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Kentucky holds a summit on child welfare law – why don’t we?

April 26, 2007 By AmberPaw

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: adoption, child-welfare, children, dss, families, foster-care, harry-spence, reunification

First Star issues a report 4/24/07 on the representation provided children in child welfare cases

April 25, 2007 By AmberPaw

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-welfare, children, dss, due-process, party-status, report, right-to-counsel

Hearing affecting the rights of children and parents – next week!

April 1, 2007 By AmberPaw

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: children, dss, hearings, notice, openness, parents

VOTE for “Reform Child Welfare” at DevalPatrick.com

March 25, 2007 By AmberPaw

Please go to devalpatrick.com - and go to the myissues area - I would like to see "Reform Child Welfare" get enough votes from YOU to get some attention from THEM.Kids and poor people tend to fall out of sight.  Don't let them. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: children, deval-patrick, dss, issue, vote

New help ordered for mentally ill children – in their communities & at homel

February 24, 2007 By AmberPaw

On February 22, 2007, Judge Ponsor issued a Memorandum and Order in the Rosie D. case which effectively revanps how mentally ill children are to be cared for and treated in Massachusetts.  The Boston Globe reports:Thursday's ruling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, children, court, mental-illness, rose-d.-suit

DSS returns $20,000,00.00 while failing to serve families!

February 18, 2007 By AmberPaw

The Boston Globe reports that Harry Spence, DSS Commissioner, RETURNED Twenty MILLION unused dollars.  The combined salaries for every social worker at the agency come to only $11,000,000!!!See:  http://www.boston.co...I have had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, children, dss, foster-care, harry-spence, taxes

TODAY (2/15/07) The SJC has requested Notice and Comment on a Proposed Rule Change

February 15, 2007 By AmberPaw

URGENT:  YOUR input is needed now!The Supreme Judicial Court has published a "Notice and Comment" TOPIC:  Standards for Representation of children and others "under a disability"LINK TO NOTICE:  http://www.mass.gov/...Three … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: appointed-of-counsel, children, incompentent, mental-illness, notice-and-comment, right-to-counsel, rule-change, sjc, supreme-judicial-court

URGENT ACTION REQUEST RE: CHILD WELFARE AND FOSTER CARE

February 15, 2007 By AmberPaw

Request for Action from anyone who cares about children  and familiesin MassachusettsI am asking you to write the list of legislators at the end of this post AND letters to the editor, to Mass Lawyers Weekly, and any other paper.The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-welfare, children, foster-care, legislature, letter-to-the-editor, reasonable-efforts, statutes, urgent-action-request

The US ranks near the bottom in child welfare, per UNICEF

February 14, 2007 By AmberPaw

UNICEF released a study showing the United States near the bottom in regards to the well-being of children.  http://rawstory.com/...Children's health is not related to a country's  gross national product, according to the study.In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-welfare, children, family, health, poverty, well-being, work

State Traumatizes North Adams Girl to “Protect” Her

February 11, 2007 By cos

The Providence Journal has a more detailed account of the RI state investigator's interviews with Prata, Arnold, and her daughter.  Both adults freely volunteered that they did have sex many times with their daughter present, because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: children, massachusetts, north-adams, parenting, sex

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