Standing With Sling in HandAgainst Goliath
Arise! The enemy is upon ye!
“If even One Family does not have to suffer, it will be worth My Lifetime’s efforts”
Marilyn Harrison
I wait for the day when Marilyn’s “One Family”
is not next one in line for the evil ravages of cps.
It will be that day when cps no longer exists!...egpyt
From Group’s Panda Bear:
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings enduresuffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps theoppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never thetormented.
-- Elie Wiesel
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Group Advice in Participation:
1.Helping others through the Nightmare
2.Reform or Obliteration?
3.Protest
4.Class Action Lawsuits
5.Getting your kids to sue CPS
6.Online Research to gather information
7.Petitions
8.Write a guidebook on a particular aspect of the problem
9.Sue their pants off! Doing the work for an attorney to reduce costs
10.Peruse YouTube.com (a search can be done) for videoclips on cps destruction and/or advice
11.Website Links & Descriptions TK, rally, doll protest, ongoing research areas.
B.Group – for any of the above areas, there is direction. If a particular subject interests you, starting points can be provided Also, if there is one you can think of, please add.
Reform? (From Child Welfare Information Gateway)
Rethinking Child Welfare Practice Under the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997: A Resource Guide
Author(s): / Children's Bureau (HHS)Availability: / Download Publication (PDF - 332 KB)
Year Published: / 2000 - 62 pages
The provisions of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) intended to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children will have a significant impact on child welfare practice. ASFA requires state child welfare agencies to engage parents early in the process, redesign service delivery to achieve permanency goals for children, ensure sufficient resources for families, and partner with the courts. This guide provides a framework for redesigning child welfare practice. It includes an analysis of the key provisions of the Adoption and Safe Families Act and identifies casework practices that are consistent with the law. It highlights the recommendations ...
Systems of Care
Series Title: / Bulletins for ProfessionalsAuthor(s): / Child Welfare Information Gateway
Availability: / Download Publication (PDF - 207 KB)
Year Published: / 2005 - 10 pages
This bulletin provides information on systems of care, the name of an approach that builds partnerships to create a broad, integrated process for meeting the variety of physical, mental, social, emotional, educational, and developmental needs of at risk children in the child welfare system. Information includes: the relationship of child welfare and systems of care; the application of systems of care for improving access to and availability of services to children and families; the guiding principles of systems of care with emphasis on interagency collaboration, strengths-based assessment, cultural competence, community-based services, and family involvement, and a list of organizations involved ...
Nancy Schaefer has spoken out to reveal that she is disgusted with what she has seen with the corruption of CPS. Her stance is to eradicate entirely (many have this view) by terminating the Welfare Act Title IV-E, etc.
Nancy Schaefer
State Senator, 50th District
Nancy Schaefer for Congress
Phone: 706-754-8321
Fax: 706-754-1803
March 18, 2008
Dear Friends,
First, let me thank you from the bottom of my heart for coming to the Capitol of Georgia to record your painful message. You did a wonderful job and I was so proud of you.
However, a spouse of one of you who came to record, sent letters to the Capitol and to several different people in opposition to the taping and accused his spouse of lying about him and on and on. With that, Capitol Security brought the recording to an end because of the threats in the letters.
I am very sorry this happened. However, this was another indication of how quickly the opposition I had at the Capitol would act to quickly end our opposition to CPS/DFCS policies.
You have heard by now, I am sure, that my bill, SB 415, was gutted and rendered of no value by the Chairman of the Judicial Committee and or others. The three main points were stripped out of the legislation. They were:
1. The opening of family court to remove the culture of secrecy;
2. The removal of the financial incentives for adopting children out who are taken wrongly from their parents and given to strangers;
and
3. The removal of immunities from Child Protective Services or DFCS in order to keep corruption down and bring in accountability
and responsibility.
I pulled the bill rather than seek to work with an empty, do nothing piece of legislation that the leadership had shown they were not going to support or offer any real involvement.
Please know that the opposition surrounding this bill was fierce, and that it still is, but I am not down and we are not through. We have only just begun, and with God’s help, which we already have, this court-sanctioned abuse of children and families will end.
Now, two things;
- One, we can come together and record again and I will set up the time and place. I really feel that the CD is important and I would like it to be on my website for future needs where it could be used to promote the cause. If you are interested in joining me again to record, please call, Jody at 706-754-8321 and let her know.
- Second, I am running as a candidate for Congress from the 10th District. If I can be successful, I will carry this work for children and families to Washington with me. I would be grateful for your prayers and support.
Let me hear from you. Do not give up. Stay strong and pray for the victory that will in time be ours.
We love and appreciate you and we pray for you.
Warm regards,
Nancy Schaefer
State Senator, 50th District
Nancy Schaefer for Congress
Phone: 706-754-8321
Fax: 706-754-1803
Make Sure you see the article entitled The Corrupt Business of Child Protective Services from Senator Nancy Schaefer ancyschaefer. com/articles. php?filter= 6
Hi Group,
Read this message from the bottom up...This fellow is looking for stories...any stories...to add to his web site.If you read his message and then read what Iwrote to him...then his response you will see what I am getting at. We NEED to join when wecan with other groups to get the message out on this corruption in the system.
I have invited Keith to join our FP Allegations NFPCAR group so hopefully he will. At any rate, his contact info is at the bottom of his message at the bottom of this email. Nancee in CA
Hey Nancee,
Most def, I need/want these stories, I would create a separate page if need be for just CPS issues. In fact I am even now going over a story on these issues. I am shocked of the response I have had on this issue. Unbelievable! The blog site that was created for me on this issue is freaking out because this site has gotten over 200 responsesin 3 days. The owner of the site told me he has had 90 responses in 2 yrs. He is concerned of over load. I am hoping to find a way to get a web site to get it all up. No worry though, I need to get these issues out there! It is time that parental kidnapping and Judicial corruption is brought to the publics attention.
Keith
In a message dated 2/27/2008 11:03:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, writes:
Hi Keith,
I was wondering if you would be interested in the Foster child kidnapping side that CPS frequently indulges in? I can put you in touch with tons of FP's who were in the process of adopting their foster child and who CPS came in just days/weeks before the adoption was final and "legally kidnapped" the children and placed them back into the system for monetary gain. I can be reached at the email address below...
Nancee Crowell
CA State Director for NFPCAR
President...NFPCAR Board of Directors
CEO, Foster Parent Survival Enterprises
Field Rep for Foster Parent Legal Solutions
Former Foster Parent
lizzianthus007@ aol.com wrote:
there has to be a way to switch the funding to keeping families together by having the foster and bio's work together even though they are mandated by law we know they don't do it .. and we all know its about money ... so we need to funnel the incentives to help families and fosters keep together ...
Kentucky Activism
Child protection panel seeks legislation in 2008
_Kentucky.com_
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January 04, 2008
* Original Kentucky.com article: _Child protection panel seeks legislation in 2008 _
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In the past, the _Kentucky_ ( net/state/ ky) General Assembly has passed entire packages of reform laws for social issues such as domestic violence and child sexual abuse. But in the 2007 session, lawmakers largely ignored calls to reform Kentucky's beleagured child protection system. Proposed legislation would have resulted in more oversight of removals by state social workers, of termination of parental rights and of state adoptions from foster care. In 2008, a task force studying the improper removal of children from their parents in Kentucky is for the second time asking legislators to pass a reform bill.
State Rep. Darryl Owens, D-_Louisville_ ( net/metro/ louisville- ky-in) , is introducing legislation designed to put more safeguards into the process by which children are removed from their parents. If enacted, the bill would further protect the due process rights of parents, slightly increase accountability for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services staff and provide increases in the fee scale for court-appointed attorneys for children and their parents. The legislation also calls for increasing the pay for court-appointed attorneys for indigent parents and children to further protect the rights of both. The fees haven't been increased in several years and attorneys spend months
working on a case for $250 or at most $500. Under the proposed legislation, fees for court-appointed attorneys would be increased from $500 to as much as $1,500, but they would have to justify those fees to the state. One new provision in the proposed legislation gives Kentucky's chief justice the ability to establish rules to manage juvenile and child protection cases. The legislation also calls for parents -- and children if they are old enough -- to meet with their court-appointed attorney before they go to court for the first time. That does not happen now. And the bill says that, as of July 1, 2010, attorneys would have to prove that they had received specialized training before they could be placed on a
new list that would allow them to be appointed by the court to represent children and parents. Tom Burch, D-Louisville, chairman of the House Health and Welfare Committee, said he thinks the legislation will have more lawmakers pushing for it this time. There also a possibility that in this session, Kentucky would join most states in opening child protection courts. Kentucky is one of 21 states that closes child protection proceedings. Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert is surveying judges to see whether they would be in favor of a bill. Rep. Susan Westrom, D-
_Lexington_ ( net/city/ lexington- ky) plans to introduce a bill that would strengthen legislation that she introduced in 2007 that resulted in the tracking of complaints against child protection workers. The new bill would require an investigation of any regional office that had a high number of valid complaints. Meanwhile, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services wants to build on the safety measures it enacted as part of the Boni Frederick Memorial Bill that passed in 2007. The bill was named for Boni Frederick, a
_Morganfield_ ( ky) social services aide who died in the line of duty while she monitored a child's final visit with its birth mother before being placed in state adoptive homes. The Boni Bill provides $3.5 million to fund security improvements at state
child welfare offices. Another $2.5 million is earmarked to hire additional front-line staff. On Dec. 17, Mark Washington, head of the Cabinet's Department for Community Based Services, told lawmakers on the Joint Health and Welfare Committee that the Cabinet would be asking for more money in 2008. Washington said that the Cabinet could need an estimated additional $40 million to hire 400 new social workers and make more than 170 work spaces safer.
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It sounds just like DCF, because the also like to criminalize innocent behavior which turns into false fabricated charges.
Criminalizing innocent behavior at an alarming rate... By Dr. Jonathan Turley of George Washington Univ
Low-rider jeans that are too low? Call 911.
Failing to shovel that snow-covered sidewalk? Book 'em.
In America today, lawmakers are criminalizing innocent behavior at an alarming rate and undermining our criminal justice system.
By Jonathan Turley
Texas Rep. Wayne Smith is tired of hearing about parents missing meetings with their children's teachers. His proposed solution is simple: Prosecute such parents as criminals. In Louisiana, state Sen. Derrick Shepherd is tired of seeing teenagers wearing popular low-rider pants that show their undergarments — so he would like to criminally charge future teenagers who are caught "riding low."
Across the USA, legislators are criminalizing everything from spitting on a school bus to speaking on a cellphone while driving. Criminalizing bad behavior has become the rage among politicians, who view such action as a type of legislative exclamation point demonstrating the seriousness of their cause. As a result, new crimes are proliferating at an alarming rate, and we risk becoming a nation of criminals where carelessness or even rudeness is enough to secure a criminal record.
There was a time when having a criminal record meant something. Indeed, it was the social stigma or shame of such charges that deterred many people from "a life of crime." In both England and the USA, there was once a sharp distinction between criminal and negligent conduct; the difference between the truly wicked and the merely stupid.
Legislators, however, discovered that criminalization was a wonderful way to outdo one's opponents on popular issues. Thus, when deadbeat dads became an issue, legislators rushed to make missing child payments a crime rather than rely on civil judgments. When cellphone drivers became a public nuisance, a new crime was born. Unnecessary horn honking, speaking loudly on a cellphone and driving without a seat belt are only a few of the new crimes. If you care enough about child support, littering, or abandoned pets, you are expected to care enough to make their abuse a crime.
HIGH CRIMES
Consider the budding criminal career of Kay Leibrand. The 61-year-old grandmother lived a deceptively quiet life in Palo Alto, Calif., until the prosecutors outed her as a habitual horticultural offender. It appears that she allowed her hedge bushes to grow more than 2 feet high — a crime in the city. Battling cancer, Leibrand had allowed her shrubbery to grow into a criminal enterprise. (After her arraignment and shortly before her jury trial, she was allowed to cut down her bushes and settle the case.)
Of course, it is better to be a criminal horticulturalist than a serial snacker. In 2000, on her way home from her junior high school in Washington, D.C., 12-year-old AnscheHedgepeth grabbed some french fries and ate them as she went into the train station. In Washington, it is a crime to "consume food or drink" in a Metrorail facility. An undercover officer arrested her, searched her and confiscated her shoelaces.
Running out of adult targets, many state laws pursue the toddler and preteen criminal element. In Texas, children have been charged for chewing gum or, in one case, simply removing the lid from a fire alarm. Dozens of kids have been charged with everything from terrorism to criminal threats for playing with toy guns or drawing violent doodles in school.
In the federal system, Congress has been in a virtual criminalization frenzy. There are more than 4,000 crimes and roughly 10,000 regulations with criminal penalties in the federal system alone. Just last year, Congress made it a crime to sell horse meat for human consumption — a common practice in Europe where it is considered a delicacy. Congress has also criminalized such things as disruptive conduct by animal activists and using the image of Smokey Bear or Woodsy Owl or the 4-H club insignia without authorization.
The ability to deter negligence with criminal charges has always been questioned by academics. Negligent people are, by definition, acting in a thoughtless, unpremeditated, or careless way. Nevertheless, prosecutors will often stretch laws to make a popular point — even when the perpetrators have suffered greatly and shown complete remorse.
In 2002, Kevin Kelly was charged criminally in Manassas, Va., when his daughter, less than 2 years old, was left in the family van and died of hyperthermia. With his wife in Ireland with another daughter, Kelly watched over their 12 other children. He relied on his teenage daughters to help unload the van and did not realize the mistake until it was too late.
The suggestion that people like Kelly need a criminal conviction to think about the safety of their children is absurd. Kelly was widely viewed as a loving father, who was devastated by the loss. The conviction only magnified the tragedy for this family. (Though the prosecutors sought jail time, Kelly was sentenced to seven years probation, with one day in jail a year to think about his daughter's death.)