Category: Child Welfare System
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Are States in The US Complying With CAPTA Laws For Kids Not in Foster Care? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been looking at the CAPTA laws (which if you remember from the previous article are the federal laws governing how US child welfare agencies handle kids who aren’t in the foster system) and discussing whether or not local agencies are actually following them. As we shared…
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What do You Want For Christmas? Probably Nothing From CPS, Right?
What does the holiday season mean to you? Do you exchange gifts with loved ones? Maybe you get together with family or snuggle up with your kids to watch a marathon of Christmas movies on Netflix. Perhaps you bake cookies, get together with others who share your faith, or even volunteer in your community. Whatever…
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Child Welfare in Michigan is STILL Under The Watchful Eye of The Court!
CPS in Michigan has a long history of screwing up, not meeting goals, and falling short of the mark. Over the years there seems to have been an endless string of scandals, law suits, audits revealing gross oversights, and agency-wide failures to follow their own policies. It’s a mess. And it’s been going on for…
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Foster Families Face Unique Issues That Many Biological Families Don’t Encounter (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been looking at some of the challenges that foster families face that biological families usually don’t encounter. In the previous article we looked at two very common issues, namely the behavioral and medical issues that foster kids often suffer as a result of trauma, and the…
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Cultural Misunderstandings Can Lead to CPS Interventions in Michigan. (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been discussing the difficult subject of CPS interventions, but with the added spin of how they affect immigrant and refugee communities. As we mentioned in the previous article, many of these people arrive here from other cultural backgrounds having suffered incredible tragedies and losses. They have very…
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Federal Funding Available For Legal Representation in Michigan CPS Cases
Battling CPS can be a nightmare. They seem to have all the aces up their sleeves, while Michigan families are left in the dark, trying to understand policies that make no sense and workers that don’t have to answer for their actions. Not to mention, fighting CPS is a long and expensive battle. Many families…
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Should The Public See Child Death Investigation Results From The Ombudsman?
Right now in Michigan, the only people who are allowed to see the results of an investigation into the death of a child conducted by the Ombudsman are those who can file complaints with the agency. In other words, the parents and guardians of the deceased children, their attorneys, and other mandated reporters or legislators.…
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CPS Issues Raised at U of M Board of Regents Meeting
The duties of the board of regents at a University includes overseeing the financial management of the university, its investments, and its property holdings, as well as appointing the president of the university. So when the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents meets to make decisions for the University’s future, one hopes they take into…
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CPS Being Investigated For Kalamazoo River Intentional Drowning
44-year-old Ineza McClinton drove her car into the Kalamazoo river on purpose. It was a tragic choice, with heartbreaking results. But what made it even worse, was the fact that her 9-year-old twin daughters, Angel and Faith, were in the car with her, unable to escape. Unlike their cousins, who had been dropped off at…
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Family Suing CPS For Threatening Neglect Charges After Adopted Son Says he’ll Kill Them! (Pt 2)
If you follow our blog, or read the local news, then you’re probably already familiar with this story – we talked about it last week in an article that outlined what one Detroit family is up against with CPS. Greg and Tonya Burnett’s adoptive son, Alex, after the initial ‘honeymoon’ year with the family was…