Tag: CPS Involvement
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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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Mom of Dead Baby Has Prior CPS Record, But no Agency Workers Held Accountable!
Jackson Farrey was born in El Paso. He died that same year, not even a year old, and simply disappeared. His parents, Jenna and Jeffery Farrey, also disappeared around the same time, but they resurfaced later here in Escanaba, Michigan, where they set up home with their son Blake. No one questioned anything, until baby…
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Once Your Kids Are in Foster Care, Getting Them Back Can be Extremely Difficult!
When CPS takes your children away and places them in another home (whether it’s with strangers in a foster home, or with relatives of yours) you immediately become engaged in a battle where time is NOT on your side. And we don’t mean that from a legal standpoint, we mean as a parent. Once your…
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Why is Michigan CPS Trying to Take my Kids Away From me?
We’ve spent a lot of time on this blog talking about what to do when CPS workers show up on your doorstep, or how to handle it when someone accuses you of child abuse. But one of the subjects we haven’t covered in as much detail, is why CPS would want to take your kids…
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New Governor, New DHHS Director, But Can CPS be Fixed?
CPS in Michigan has a loooooong history of screwing up, not meeting goals, and falling short of the mark. And of this sounds like us trash talking an “enemy”, it isn’t – we’re simply stating the facts as CPS themselves have observed. Over the years there seems to have been an endless string of scandals,…
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CPS FYI: Facts about CPS That Every Michigan Parent Needs to Know (Pt 1)
Some people (usually the parents and caregivers who’ve had the misfortune to tangle with a CPS worker) know a lot about how CPS works. But a surprising number of folks know almost nothing about the agency and how they operate. It might seem strange at first, to consider the idea that there are parents out…
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Factors That Could Influence CPS When it Comes to Removing Your Kids (Pt 2)
Hey there, thanks for joining us again for more on this unsettling but important topic – the factors that influence CPS decisions when they’re trying to figure out if a kid is at risk of abuse or neglect. Specifically, if they think the risk is high enough to warrant removing that child from their home.…
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Does CPS Investigate Every Abuse or Neglect Claim Made? (Pt 2)
Thanks for joining us again for the rest of this chat about whether or not CPS investigates every allegation made. The truth, as we shared with you last time, is that they don’t, but that’s only when they can’t locate the child, the alleged abuse is happening out of their jurisdiction, or the child is…
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Does CPS Investigate Every Abuse or Neglect Claim Made? (Pt 1)
This is something we’ve been asked many times over the years – do they look into every allegation made against someone when it comes to a kid? And unfortunately, the answer isn’t as straightforward as you’d think. So we thought we’d spend a few minutes explaining what the average CPS worker looks for in a…