Tag: CPS Involvement
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Reaching Out For Help Sometimes Results in Being Reported to CPS!
Parenting is hard. Everyone who has ever raised a child knows that. And it’s even harder if you try to do it alone. However, for many people, reaching out for help when it comes to parenting our children and keeping them safe and cared for, can actually make things worse. How is that possible, you…
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One Single Incident Can Result in Long-Term CPS Involvement
Life is full of choices, and every single one of them has a consequence. Some of those consequences are tiny, and the impact they’ll have on your life in the long term are negligible, like cheating on your diet by eating a handful of chips. It may derail your weight loss for a day, but…
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Are Michigan’s in-Home Foster Care Prevention Efforts Failing Vulnerable Kids?
A recent study done here in Michigan reveals some very interesting results when it comes to foster kids in the Great Lakes state. But what do these results mean, and how do we interpret them in a way that best benefits children. According to the Youth Policy Lab and the Child and Adolescent Data Lab…
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CPS is Changing The Way They Handle Abuse & Neglect Cases Because of Covid19 (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for this discussion on how the current Covid19 pandemic is reshaping the way CPS responds to child abuse and neglect situations. As we mentioned in the previous article, the agency has a history of being reactive, in that they have traditionally waited to hear a report about potential…
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CPS is Changing The Way They Handle Abuse & Neglect Cases Because of Covid19 (Pt 1)
CPS has always been a reactive agency. As in: a teacher or pastor or neighbor sees something they think may be child abuse and they call CPS to report it. CPS arrives to check it out, and the determination they make is based solely on their investigation, which is prompted by that report from outside…
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Calls to CPS Have Dropped. But is it Under-reporting? Or Fewer Abuse Cases?
The CPS hotline is usually a very busy one. With calls coming in by the hundreds every week from teachers, neighbors, family members, medical professionals and police, CPS workers are constantly being notified about new possible cases of child abuse and neglect. But who do the majority of the calls come in from? This may…
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Keeping Kids With Their Families During The Quarantine
During this very stressful period of life, while Michigan families are locked away in quarantine inside their homes under the “stay home, stay safe” order, the number of calls to CPS have risen significantly. As a result, the number of child abuse and neglect investigations has also increased, and the number of children removed from…
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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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A Gun-at-School Incident Could Lead to CPS Interventions For One Michigan Family
This story is somewhat hard to believe. Usually, when you hear about a child bringing a gun to school, it’s a story of fear and disillusionment, social angst and rage. But in this case, the child who showed up at school with a gun in their backpack had no idea it was even there! And…
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Having Kids With You When You Break The Law is a Game Changer! (Pt 1)
It’s amazing how a single factor in a situation can alter the outcome of a situation is a major way. For example, if you get pulled over after having a few drinks, you’re likely to end up facing a DUI charge. But if you get pulled over after a few drinks and the officer discovers…