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TEXAS RESOLVES MULTI-STATE MEDICAID FRAUD INVESTIGATION; RECOVERS $55 MILLION | North America > United States from AllBusiness.com

Posted by: Forever on: September 17, 2009

My Questionn is: What side effects did this drug have on the children and what long term risks will they possibly suffer? How was it not approved? Was it unsafe? Or just not tested?

Shouldn’t they be compensated for the abuse they suffered by the child welfare system knowingly using them as test subjects?
This makes me sick.

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CPS v. Home Schoolers… FAQ on Dealing With School District

Posted by: Forever on: May 8, 2009

HOME SCHOOLING PARENTS v. CPS
Truancy laws are very often used by CPS so its a good idea to be familiar with what could happen.
If you are homeschooling in Texas, it might be a good idea to be familiar with what you could be up against when it comes to CPS and your child’s education.  Many [...]

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Breaking The Silence – Moms Losing Child Custody To Their Batterers?

Posted by: Forever on: October 2, 2008

This is the program that aired on Public Television in October of 2005.
The documentary tells the stories of children who are taken away from their protective mothers.
October is domestic violence awareness month
This October -
Listen.
Breaking The Silence: Children’s Stories (BTS) chronicles the impact of domestic violence on children and the recurring failings of family courts [...]

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Sect Leader’s Daughter Tells Attorney Ad Litem to Step Aside

Posted by: Forever on: June 28, 2008

Legal Ethics
Posted Jun 23, 2008, 07:16 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
The daughter of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has told her attorney ad litem in an e-mail to step aside. She sent a copy of the missive to the Salt Lake Tribune.
The teen, 16-year-old Teresa Jeffs, told the newspaper in an interview that Texas [...]

Over 1300 online petitioners say judicial actions in FLDS case is deserving of impeachment

Posted by: Forever on: June 6, 2008

Click Here to view the 1385 Online Petition Signatures to Impeach Texas District Judge Barbara Walther Over FLDS Fiasco
Published by Daniel T. Weaver on Jun 01, 2008
Category: Government/Law
Region: United States of America
Target: State of Texas
Web site: http://upstreamzine.wordpress.com
Description/History:
Texas Judge Barbara Walther authorized the removal of more than 400 children from an FLDS compound in Texas and their [...]

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FLDS: READ THE APPEAL COURT RULING: ACTUAL COURT PAPERS

Posted by: Forever on: May 22, 2008

This ruling is an awesome show of the law and how it works.  CPS is rarely overturned.  In particular, to have the Third District Court of Appeals rule so specifically on the terms of what they can constitute “imminent danger” requiring the removal of a child, and also implementing the requirement to make every reasonable [...]

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FLDS: Appellate Court Rules CPS HAD NO RIGHT TO REMOVE CHILDREN

Posted by: Forever on: May 22, 2008

http://www.kxan.com/global/story.asp?s=8365745
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The Third Court of Appeals has ruled that Child Protective Services did not have the right to remove children from the Yearning for Zion ranch last month.

The ruling comes as a result of a document filed by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid last month. The TRLA is the largest provider of legal [...]

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CPS v. FLDS: Truth v. Lies: ItsAlmostTuesday v. Media- I CALL FOR A STRIKE

Posted by: Forever on: May 22, 2008

I am disgusted by CPS – again. I am disgusted by the Media – again. I miss my children… again…

So, the saga continues… FLDS, CPS, ElDorado, Media, Rocky, Bullwinkle…. hrrrrm?

My day started out a little emotional with this post as I read the Dallas Morning News Opinion Blog – where Sharon Grigsby posted [...]

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Checking In: Violations in Texas Foster Care

Posted by: Forever on: May 21, 2008

Below I have compiled a sample of real violations within the foster care system in Texas. These facilities are in major metropolitan areas (ie Dallas/Ft.Worth, Austin, San Antonio areas) and they are listed here exactly as they are reported here by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
While we talk about foster care [...]

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Texas foster care system struggling

Posted by: Forever on: May 21, 2008

Some, but not enough, experience the challenges and joys of opening homes and hearts.
By Corrie MacLaggan
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Monday, May 07, 2007MANOR — Yolanda and Michael Gobert tell friends, business associates and fellow members of Little Zion Baptist Church about something they’ve been doing for four years, something they think others should consider: [...]

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It's Almost Tuesday is a fictional story based on true events of abuse within the Texas Foster Care System. The story is written as if told by an 8 year old foster child using his exact words whenever possible.

Study: Troubled homes are STILL better than foster care

Kids who stayed with their families were less likely to become juvenile delinquents or teen mothers and more likely to hold jobs as young adults than kids who were removed into foster care.


Arrested at least once:

�14% oif Kids Who Stayed with family: were arrested at least once rather than 44% of Kids Who Went to foster care!



33 % of Kids who stayed with their family Became teen mothers: but more than half (56%) of Kids Who Went to foster care became teen mothers!



33% of kids who stayed with their family held a job at least 3 months: as opposed to merely 20 % of the Kids Who Went to foster care!



Out of 500,000 children in U.S. foster care
Statistics show that foster children are more likely than other kids to drop out of school,
commit crimes,
abuse drugs
and become teen parents!



Teens aging out of foster care have spent nearly five years there That's twice the average length of time for all kids in the system.

Fewer than 3% earn college degrees.


Teens in foster care are less likely to finish high school and more likely to go to prison or become homeless.


How can the government tell us, with statistics like this, that this is protecting the kids?

CP$ KNOW$ THE GUILTY ONE$

Caseworker: We know your husband is guilty, you've got
to force him into admitting it.


Mother: How do you know he's guilty?


Caseworker: We know he's guilty because he says he's
innocent. Guilty people always say they're innocent.


Mother: What do innocent people say?


Caseworker: We're not in the business of guilty or
innocent. We're in the business of putting families
together.


Mother: So why not do that with us?


Caseworker: Because he won't admit his guilt.


(Source:) Wounded Innocents: The Real Victims of the War on Child Abuse (Paperback) by Richard Wexler

CLICK HERE to DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILE

of CPS Caught On Tape

A foster child carries a realistic looking cap gun in his pocket from the foster home to a visit; the children were given these guns and taught how to shoot them in target practice at a foster camp. At the time this child was only 8 years old; taking high doses of psychotropic medications.


Blog Note: If a parent carried the same toy gun into the same visit, that parent would definitely be arrested and probably lose their rights to visit their children.

Tuesday’s Poll

Do you believe that CPS serves the best interest of the children? Or the Government?

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Families Rights Should Be Protected

"Because the swing of every pendulum brings with it potential adverse consequences, it is important to emphasize that in the area of child abuse, as with the investigation and prosecution of all crimes, the state is constrained by the substantive and procedural guarantees of the Constitution.


The fact that the suspected crime may be heinous – whether it involves children or adults - does not provide cause for the state to ignore the rights of the accused or any other parties.



Otherwise, serious injustices may result. "


Syl.Pt.3,WALLIS v. SPENCER, 202 F.3d 1126(9th Cir. 2000)




Tuesday’s Topics

Quotes From Foster Children

Mother meant the whole world to me and there wasn’t anything I could do to get her back. It was like I had lost everything. Lucie, Age 19

I felt so bad for my mom and I constantly felt like it was my fault because I couldn’t do anything to stop it.
PoemGirl, Age 17

I felt so disappointed and heartbroken. I hated my life.
Brittany, Age 13

How does it feel to be a Foster Child? It’s like being in a great world of your own. MARK, Age 12

I felt very sad and I knew I could not do anything about it. I had to get over it. I know how it feels to be pushed around. I have been there.Einstein, Age 11

The placements did not work because in my heart I felt alone but in my mind I felt grown….The only problem in the home was me. There I was almost thirteen and hated the world. I could not trust anyone. I didn’t want to trust anyone. How could I trust someone? I had to
protect myself from hurt. The only way I could do that was to guard my heart….I messed up four homes because of this. Flower Girl, Age 18

I think that when you become an adult it’s just like a toddler you’re a caterpillar, and when you’re a kid you’re a cocoon and finally you become an adult which would be a butterfly. Jesse, Age 9

We should all make our foster care family a possibility.
MeMe, Age 17

The best advice I have from one foster child to another is that you never give up….Never think that you are worthless. Jane, Age 10

Tuesday to Tuesday

Tomorrow’s Healthy Adults Come From Today’S Teachings


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4Parents.gov is a guide to help you and your teen discuss important, yet difficult, issues about healthy choices, sex and relationships.

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exists to serve, support and represent individuals and organizations in the practice of abstinence-centered education.

Abstinence Works provides recent news, articles, and studies validating the efficacy of abstinence education.

The Abstinence Clearinghouse is a privately funded 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan international educational organization. The Clearinghouse was founded to provide a central location where character, relationship, and abstinence programs, curricula, speakers, and materials could be accessed. The Clearinghouse serves agencies on a national, state and local level, as well as international organizations.


The Medical Institute for Sexual Health is an organization that has a tremendous heart for the health and well-being of all. It is committed to teaching people how to make good choices and adopt healthy behaviors that enable them to achieve their highest potential.

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CPS’ Death of 5 Year Old

The Logan Marr Case






The death of a 5 year old in CPS' care.

RSS Dallas Opinions on ElDorado:FLDS Kids

  • Texan of the Year -- a vote for U.S. military November 7, 2009
    The carnage at Fort Hood and flareups in Afghanistan bring into focus the sacrifice made by our armed forces. Colleague Tod Robberson recently nominated the Texas military as a candidate for 2009 Texan of the Year. It's a good time to share his thoughts in getting this nomination on our list. He wrote: Texans in military uniform Texas supplies far more […]
  • Hinojosa Potemkin school follow-up November 6, 2009
    DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander said the other day he would look into the allegation a DISD school staffer made to me that Dr. Hinojosa's staff members had come to their school to do advance work prior to the superintendent's visit, and had made the school a kind of Potemkin village for him. I posted on that the other day. Dahlander e-mails today: It […]
  • Recommended reading of the highest order November 6, 2009
    You probably feel it too. Hammered by the news of the Fort Hood rampage, grieving for mostly still-nameless victims caught in the crossfire. But wait, now somebody's shooting folks in Orlando. You want to just get back in bed and pull the covers over your head. Instead, I recommend you read this. It's unfortunate timing that DMN sports writer Kevin […]
  • My take on Nidal Hasan's Fort Hood massacre November 6, 2009
    Click here to read it. --Rod Dreher/Columnist
  • Civic $pirit in Big D November 6, 2009
    I know the new perfoming arts venues in the Arts District are so last month's news. But if you'll allow me, I'd like to point your attention to this article in The Economist. It hits on an important point: the City of Dallas didn't pay for these buildings, private citizens put up the cash. How can Dallas afford all this, and in straitened […]

Foster Care – Go On!

by Crystal, age 13


Have you ever said mom, dad I love you?
Have you ever hugged them goodbye?
Well have you ever sat in a room and cried?
Well I can’t everyday say I love you mom, or
dad I can’t say goodbye!
Sometimes when I visit my dad and I have to be supervised!
How would you feel to live in a different home every couple of months?
You can’t stay in one place...
You always feel like you are replaced!
People saying they don’t want you there...
People lying so they won’t hurt your feelings!
People watching your every footstep while you sit there crying.
They can’t hold you like your parents.
I have to say I’m strong when I move there.
So I can GO ON

How would you feel to lift your head and see someone everyday that is not your mom and dad?
Would you cry, would you worry?
Or would you fly or would you scurry?
Sometimes you have to let go.
Sometimes you have to turn away.
Sometimes you let the tears drop,
And let them flow anyway.
There is more hurt to this than you will ever feel!
To see your mother die on mother’s day...
I have to GO ON is all you can say

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TEXAS FOSTER KIDS – STILL FORGOTTEN



”I saw filthy living conditions, make-shift outhouses, unsanitary food storage, in so-called outdoor camps where children must sleep in sleeping bags - no walls, no fans, no heat - for months and months and in many cases, year after year.

That’s not care. That’s cruelty.



That’s not educating.

That’s endangering” Carol Strayhorn on Texas Foster Care System in 2004

National Center For Missing and Exploited Kids








RSS Special Thanks to Legally Kidnapped

  • DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Discipline, 'tough love' and child abuse November 9, 2009
    DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Discipline, 'tough love' and child abuseNote: I love this line...This grotesque heavy-handedness shows how the state and its ever-growing army of liberal do-gooders now feel they have the right to intrude into areas of family life that are none of their business.Note: Get it through your self-righteous, babystealing heads! Our c […]
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  • Claims of sex abuse by women grow November 9, 2009
    Claims of sex abuse by women growA huge rise in the number of children calling to report sexual abuse by women has been revealed by ChildLine.
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  • Why did the social worker wake up with a brain the size of a pea? November 8, 2009
    Her head swelled over night.
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  • Police secretly stalking I mean follow mother after hearing her reprimand children November 8, 2009
    Police secretly follow mother after hearing her reprimand childrenA mother who threatened to smack her children while out shopping was secretly followed home by an off duty policeman and was later questioned by officers.
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  • Relocation of Children after Divorce and Children's Best Interests: New Evidence and Legal Considerations November 8, 2009
    Relocation of Children after Divorce and Children's Best Interests: New Evidence and Legal Considerations State courts have rightly termed relocation cases, in which a custodial parent's desire to move away with the child is opposed by the other parent, one of the knottiest and most disturbing problems courts face. The recent trend is to permit suc […]
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  • AP IMPACT: Framed for child porn _ by a PC virus November 8, 2009
    AP IMPACT: Framed for child porn _ by a PC virusOf all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses — the malicious programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it's […]
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  • Oh, I almost forgot. . . November 8, 2009
    Are the family rights people being censored by those stealing our children?Back in September, our beloved Brenda left a comment on this foster contractors blog. The foster contractor responded just a couple days ago. I posted a link in the newsgroup, and know that Brenda and a couple others responded.Oh, I almost forgot. . .This person has refused to publish […]
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  • ‘He will not have died in vain' November 8, 2009
    ‘He will not have died in vain'Woman who shot ex-husband shares his story of mental illness
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  • Man's e-mail about DSS sent to his employer November 8, 2009
    Man's e-mail about DSS sent to his employerAs news spread about possible missing money from the Department of Social Services Christmas charity, Harry Lomax and other donors contacted Mecklenburg County leaders to complain.
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  • UK State to Take Unborn Baby November 8, 2009
    UK State to Take Unborn BabyKerry Robertson, 17, and Mark McDougall, 25, haven’t broken any law. But they are on the run from the authorities, and from their home in Dunfermline, Scotland.
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RSS CPS – A System Out of Control

  • Foster Care Baby Adoption November 9, 2009
    Editor's Note: More CPS and foster care propaganda for the month! This is funny because CPS doesn't give a rat's hairy hinney whether the foster "parents" can love and care for the child. So long as CPS is getting the money for them, they can beat the shit out of them on a daily basis for all they care. God help you if you call in an […]
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  • Myrtle Beach Seaside Resorts November 8, 2009
    Planning a Christmas vacation? Myrtle Beach Resorts has a lot of different packages designed to fit any budget. They have 1, 2 and 3 bedroom condos and hotel rooms located at various spots around the Grand Strand. You can choose from a wide assortment of resorts includingGrande Shores, Seaside, Prince Resort, Towers on the Grove, Horizon and Avista Resort. T […]
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  • We All Have An Important Role in Helping Prevent Child Abuse November 8, 2009
    Editor's Note: More CPS propaganda for National Adoption Month. See my comment at the end. To post your own, please visit...lubbockonline.com/stories/110809/edi_513984749.shtml#mdw-commentsWe all have an important role in helping prevent child abuseLubbock Avalanche-JournalSunday, November 08, 2009Story last updated at 11/8/2009 - 12:27 amYou suspect a […]
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  • Posted On: My Life in a Foster Care Space Warp: November 8, 2009
    Friday, November 6, 2009Oh, I almost forgot. . .Back in September Brenda commented:You guys must feel pretty good about yourselves, adopting out of the foster care system and all of that. Just a quick question here. Did any of their biological parents sign over their rights to you or were they terminated by the court? See, I have a big, big problem with peop […]
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  • Hand Deliver Your Letter to Congress November 8, 2009
    Rally Congress will shortly print and deliver your letters to Capitol Hill.An individual copy of your letter will go to each official:November 8, 2009Dear Sen. Patrick Leahy (D VT),Sen. Bernard Sanders (I VT),Rep. Peter Welch (D VT-0),Nationwide, there are State run agencies who are supposed to be protecting abused children in dangerous situations. Each Stat […]
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  • CPS Wrongful Removal of Baby November 8, 2009
    This is an outrage!!!
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  • Legal Child Kidnapping YouTube Video November 8, 2009
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  • Madison County DFCS Wants More Pictures of Foster Care Kids November 8, 2009
    Editor's Note: I bet the real reason they want these pictures is so that they can show them to future foster/adopt care providers in hopes of getting that adoption bonus money. They want them to look "normal" and undamaged by the abuse caused by CPS themselves. If they're truly concerned about the families, then why don't they stop u […]
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  • What Rights Does a CPS Worker Have? November 7, 2009
    By: Leonard HendersonThe ExaminerWhen people find themselves under a CPS "investigation", we are SHOCKED. We grew up watching crime and court dramas on TV and we have the idea that in America, the justice system is fair and impartial. Some of us even know about Constitutional Due Process. We see the television coverage of major criminals' jour […]
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  • Mother Found Not Guilty of Child Abuse November 7, 2009
    Editor's Note: Now that she's been found not guilty by a criminal court, I wonder if she'll get her child back out of the clutches of CPS. Somehow I seriously doubt it. They don't care what's right or wrong here, they only want the money. If you'd like to make a comment on this story, there's a link at the bottom of this po […]
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