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  • Mandated Reporting: The Rising Cost of “Forced” Reports

    Mandated reporting has been something of a controversial subject in Michigan, and as the list of mandated reporters seems to get longer every year, the question comes up again and again: should people be forced to report their suspicions, even when they don’t have any evidence to back it up? The law requires that a…

  • How CPS Handles Abuse Investigation When Drugs Are Involved (Pt 3)

    Welcome back and thanks for joining us for the wrap up of this discussion about drugs and how they can impact a CPS investigation in Michigan. Previously we’ve looked at what the role of a CPS worker is and how that often gets lost in the mix when drugs are involved, and why dealing with…

  • How CPS Handles Abuse Investigation When Drugs Are Involved (Pt 2)

    Hi there and welcome back. We’ve been discussing how CPS handles parents with drug addictions during abuse and neglect investigations. As we mentioned before, substance abuse is a growing problem here in Michigan, especially when it comes to opiates. Which means that  if CPS is really going to help families battling this issue, they will…

  • How CPS Handles Abuse Investigations When Drugs Are Involved (Pt 1)

    Drug abuse, specifically opioid abuse, is a growing problem in Michigan. Stats show that between 1992 and 2006 the number of people admitted for drug-related health concerns tripled, and the numbers have only grown from there. More and more people are battling drug addictions these days, and when you stop to consider that many of…

  • Why Are we Still Kicking a Dead Horse When it Comes to CPS in Michigan? (Pt 2)

    Welcome back and thanks for joining us. If you remember from our previous article on this subject, we talked about how widely acknowledged it is that CPS screws up so often, and so badly, and yet very little is done to address the problems. Previously we shared details with you from a report written by…

  • Why Are we Still Kicking a Dead Horse When it Comes to CPS in Michigan? (Pt 1)

    Say the word “CPS” and you’ll likely get some very passionate responses from people. Some of them good, and some of them terribly bad. But why? Why does this one little branch of local Michigan government cause so much rage, and elicit such strong reactions from people. Well, it could be because they have a…

  • Did You Know: You DO Have a Right to Your CPS File!

    CPS workers are notorious for NOT giving people the full picture. When they show up at your home with a cop in tow, claiming you have to hand over your children, what they’re not telling you is that the cop is there to protect THEM in case you get angry and violent. But they’d much…

  • Homeschoolers Are Once Again The Scapegoats in a War on Logic!

    If you listen to Michigan Public Radio, then this topic comes as no surprise. You probably heard the recent interview with Rachel Coleman about regulating homeschool in Michigan, and wondered why it was that a tiny percentage of tragedies should be used to determine how thousands of families will be treated. We certainly did! Michigan…

  • What Can CPS Make me do to Get my Kids Back? (Pt 2)

    Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this very important discussion about what CPS can make you do in order to get your children back. It can feel very frustrating to have your family’s togetherness subject to the whims of another person. To know that even if you do everything they ask you…

  • What Can CPS Make me do to Get my Kids Back? (Pt 1)

    There are many ways that CPS can become involved in your family’s life. A neighbor, or one of your child’s teachers, can report you or your spouse to the agency (sometimes with justified concerns, and sometimes with entirely falsified allegations). The police may get called to your home for an unrelated issue, and then decide…