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  • The Truth About Interviewing Victims of Child Abuse (Part 2)

    Welcome back. In the first article of this series, we talked a little about what exactly a forensic interviewer is, and what they do. Yet in looking at this particular subject, there are many questions about how effective their techniques are. We also wondered what some of the problems might be when interviewing a potentially…

  • The Truth About Interviewing Victims of Child Abuse! (Part 1)

    The average person equates the word “forensic” with cop shows on TV – the “forensics team” being the people who talk at length about blood spatter and DNA and trace evidence. But while collecting and analyzing evidence from a crime scene is certainly “forensics”, the term actually includes much more than that. By definition, “forensics” refers…

  • MSU Study Shows Head Start Helps Keep Kids Out Of Foster Care

      A national study, lead by Michigan State University researcher Sacha Klein, shows that Head Start may do more than just provide kids with introductory education. As it turns out, the Head Start program may also help keeps kids out of the foster system. How is that possible, you wonder? According to Klein, there are…

  • Nurses To Replace CPS Workers For Home Visits in Kent County? (Part 2)

    Welcome back! In our previous article we talked about Target 8’s revealing investigation into the deaths of several babies born with drugs in their systems, and the response it provoked. From one specific person, that is – Joann Hoganson. As director of the Community Wellness Division at the Kent County Health Department, Hoganson believed there…

  • Nurses To Replace CPS Workers For Home Visits in Kent County? (Part 1)

    Target 8 investigations have raised awareness on a number of previous occasions when it comes to Michigan’s babies and CPS issues. In fact, we’ve shared some of their discoveries with you in the past. They are often heartbreaking topics, and reveal some of the ways in which our state struggles to meet the needs of…

  • Lansing Parents Choose Physical Discipline Over Custody of Their Children

      A Lansing couple is facing serious criminal charges after they chose not to seek advised medical help for their newborn daughter, resulting in her death. This led to CPS stepping in and removing the couple’s other children, which they could have had back by now, if it weren’t for the fact that they allegedly…

  • New Pilot Program Aims to Reunify Families Quickly in Kent County

      WE have great news! Kent County has created an incentive program aimed at CPS, with the goal of making it more worthwhile to quickly reunify children with their parents. Yes, you read that right! The West Michigan Partnership for Children is providing the child welfare system in Kent County with financial incentives to ensure…

  • Michigan Appeals Court Overturns Child Abuse Conviction

    When 11-month-old Trinity Murphy found a 60 mg morphine pill that was intended for her now-deceased grandmother, she did what every other normal baby would – she put it in her mouth and ate it. Tragically, her little body could not process opioids in that quantity, and she died of an overdose. Heartbroken as her…

  • CPS Petitions to Remove Baby From Dad High on Meth

    In a strange and rather heartbreaking case, CPS has petitioned to remove a baby from the care of her father, who the agency says is unfit and unable to care for her. The case has made national headlines, and has resulted in criminal charges for both the baby’s parents. The story starts on September 25th…

  • Court Appointed Attorneys in Michigan CPS Cases (Part 2)

    Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on court appointed attorneys in CPS cases. In our previous article we looked at some of the frightening realities that many people don’t realize about having a defense attorney assigned by the court. We also shared some information from an investigative article published in…