links for May 2015

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)

Nursery Worker Caught On Camera Force-Feeding Toddler, Smothering Baby
May 1, 2015

Mom Says Son with Special Needs was Abused by Teacher While Being Physically Restrained
May 1, 2015

‘Foster care has become a business’
May 1, 2015

1 year after investigation, social worker says DCF worse than ever
May 5, 2015

Hospital: Vaccine Is Causing Babies To Stop Breathing
May 6, 2015

N.C. Daycare Workers Charged With Child Neglect, State Had Cited Daycare 17 Times In 2 Years
May 7, 2015

Former teacher sentenced in Jefferson, Oldham counties for sex abuse
May 8, 2015

Special Report: Shadow of Doubt
May 12, 2015

Record number of children sleeping in DCS offices
May 14, 2015

Disabled Student In Colorado Suspended For Medical Marijuana Tablets
May 18, 2015

Mother Pulls Bullied Son From School After He Gets Disturbing Letter From Classmate
May 20, 2015

links for April 2015

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)


'I Was Shocked': Daycare Workers Caught On Camera Brutally Beating Young Kids
April 2, 2015

Neil Bantleman, Canadian teacher, found guilty, sentenced to 10 years on Jakarta child sex charges
April 2, 2015

Woman fasting to protest CFS decision to take grandson
April 6, 2015

Florida foster mom speaking out, leaving system
April 9, 2015

Youths in care speak on struggling under current CFS system
April 10, 2015

Teacher Accused Of Locking Student With ADHD In Closet For Bad Behavior
April 16, 2015

Science teacher admits to CSC with student
April 21, 2015

Foster Father Indicted on 12 Counts of Sexual Abuse Against Teen
April 23, 2015

Roseville dad says school didn't tell him 4th grader pulled knife on his daughter
April 24, 2015


School social worker allegedly let students smoke marijuana
April 26, 2015

Foster parents accused of sexually abusing children; foster father wanted by police

April 27, 2015

Single Mom Loses Her New Job Over A Facebook Post

April 28, 2015


Feds order baby returned after DCF takes custody due to mother's disability
April 28, 2015

DCF Review Finds Fault In Handling Hollywood Boy Abuse Claims

April 30, 2015

School In Hot Water After Allegedly Serving Children 6-Year-Old Meat

April 30, 2015

links for Feb 2015

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)

Woman born in northern Indiana seeks birth mother through social media

Feb 2, 2015

Family endures bullying, threats for unvaccinated child, Utah mom says
Feb 6, 2015

DHS man among 3 arrested for sexual assaulting children, human trafficking
Feb 17, 2015

Are Psychiatric Meds Over-Prescribed to LA Foster Kids?
Feb 18, 2015

Parents rally around suspended preschool teacher
Feb 19, 2015



Catholic School Under Fire For Asking Young Children Sex Questions
Feb 20, 2015

DCF hotline counselor suspended for mistakes made in Jonchuck abuse case

Feb 23, 2015

Use of Medication On Foster Youth Investigated
Feb 23, 2015

CPS Worker Arrested for DWI, Resisting Arrest
Feb 25, 2015

Eighth-Grader Informs Classmates of State Standardize Test ‘Opt-Out’ - Her Mom Is ‘Very Upset’ by School’s Reaction
Feb 26, 2015

links for January 2015

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)

 

Dad asks sheriff to watch as he spanks his daughter. What would you do?

Jan 5, 2015

New Sex Allegations Against Foster Parent
Jan 8, 2014

DFCS has no problem with investigator's criminal record
Jan 15, 2015

Legislator calls for more DCS oversight
Jan 19, 2015

links for Dec 2014

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)


~ OLDER ~

Should the state be able to take your kids, or does it have too much power?
May 5, 2011 (updated Aug 3, 2011)

~ RECENT ~

Denver's District Attorney asks child welfare ombudsman to delay release of DHS investigation

Dec 1, 2014

Folsom Community Mourns 12-year-old Boy Bullied to Suicide
Dec 4, 2o14

Judge Sentences Man Who Raped Girl, 11, To Three Years Probation (Video)
Dec 4, 2014

 

What did judges know about guardian ad litem issues?
Dec 4, 2014

 

Mother of child abused by foster parent speaks out

Dec 5, 2014

Judge returns kids to Bellingham parents
Dec 6, 2014
 

State, child welfare advocates spar over DHS oversight

Dec 8, 2014

Valley family claims DCS wrongly removed children after booster seat accident
Dec 9, 2014
 

Former WV Child Protective Services Worker To Serve Up To 20 Years

Dec 10, 2014

Does Alaska’s foster care system need reform? 

Dec 10, 2014

Walton County judge will hear case of daycare owner charged with 'Shaken Baby Syndrome'
Dec 11, 2014

CPS mishandling of Lawhorn case leads to change
Dec 11, 2014

Debra Milke murder charges dismissed; state vows appeal

Dec 11, 2014

DCF inadvertently shares foster parents' personal information
Dec 12, 2014

Secretive and often overzealous care agencies protect children largely at parents’ expense
Dec 12, 2014

Ontario’s most vulnerable children kept in the shadows
Dec 12, 2014

1 charged in killing of Demario Bailey, 15, who tried to save twin brother from robbers
Dec 14, 2014

Shocking Video Of Coach Grabbing High School Basketball Player By The Hair And Throwing Her Several Feet During Brawl
Dec 14, 2014

Aunt hopes to gain custody of nephew Achilles Lambert

Dec 15, 2014

Foster care system could face major changes
Dec 15, 2014

Petition to Drop Charges against Minn. Mom for Treating Son with Medical Pot
Dec 16, 2014

Texas Mother of 5 Released After Spending Years in Prison for Foster Son's Murder
Dec 16, 2014

Missouri mom loses custody of sick boy over claims of medical child abuse

Dec 16, 2014

Police: Man's attempt to kill ex-wife's husband ends with beatdown
Dec 18, 2014

Family of Toddler Injured by SWAT 'Grenade' Faces $1M in Medical Bills
Dec 18, 2014

Officials respond to case of a sex offender allowed to be foster parent
Dec 18, 2014

State audit shows some counties are not properly conducting background checks on relatives looking to be foster parents
Dec 19, 2014

Fight Against Unwarranted Seizures of Babies, Children

Dec 21, 2014

René Bailey to be released without bail
Dec 22, 1014

Sioux Falls couple says their children are victims of "medical kidnapping"
Dec 22, 2014

Police: Man spiked girlfriend's drink to cause miscarriage 
Dec 25, 2014 

Court Case May Change Foster Care Statewide
Dec 30, 2014

Fort Myers daycare director denies abusing her foster child

links for Nov 2014

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)

27 foster homes and only 16-years-old

Nov 3, 2014

Foster Mom Files Class Action Lawsuit Against DSS

Nov 6, 2014

7 Minutes to Live: Crisis in the child protective service courts
Nov 6, 2014

Onslow County couple accused of starving children due in court

Nov 10, 2014

Foster families hit with massive legal fees following new adoption ruling

Nov 10, 2014

Fort Pierce foster mother arrested for breaking foster child's leg
Nov 13, 2014

Kelli Yanuzzi: Fort Pierce foster mother arrested for breaking foster child's leg

Nov 13, 2014

Group Home Closed: Residents Sexually Abused, Medications Missed

Nov 17, 2014

Child attacked by dog while in foster care, Oklahoma family demanding answers

Nov 17, 2014

Separated at birth, reunited on Facebook
Nov 18, 2014

Father Arrested After Confronting Daughter's Bully
Nov 18, 2014

Former child death investigator sues HHSC for firing

Nov 19, 2014

2 Winnipeg families fear for daughters' safety in child welfare system

Nov 19, 2014

Insider: New DCS agency is falling back to old CPS ways
Nov 19, 2014

Franklin family battles school over boy's service dog
Nov 20, 2014

Mother shares story of son's suicide
Nov 21, 2014

Foster kids reunite with siblings in Tucson

Nov 22, 2014

Couple hopes diagnosis will reunite family, end child abuse allegations
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome mimics signs of abuse
Nov 24, 2014

Hamburg cop was her daughter’s hero during storm, says mother
Nov 24, 2014

Charges not filed despite ‘substantiated child abuse’
Nov 24, 2014

11-year-old Milwaukee girl sexually assaulted in foster care

Nov 25, 2014

Mom wants changes to state's child care guide for parents.
Nov 25, 2014

CBS 58 Special Report: Child Welfare, a broken system

Nov 25, 2014

11-year-old Milwaukee girl sexually assaulted in foster care
Nov 25, 2014

Finally adopted: Teen excited to spend first Thanksgiving with new family
Nov 26, 2014

Ariz. mother claims state took son after disagreement over cancer treatment

Nov 27, 2014

State Supreme Court considers appeal in Battle Creek murder case
Nov 28, 2014

Rethinking Foster Care

Rethinking Foster Care: Molly McGrath Tierney at TEDxBaltimore 2014

links for Oct 2014

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)

~ OLDER ~
 

CPS case worker accused of making up records

Nov 5, 2013

Parents Wake Up to Something Terrifying Coming From Their Baby Monitor
April 28, 2014

Henrico teen beaten at school, charged with assault
Sept 30, 2014 (updated Oct 1, 2014)

~ RECENT ~

Local foster family forced to give up child in custody battle
Oct 3, 2014

West Virginia high school yearbook deems special-needs student ‘most likely to disappear’ 
Oct 7, 2014

Community leaders launch effort to overhaul child welfare system
Oct 7, 2014

N.S. to formally apologize to former Home for Colored Children residents
Oct 8, 2014

San Diego Pays $225K to Teen Mom Who Lost Custody of Newborn

Oct 14, 2014

Tribunal into Ottawa’s handling of First Nations kids nearing its end after 7 years
Oct 15, 2014

Erie County CPS Hires Retired Police to Fight Rising Caseloads
Oct 15, 2014

N.W.T. child services to work to support families
Oct 16, 2014

Girl donates hair to kids with cancer, gets bullied for looking like a boy
Oct 17, 2014

Officials: Woman exchanged DSS info on children for cash, gifts
Oct 21, 2014

Lubbock Woman Kicked Out of UMC for Breastfeeding Child in Waiting Room
Oct 23, 2013

Grassroots Effort To Fight Medical Kidnapping Of Baby Kathryn By UMC Children’s Hospital And CPS In Texas 
Oct 26, 2014 

Parents locked in custody battle after doctor at Children’s Mercy Hospital suspects abuse
Oct 28, 2014

Mother cleared of poisoning daughter after taking her to Belgium for treatment says case should be landmark ruling for parents who want to seek help outside of the NHS
Oct 31, 2014

links for Sept 2014

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)


Adoptive Barahona Sister Sues Department of Children and Families
September 16, 2014

Sask. Children’s Advocate probes another foster care death | Video
September 17, 2014

Mother grieving for one son, fighting for another
September 17, 2014

Mount Dora facility being sued on child abuse claims
September 17, 2014

NT victims say 'house parents abused us'
September 22, 2014

Sisters separated by foster care reunited after 47 years
September 23, 2014

Child abuse claims not our responsibility: home carer
September 24, 2014

'I'll never get those birthdays back'
September 25, 2014

links for August 2014

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)

 

 

Elementary school teacher cited on suspicion of providing alcohol to a minor
Aug 1, 2014

Defense attorney: hot car baby death 'unintentional'

Aug 6, 2014

Babysitter Accused of Setting Fire to Family's Home

Aug 23, 2014

St. Louis County man charged with raping foster children
Aug 26, 2014

Case worker investigated for leaving foster child in car

Aug 26, 2014

St. Louis County Man charged with raping foster children

Aug 26, 2014

Caseworker, 3 Others Charged in Girl's Death

Aug 27, 2014

Lawsuit says Vermont DCF ignored abuse

Aug 27, 2014 (updated Aug 29, 2014)

Nurse Accused of Graphic Sex Acts with Newborn Claimed to Have "Virtual Baby": Neighbor
Aug 29, 2014

links for July 2014

As I mentioned in June 2014, I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, which will include links to news articles without videos.)

Texas Legislators Promise Action Against CPS Caseworker
July 6, 2014

Who Is Protecting Our Children From Child Protective Services?
July 8, 2014

Husband and wife, both former Ridgeland school coaches, face child sex charges

July 11, 2014

Local Pastor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen

July 13, 2014

Mom claims baby got herpes at Oklahoma daycare

July 14, 2014

Dispute between state and social service agency could leave abused kids caught in the middle

July 14, 2014

Officials Call for Investigation Into Group Home Where Boy Died

July 16, 2014

VIDEO: Foster carer and scout leader among 51 arrested in paedophile operation

July 16, 2014

More than 600 suspected paedophiles arrested

July 16, 2014

 

Therapy dogs comfort kids at Bexar courthouse

July 16, 2014

Facebook posts get deadbeat parents busted for not paying child support
July 16, 2014

Justina Pelletier Goes To D.C. To Lobby For Research Bill

July 18, 2014

Miami Beach detective accused of having sex with foster teen turns self in

July 19, 2014

Police: Two men rape 14-year-old Laurel girl lured on Instagram

July 23, 2014

Former CPS Supervisor Arrested On Third Degree Felony Offense
July 27, 2014

Jamie Parsons on parents' arrest: 'Momma knew they were coming'

July 30, 2014

Foster father's attorney calls murder charges 'ludicrous'

July 31, 2014

a long overdue post - links for June 2014

It has been some time since I have published a post here on WACPR. (I do welcome you to visit - & follow - WACPR on Scoop It, where I am able to post more frequently.  These will, however, generally not include videos, as it has been my "thing" to reserve video posts for this blog.) I have decided to begin sharing links via a monthly post instead of posting each video story as I discover it.Father pays outstanding child support, still gets jail time

Investigation exposes little oversight of child advocates

published May 15, 2013 (updated Jul 23, 2013)

Rare Brittle Bond Disorder Mistaken for Child Abuse

published Nov 29, 2013

Bond set for DFCS worker arrest for drug possession

published Dec 14, 2013 (updated Dec 15, 2013)

Therapist in conflict for treating abuser and victim, psychologist says

published Dec 16, 2013

Judge dismisses attorneys, CPS workers on case involving claims of rare psychological problem

published Dec 23, 2013 

Father pays outstanding child support, still gets jail time
published Jan 03, 2014 (updated  Jan 21, 2014)

The story of one Alberta foster child we wanted to tell you — but can’t (video)

published Jan 8, 2014

Alberta mother speaks out after daughter dies in government care

published Jan 9, 2014

Teacher Accused Of Leaving Student In Closet Suspended

published Jan 15, 2014

KANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL: POSTER LISTING SEX ACTS AS PART OF 'HEALTH AND SCIENCE' CURRICULUM

published Jan 16, 2014

New DCFS boss pleaded guilty to stealing from social service agency's clients

published Feb 17, 2014

Michigan CPS has gigantic secret list of parents labeled 'child abusers' without due process
published March 21, 2014

Former foster dad accused of abusing foster child

published March 31, 2014

Mother of boy found beaten and malnourished says she wasn't allowed to see son

published April 1, 2014

Tulsa Mother Sues DHS After Daughter Gives Birth to Father's Baby
published April 17, 2014

Family says daughter suffered from medical issue, not father's abuse
April 29, 2014

First Grades for OK DHS Foster Care Reform Released
published Apr 30, 2014

Kids Traumatized, Have Nightmares After Cops Raid Wrong House

published May 6, 2014

Int'l Adoptions Down, Foster Care Interest Grows
published May 8, 2014

Foster parent guilty of child abuse
published May 8, 2014

Phantom Caseworkers On DSS County Roster
published May 9, 2014 

Mom petitions for Landry's law to protect breastfeeding babies
published May 14, 2014

Gov. Shumlin Concerned About Slow Investigation into DCF
published May 14, 2014

Biological parents never told what killed their son in foster care
published May 14, 2014 (updated May 16, 2014)

Teacher Allegedly Grabs Kindergarten Student's Face
published May 14, 2014 (published May 28, 2014)

Woman Accused of Starving Her Adopted Children
published May 15, 2014

Lawsuit against children's group home describes sex crimes
published May 16, 2014

Adoption Battle In Court
published May 16, 2014

Sisters separated by foster care reunited after 47 years
published May 18, 2014

13 investigates: overseas adoption dangers
published May 19, 2014

Birth mother speaks out in NAACP foster fight
published May 20, 2014

Relatives Get Paid Less to Foster Children Than Strangers Under California Policy
published May 20, 2014

Foster mom can’t believe day care shoe throwing incident
published May 29, 2014

AZ Week: Foster Parents, Child Advocates Demand Better System
published May 30, 2014

Laredo PD Searching for Boy Missing During CPS Custody

published June 13, 2014

DCF change allows names removed from abuse registry
published June 17, 2014

Foster child adoption halted over tribal ties

published June 18, 2014 (updated June 19, 2014)

20 kids removed from children's home
published May 22, 2014

Georgia day care workers did nothing to help toddler with 3rd-degree burns, destroyed evidence: cops

published June 24, 2014

Hundreds voice concerns about CPS at Capitol
published June 25, 2014

Ex-OC PE Teacher Who Molested At Least 17 Students Set To Be Released

published June 26, 2014

Dripping Springs couple accused of keeping son locked away

published June 26, 2014

Daycare suspended to investigate potential violations

published June 27, 2014

Stepmom of boy found in basement released from jail

published June 28, 2014