Category: CPS In The News
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CPS Seeks to Terminate Parental Rights of Couple Accused of Murder
This story has made national headlines – the tragic tale of 4-year-old Gabrielle Barrette whose recent death sparked a nationwide manhunt. Her mother, 24-year-old Candice Renea Diaz, and her mother’s boyfriend, 28-year old Brad Edward Fields, have since been charged with child abuse and murder in the wake of Gabby’s untimely death. Since then, CPS…
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Child Advocacy Center to Open in Lenawee County This Month!
On January 26th, a whole group of people from a wide variety of agencies will get together on Broad Street in Adrian, Michigan to cut the ribbon of Lenawee County’s brand new Child Advocacy Center! Many other counties have something similar, but for Lenawee County, this is a first. Many agencies were involved in making…
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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…
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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…
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The Carrot or The Stick: Punishing Parents With Foster Care
A recent article in the New York Times addressed the issue of how foster care is being used to punish parents for being poor and having few resources. The story tracks the experience of Maisha Joefield, a Brooklyn mother whose 5-year-old daughter was removed by CPS after the little girl had got out of bed…
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Lawmakers To Investigate Alleged CPS Document Forgeries
A few weeks ago we shared some information with you about how certain CPS workers are claiming that their bosses falsify documents in order to appear to be in compliance with state regulations. It’s a disturbing and very sad possibility, but Michigan lawmakers are vowing to get to the bottom of this. The Lansing State…
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CPS Workers Say Work Documents Were Falsified To Fake Compliance
This incredible story has hit the media like a tsunami in the last few days, and people are responding with understandable outrage. We agree. If this is true, then it is indeed terrible. However, what ‘s surprising to us is not that it happened, but rather that no one seemed to suspect this before now.…
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CPS Called After One Woman Dies in a Domestic Dispute
Child Protective Services were called to a home recently where a child was discovered after a violent domestic dispute took place, that ultimately resulted in the death of both parents. Authorities say that the incident took place just before 9 pm, at the Pheasant Ridge Apartment complex in Kentwood. Officers were dispatched to a…
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CPS in Allegan County Accused of Screwing Up Again
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes” is an old Latin quote that means, “who watches the watchers?”, or more simply, “who guards the guards?” And when it comes to Michigan’s Child Protective Agency, this couldn’t be a more poignant question. But the answer in this case is the Office of Children’s Ombudsman. The Office of Children’s…
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Will CPS Take Kids From Flint Families Without Water?
A while back, during the earlier part of the media uproar surrounding the Flint water crisis, claims began to circulate on the internet. Claims that CPS was going to be taking children away from Flint parents because they had chosen not to pay for their poisonous, lead-loaded water, which they couldn’t safely use to begin…