Category: Child Welfare System
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Mom Arrested, Daughter in CPS Custody
Michelle Marie Andrews, the 47-year-old mother who chose not to surrender her daughter to Child Protective Services and instead fled the area, has been arrested. Her daughter, a 3-year-old named Arianna Rene’e Andrews, was found safe at a relative’s house, and has since been taken into the custody of the state. According to police…
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CPS – The System Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed?
CPS: Three of the most polarizing letters around, right up there with FBI, CIA and IRS. People either see them as heroes and love what they do, or think of them as villains and have nothing good to say about them. But whether you are a CPS supporter or not, there are a few indisputable…
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Child Welfare in Michigan – Why It’s Not Working
Michigan has a long history of poor reviews of our child welfare system. Every year, the rising numbers of children unnecessarily removed from their homes, and suffering in poverty is record-breaking. But the one fact that gets brought up again and again is the issue of child removal. Children in Michigan are regularly removed…
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2 CPS workers suspended in Jamarion Lawhorn case
There has been considerable outcry and no small amount of finger pointing in the wake of the Jamarion Lawhorn case. Jamarion, who at 12-years-of-age is Kent County’s youngest defendant facing murder charges, was severely abused by his mother and stepfather. Both of whom blame each other for the abuse inflicted on their children. But…
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Is CPS Software Finally On The Mend?
It may seem like a Sisyphean task to take on the monumental overhaul required to fix the DHHS’s defective software, and many would call it a classic example of throwing good money after bad. But they claim to have made some serious headway in recent months. So, at this point we can only wonder, is…
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A Positive Change After Maryland’s ‘Free Range’ Parenting Issue
Sometimes, when a government agency does something so ludicrous, and so invasive, it is only the media storm and public outcry that forces the hand of change. Which is why, when the the two Meitiv children, aged 10 and 6, were taken by police and held for hours simply because they walked home unattended from…
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CPS Under Scrutiny After Toddler’s Death
Michigan’s Office of Children’s Ombudsman is in the preliminary stages of an investigation to determine whether or not CPS did their jobs with regard to the recent deaths of two toddlers. In both cases the babies were determined to have died as a result of severe abuse. But what the state’s watchdog agency is trying…
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CPS – The Best And Worst of Our Nation’s Child Welfare Programs 2
In the last segment we reviewed some of the disturbing finds that were made public recently regarding the issue of child welfare in the US and here in Michigan. We looked at the results of a WalletHub research study and wondered what on earth we, in Michigan, could do to change it. Well, the folks…
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CPS – The Best And Worst of Our Nation’s Child Welfare Programs 1
UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre did a study awhile back: ‘Measuring Child Poverty in the World’s Rich Countries‘. Sadly, the United States, one of the most wealthiest and most powerful nations in the developed world, ranked second on the child poverty list. How is that even possible? According to the Children’s Defense Fund, one fifth…
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CPS – Terrifying Facts & Heartbreaking Realities
In 1990, Brenda Scott, an author with a degree in law enforcement and criminology, wrote a rather frightening book entitled “Out of Control: Who’s Watching Our Child Protection Agencies“. In it she addressed some very disturbing facts regarding conspiracies and malpractice issues within the very institutions put in place to protect our nation’s children from…