excuse and are clearly being subjected to educational neglect and abuse," Clauson stated. The … [Read more...]
Hearing affecting the rights of children and parents – next week!
For example, there are currently NO case load limits on how many cases a DSS social worker can be assigned. That places children at risk. See H94, which seeks to remedy this.Not all the bills seem to be online yet, even with the … [Read more...]
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