The vast majority of Native Americans believe that tribal children should be raised within their tribe, by tribal parents, not in other cultures where they will lose their tribal identity. Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been looking at the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), and how the current legal challenge to this […]
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Are States in The US Complying With CAPTA Laws For Kids Not in Foster Care? (Pt 1)
Federal laws dictate how child welfare agencies around the US treat vulnerable children who aren’t in foster care. Did you know, there’s a federal law that many people aren’t aware of called the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (commonly called CAPTA) that states in the US are required to comply with? CAPTA provides Federal […]
How The Welfare System Makes it Harder For Battered Mothers to Seek Help! (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been looking at a travesty happening in different parts of the country, and right here in Michigan, where battered mothers desperately trying to escape their abusers are punished by the state. And the methods of punishment used by CPS? Only the worst and most painful thing you […]
Cultural Misunderstandings Can Lead to CPS Interventions in Michigan. (Pt 1)
Parents who come from other countries often struggle to overcome language and cultural barriers and have little to no support systems in place to help them. Michigan is a melting pot of cultures, ethnicities, and racial variety. Between the extensive immigrant and resettled refugee populations, and the many people living here whose parents and grandparents […]
Studies Show Mediation Results in Faster, Better Outcomes in CPS Cases
Mediation, where everyone is working together towards the same goal, has much better results for children and families involved with CPS. Earlier this year the Michigan Supreme Court released the results of a study that evaluated Michigan’s Child Protection Mediation (CPM) process when used as an alternative means of achieving permanency in child welfare cases. […]
Think CPS Won’t Come After You Because You’re a “Good” Parent? Think Again! (Pt 2)
Even if you’re doing your best to be a good parent, doesn’t mean CPS won’t think you’re bad at it. Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this difficult but necessary conversation about CPS. Specifically, we’ve been talking about how easy it is to get ‘red-flagged’ by CPS and end up being labeled […]
Think CPS Won’t Come After You Because You’re a “Good” Parent? Think Again! (Pt 1)
Just because you try hard to be a good parent, doesn’t mean CPS won’t disagree with you. Think about the articles you read online and in the news. Anytime parents are mentioned as being accused of child abuse or having CPS remove their children or petition the courts to have their parental rights terminated, these […]
Lansing Dad Sentenced to Prison For Years of Violently Abusing And Neglecting Kids
A Lansing father was sentenced for the incredible violence and abuse his children suffered at his hands. Yenier Conde, a 33-year-old father living in Lansing with his wife and five children, was sentenced to prison recently for the role he played in the violent abuse of his children for years. According to the detective who […]
MDHHS Will be Introducing a New Computer System to Replace The Previous $231 Million Program
The state spent a fortune on software for CPS to track families, but it turned out it was nothing but a giant dumpster fire! Michigan’s CPS agency has courted so much controversy over the last decade, that it’s almost par for the course to see awful news headlines these days tied directly to something CPS […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from The Kronzek Firm! We hope you and your loved ones have a wonderful day this Thanksgiving! As a firm we are very grateful for our clients and community. Please remember, statistics show that there increased numbers of domestic violence encounters, which includes greater risks of child abuse, during the […]
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