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Child Protective Services laws and agencies are abusive to families and children. This site provides support and information to parents falsely accused of child abuse by Child Protective Services. FightCPS does not advocate or condone violence or illiegal activities of any kind.
Child Protective Services, CPS, has devastated and destroyed hundreds of thousands of families in America during the last thirty years leaving a trail of broken hearts, broken dreams, and shattered childhoods. Rather than helping families, government agents have used unconstitutional laws in Juvenile Court to rip children away from their loving parents, break asunder God-given, natural, parent-child bonds, and adopt the children of the grieving out to others who profit financially with large monthly adoption subsidy payments. Child Protective Services must be stopped! The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed. We must work tirelessly to inform the public of this very dangerous travesty of justice. We must keep faith knowing that if there is a God, there is an answer and a way to end this heartache. Child Protective Services Agents - please come to your senses! Family destruction on false or trivial grounds is wrong, reprehensible, and inhumane. Fosterers - be aware that for the money you get you are holding much-loved children away from their grieving families while the parents are forced to perform a service plan that is anything but a service to them. I call this hostage holding for the government. This is not kindness - to help misguided government agents destroy family relationships and break loving bonds. CPS workers and fosterers - I ask that you now let the children of the innocent return to their homes where they are truly valued, adored, and loved by the parents God gave them. Family rights are God-given rights. And they should not be ignored or postponed. Every moment these loving parents and children spend separated from one another is a torment beyond what anyone should ever have to bear. It is unworthy of human dignity to allow this terrorism and torture of families to go on without saying something, speaking out, and trying to make a change. Site mission: To provide information and support for families attacked by Child Protective Services and child welfare agents, especially those families facing false or trivial accusations of child abuse or neglect; and for researchers working to protect natural family rights. |
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June 5, 2007 What do they call CPS in your state?Please leave a comment on this post to let me know what CPS is called in your state – or country. Thanks… -LJM Similar Posts:Filed under: CPS — Linda Martin @ 3:29 pm
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Indiana’s child protection agency is named “Indiana Department of Child Services”.
The agency formerly was a division of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, IFSSA. It is now separated from the FSSA (which deals primarily with welfare benefits) and is its own agency.
The agency was known before about two years as the “Office of Family and Children”, with the county name of the office attached before the “OFC” designation. The agency was determined by the Indiana State Supreme Court to be a State, rather than a Municipal, agency some years ago. The significance is that, as a state agency, it is immune to lawsuit by action of the Eleventh Amendment. The State of Indiana has not waived its sovereign immunity to suit (therefore tort or 42 U.S.C. 1983 claims must be made against individual employees of the agency, subject to affirmative defense of qualified immunity for employees).
I appreciate all of the hard work Linda has done with this site. I intend to submit material to her; IDCS destroyed my family, coerced my wife into a divorce neither of us wants, bounced my son through foster homes, and in the end — after two years of continuances in a neglect procedure required by law to complete in sixty days — released wardship without adjudication.
Comment by Kevin Brown — June 5, 2007 @ 4:32 pm
They are called Child and Family Services here in Canada for most Areas…some are called Children’s Aid Society. But in some places can be called Child and Youth Services. Just too many names under the same umbrella.
Comment by Frustrated — June 5, 2007 @ 6:03 pm
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Comment by child snatchers — June 5, 2007 @ 6:46 pm
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Comment by child snatchers — June 5, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
Child Protective Services is called ACS in New York .
Comment by joan — June 5, 2007 @ 9:49 pm
In Knoxville, TN they are called DCFS-Department of Children and Family Services
Comment by Ruth — June 6, 2007 @ 5:52 am
In Alaska, CPS is called the Office of Children’s Services (OCS).
Comment by Ruth — June 6, 2007 @ 9:08 am
In NJ, CPS used to be called DYFS.
However, as of about 6 months ago, they have changed their name to Department of Cildren and Families.
However, someone should clue in the newspaper writers, since they still refer to them as DYFS.
Now obsolete. Funny, how they have load$ of ca$h to change their names.
Linda, when you were asking about another word to search for in Google, etc., instead of CPS, may I suggest you google *Child Protective*
Suggest that folks look into the amount of cash, CP$ has squandered on their infamous child abuse databases. Couple of years ago, FL spent close to 50M under Regier on a db which did not function correctly.
NJ is facing the same problem. Pays big bucks for a non-functional database, then even the pols condemn its non-functionality.
Lots of big bucks passing under the table there.
Folks, for a Pulitzer-quality article, folks should look at just how many cars are parked at the local psychs office who render *counseling* to dysfunctional parents.
Please, folks develop a relationship with the reporters who cover CPS.
If they are women,gift them with flowers. If they are men, feed them…..
Comment by Fern — June 6, 2007 @ 10:48 am
Texas is CPS – Childrens Protection Services
Comment by Diando — June 6, 2007 @ 11:30 am
They call it child protective services in Nevada. what a crock they took my kids right out of the hospital saying I had a dirty test whick i found out later was false. They are not right here
Comment by Kimberley — June 6, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
Our CPS is called the Florida Department of Children and Families(DCF), formally known as “HRS”. We have 2 different divisions: Child Protective Investigations under the state/DCF, which investigates child abuse. If there are findings, then it goes to Child Protective Services (CPS), now controlled by private agencies, known as “Community Base Care” or “CBC”.
Comment by Kelly — June 6, 2007 @ 5:35 pm
child protective services is called DCF in Connecticut… Department of Children and families…
Comment by Kristen — June 6, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
Thanks everyone for this information. Please keep posting! I’m using the names and acronyms to write new advertising so people in states that don’t use “CPS” can find this site.
Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 7:48 am
From:
Child Abuse Reporting Phone Numbers
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/reslist/rl_dsp.cfm?rs_id=5&rate_chno=11-11172
Alabama Department of Human Resources DHS
Family Services
Child Protective Services
http://www.dhr.state.al.us/page.asp?pageid=304
Alaska – Health and Social Services HSS
Office of Children’s Services OCS
http://www.hss.state.ak.us/ocs/default.htm
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Division of Children, Youth and Families DCYF
Child Protective Services
http://www.de.state.az.us/dcyf/cmdps/cps/default.asp
Arkansas – Division of Children and Family Services DCFS
Child Protective Services
http://www.arkansas.gov/dhhs/chilnfam/child_protective_services.htm
California – Department of Social Services DSS
Child Protection Services
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/ChildProte_186.htm
Colorado Department of Human Services DHS
Division of Child Welfare
http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/childwelfare/FAQ.htm
Connecticut – Department of Children and Families DCF
http://www.ct.gov/dcf/site/default.asp
Bureau of Child Welfare Services
http://www.ct.gov/dcf/cwp/view.asp?a=2556&q=314382
Delaware – DSCYF – The Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families
http://kids.delaware.gov/
Washington D. C. – Child and Family Services Agency CFSA
Child Protective Services
http://cfsa.dc.gov/cfsa/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=520663&cfsaNav=|31319|
Florida Department of Children and Families DCF
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/abuse/
Georgia – Department of Human Resources DHS
Division of Family and Children’s Services DFCS
http://dfcs.dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site
Child Protection Services
http://dfcs.dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHR-DFCS/menuitem.5d32235bb09bde9a50c8798dd03036a0/?vgnextoid=213a2b48d9a4ff00VgnVCM100000bf01010aRCRD
Hawaii – Department of Human Services DHS
Child Welfare Services
http://www.hawaii.gov/dhs/protection/social_services/child_welfare/
Idaho – Department of Health and Welfare
http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/site/3333/default.aspx
Illinois – Department of Children and Family Services
http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/child/index.shtml
Indiana – Department of Child Services DCS
Child Protective Services
http://www.in.gov/dcs/protection/dfcchi.html
Iowa – Department of Human Services DHS
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/dhs2005/dhs_homepage/children_family/abuse_reporting/child_abuse.html
Children and Family Services CFS
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/dhs2005/dhs_homepage/children_family/index.html
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services DSRS
Child Protective Services
http://www.srskansas.org/services/child_protective_services.htm
Kentucky – Cabinet for Health and Family Services –
Department for Community Based Services DCBS
Division of Protection and Permanency DPP
Child Safety Branch
Child Protective Services CPS
http://chfs.ky.gov/dcbs/dpp/childsafety.htm
Louisiana – DSS – Department of Social Services DSS
Office of Community Services OCS
http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/ocs/Reporting_Child_Abuse-Neglect.html
Maine – Department of Health and Human Services HHS
Office of Child and Family Services OCFS
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/bcfs/abusereporting.htm
Maryland Department of Human Resources DHR
Social Services Administration –
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.dhr.state.md.us/cps/report.htm
Massachusetts – Department of Social Services DSS
http://mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2agencylanding&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Departments+and+Divisions&L3=Department+of+Social+Services&sid=Eeohhs2
Michigan – Department of Human Services DHS
Protective Services
http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5452_7119_7193-15252–,00.html
Minnesota Department of Human Services DHS
Child Protection
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=id_000152
Mississippi Department of Human Services MDHS
Division of Family and Children’s Services DFCS
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us/fcs_prot.html
Missouri Department of Social Services DSS
http://www.dss.mo.gov/cd/rptcan.htm
Children’s Division
http://www.dss.mo.gov/cd/index.htm
Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services DPHHS
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/
Child and Family Services Division
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/cfsd/index.shtml
Nebraska Health and Human Services System HHS
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/cha/chaindex.htm
Children’s Services
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/chs/chsindex.htm
Nevada Division of Child and Family Services DCFS
http://dcfs.state.nv.us/DCFS_PhDirectory.htm
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.dcfs.state.nv.us/DCFS_ChildProtSer.htm
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services DHHS
Bureau of Child Protection BCP
http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/BCP/default.htm
New Jersey – Department of Children and Families DCF
Division of Youth and Family Services DYFS
http://www.state.nj.us/dcf/divisions/dyfs/
New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department CYFD
http://www.cyfd.org/index.htm
New York State – Office of Children and Family Services OCFS
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/cps/
North Carolina Division of Social Services DSS
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dss/cps/index.htm
North Dakota Department of Human Services DHS
http://www.nd.gov/humanservices/services/childfamily/cps/#reporting
Children and Family Services
http://www.nd.gov/humanservices/services/childfamily/index.html
Ohio Job and Family Services JFS
PCSA = County Public Children Services Agency
http://jfs.ohio.gov/county/cntydir.stm
Oklahoma Department of Human Services DHS
Children and Family Services Division CFSD
http://www.okdhs.org/divisionsoffices/hsc/cfsd/
Oregon Department of Human Services DHS
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/abuse/
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare DPW
Office of Children, Youth and Families OCYF
http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/Child/ChildAbuseNeglect/003670346.htm
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, & Families DCYF
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.dcyf.ri.gov/child_welfare/index.php
South Carolina Department of Social Services DSS
Child Protective/Preventive Services CPS
http://www.state.sc.us/dss/cps/index.html
South Dakota Department of Social Services DSS
Child Protective Services
http://dss.sd.gov/cps/
Tennessee Department of Children’s Services DCS
Child Safety
http://state.tn.us/youth/childsafety.htm
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services DFPS
https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Protection/About_Child_Protective_Services/reportChildAbuse.asp
Utah Department of Human Services DHS
Child and Family Services CFS
http://www.hsdcfs.utah.gov/
Vermont Family Services Division FSD
Department for Children and Families DCF
http://www.dcf.state.vt.us/fsd/reporting/index.html
Virginia Department of Social Services VDSS
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cps/index.html
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services DSHS
Children’s Administration
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/ca/safety/abuseReport.asp?2
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources WVDHHR
Bureau of Children and Families BCF
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.wvdhhr.org/bcf/children_adult/cps/default.asp
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services DHFS
Child Protective Services CPS
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/Children/CPS/index.HTM
State of Wyoming Department of Family Services DFS
Protective Services
http://dfsweb.state.wy.us/index.html
Comment by Janet Ramsey — June 7, 2007 @ 10:02 pm
i’m actually in foster care right now. it’s been 5 months, and we still have not had our court date. my straight a’s dropped to e’s, and i just failed my freshman year in high school. i’ve been on 11 different types of antidepressants, and am now taking a combination of adderall 30mg and xanax 1mg. i’m fourteen years old!! they ruined my life.. and five months later, my mom hasn’t even been to trial for her false accusations yet.
GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT!
that’s exactly how it is with CPS.
email me for more information, or if you know of any legal way out of this.. they ruined my whole life.
rickiedelaney@yahoo.com.
Comment by erica delaney — June 9, 2007 @ 9:51 am
Oh, actually I forgot.
Everyone calls it seriously messed up.
Dysfunctional, wrong.
Even the workers diss it to death.
BTW, notice folks how many young children are now classified as *sex offenders*
And notice how few are evaluated when in FC, where they seriously predate on younger, weaker children.
Big lawsuit just filed in TX over autistic girl’s being harmed seriously in FC and fosters not noticing or caring.
Even CPS admits ( and their management teams, too ) that serious
harm often befalls children in FC.
Comment by Fern — June 9, 2007 @ 1:00 pm
Rickie, my email to you bounced back.
Did you post correct email addy?
Best wishes to you. You are a survivor, and sound like a together teen.
How about reaching out to a school counselor and filling them in on what is going on? Hope you are placed with kin.
Comment by Fern — June 10, 2007 @ 6:45 am
they are called department of children and families, but in the eyes of alot of people here in boise alone, they are called child thieves and whoremongers
Comment by stacey cox — June 11, 2007 @ 7:04 pm
Thanks Janet!!!! I think that some people are denying that there is still a huge problem with serious child abuse in this country
Comment by Brooke — June 11, 2007 @ 7:22 pm
Brooke, nobody thinks child abuse doesn’t happen – but this site shows that it happens way too often in foster homes after children have been unjustly ripped from natural and loving families.
Tearing children from their families when there are other options is an act of extreme abuse to children, don’t you think?
Institutional child abuse is as wrong as any other kind.
Comment by Linda — June 11, 2007 @ 10:15 pm
What are the other choices? Sometimes relative placements cannot keep the children safe either. If we didn’t have foster homes, where would you suggest that we put abused and neglected childen? Also,I was wondering if you think it is abuse for a baby to be addicted to drugs at birth? Also,why didn’t some of these families step in before CPS came knocking? I am not denying that abuse happens in foster homes,but it has been my experience that there are many loving homes as well. A few bad homes can tarnish the image of all foster homes.
Comment by Brooke — June 11, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
It is important not to generalize. I know first hand that a foster home is many times the only true family a child has experienced. Some bio families may be falsely accused, but many are justly accused. Many times a strict, but loving foster home can be misconstued as abusive. This happens because some children were never taught to follow the rules and laws by their parents. It is hard to try to help children that are truly lost. Thanks for letting me comment.
Comment by Brooke — June 11, 2007 @ 10:31 pm
one more thing… these same kids rebel and make false accusations.
Comment by Brooke — June 11, 2007 @ 10:34 pm
Brooke, you ask ‘what are the other choices?’… the main choice I recommend is not to detain children unless there’s real evidence that severe abuse is happening. If most children were left in their homes while parents made needed changes, the children would not be traumatized and the foster care system would not be overused and overburdened. And if poor families need help, the agency should provide the funds for them to make changes requested. I know of one family with four children who lost their children for a year just because they lacked and couldn’t afford a child safety gate and a new fan at the time. Instead of buying these things for less than $100, the caseworkers took the children out of the home, traumatized and emotionally tortured the entire family, and made the taxpayers pay hundreds of thousands for the foster care and “service plans” the family was forced into. A great example of what’s wrong with CPS.
Comment by Linda — June 12, 2007 @ 7:35 am
I will have to admit that some of the reasons that you have mentioned above for removal seem crazy and far fetched. I am not saying that they are false because I do not know all of the specifics of the cases. I do, however, have experience with fostering. I have not had any children in my home that were removed for such frivolous things.
Comment by Brooke — June 12, 2007 @ 9:03 am
Dear linda,
I would never deny anyone’s God given right to have children. People should sit down and consider thier financial situation though before having four children. If a family can not afford a simple saftey gate and a fan then they did not need four children. I digress; people never consider what a child must endure in life when they decide or not decide to have one. Yes, there are frivolous claims being made but, more often than not there is substance behind the claims being made. As a parent I try to do what is necessary to make sure my kids are safe and comfortable. Even if that means puttng my life at risk for them.
Comment by John — June 12, 2007 @ 9:15 am
I agree, John… parenting includes doing what’s best for keeping the kids safe. For example, parents should be willing to give up all drug use while they have children in their home. Even if it is ‘just marijuana’… they should consider the consequences if CPS gets involved, and avoid the entire problem by staying away from drugs. That there are so many parents using them bothers me quite a bit.
Unfortunately the scenario I gave regarding the child safety gate and fan – I believe is not uncommon. I saw the actual social worker’s report on that one – which is why I sometimes use it as an example of what’s going on out there. I could give others that I’ve seen documents on that are equally trivial. That’s why I think this site is vital information for parents who can’t get an attorney to help them properly.
Comment by Linda — June 12, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
Brooke, I think it is common practice for caseworkers to conceal the truly trivial nature of many of their child detentions from the foster parents.
Comment by Linda — June 12, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
They are called the Department of Child and Family Services in Arlington County, VA, and they took my precious daughter from me on false charges of neglect.
PLEASE HELP ME GET MY LITTLE DAUGHTER BACK:
Narrative re: Removal of Sabrina Slyter
On April 3, 2005, Sabrina Slyter was born to Nancy Hey. She weighed 7 lb. 4 oz. Mother and baby were released from the hospital on April 5, 2005. On April 8, 2005, Ms. Hey took Sabrina to the pediatrician for a regular post-birth follow-up. The baby had lost weight (from 7lb. 4oz. to 6lb. 12oz.) so the pediatrician recommended supplementation with formula (Ms. Hey was nursing) and a follow-up visit several days later. Ms. Hey saw the pediatrician three more times after that initial visit. Although Sabrina’s weight only dropped to 6 lb. 10 oz., she did not exhibit a sustained weight gain. As a result, on that third visit, the doctor who saw Ms. Hey and Sabrina indicated that Sabrina’s weight loss and lack of sustained weight gain was more significant than Ms. Hey had been led to believe and he instructed Ms. Hey to admit Sabrina to the hospital.
So, on April 16, 2005, Sabrina and Ms. Hey were admitted to Virginia Hospital Center. Sabrina was admitted with a failure to thrive diagnosis. After increasing the amount of formula used to supplement Ms. Hey’s breast feeding, Sabrina gained weight. On April 19, Ms. Hey was visited by a social worker from the Arlington County Child Protective Services. On April 20, Ms. Hey and her live-in companion, Kit Slitor, (not the biological father of the baby) were compelled to sign a “Safety Plan†presented to them by the Arlington County CPS social worker. They were informed a refusal to sign would prevent the baby from being discharged. The following day, Ms. Hey and Sabrina were released from the hospital. On the date of release, Sabrina weighed 7 lb. 5 oz.
On April 22, the social worker and one or more home nurses visited the family. The social worker returned the next day, Saturday, April 23; however, Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor refused her entry, stating they wanted a “time out†while they retained legal counsel (a letter to that effect was handed to the social worker). Over the weekend they sought, and by Monday morning they retained, an attorney who immediately attempted to contact the social worker. (Another attorney who is a friend had attempted to contact the social worker over the weekend.) Notwithstanding the fact that counsel managed to speak to the social worker sometime late Monday morning, the social worker went forward with a request for an Emergency Removal Order which was granted. The Order was executed that day, April 25, and Sabrina was placed in foster care. At the time of removal, Sabrina weighed 8 lb. 1 oz., a 12 oz. gain from April 21 the day on which Sabrina was released from the hospital.
On May 2, the Court made a finding of abuse and neglect and ordered psychological evaluations for both Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor. Those evaluations, which were performed by individuals hired by the County, occurred over the course of the next two weeks. Following those evaluations, a Foster Care Service Plan was developed by the County. The Plan’s stated goal was “return home†and it imposed several obligations on the parents, all of which they have complied with. On July 5, the Foster Care Service Plan was presented to the Court and accepted.
Although visits were occurring between Sabrina and Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor, they did not occur on a set, regular schedule. The visits that did take place, took place at the County offices and were only approximately one hour in duration and usually no more than twice a week, although some weeks there was only one visit. By early September, for all intents and purposes, the visits had ceased, because Sabrina had exhibited increasing signs of distress. At a follow-up hearing on October 25, the Court ordered that a home visit occur. That visit occurred three days later, on October 28, after which both sides submitted to the Court memoranda summarizing the visit. On November 14, the Court issued a letter ordering that visits continue to occur in the parents’ home. One such additional visit occurred, on November 23, approximately a month after the previous in-home visit. Those two visits are the only visits Ms. Hey had been able to participate in since late August/early September. Mr. Slitor, whom the County wanted to evaluate as the potential primary caretaker since Ms. Hey had been ruled out by the County as such, did have several short visits on his own in October and one in December. (It should be noted that Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor got married in October.)
At a follow-up hearing in late November, the Court ordered both sides to submit a plan for facilitating the goal of return home, which both sides did. In mid-December, the Court informed both sides that it had accepted the plan submitted on behalf of Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor, which contemplated regular, frequent visits with increasing duration accompanied by instruction from a qualified home-based services provider. The Court ordered that all visitation cease until the new reunification process could begin with the new service providers. The Court also ordered that Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor be financially responsible for the services to be provided.
Starting in January, that plan was implemented and the reunification process got underway. Initially, the service providers familiarized themselves with Sabrina and Sabrina with them. They then slowly and carefully reintroduced the parents to Sabrina in an effort to properly restart the attachment process. The visits occurred on a set schedule (3 days a week) in the parents’ home and, as time went on, the duration of the visits steadily increased. During these visits, the parents received parenting instruction and once a week they participated in a parent-infant therapy session. The amount of instruction provided by the home-based workers decreased as time went on.
This process continued until approximately June 15, by which time Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor were spending more than 20 hours a week with Sabrina and even had had two supervised overnight visits with Sabrina. Notably, throughout this process, Sabrina did not exhibit any of the distress she previously exhibited which had led the County to essentially terminate visits. However, on June 15, the Court accepted the County’s proposed change in goal, put forth in March, from “return home†to “adoptionâ€. This occurred notwithstanding the Court’s acknowledgment that significant progress had been made in the reunification process and that the parents had maintained consistent contact with Sabrina.
A hearing on the County’s petition for termination of parental rights was scheduled for September 20, 21, and 22. However, on September 20, the parties agreed to the entry of an involuntary termination order. They also agreed upon continued visitation, albeit on a truncated scale (Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor now see Sabrina only every other week for three hours which primarily is the result of the foster parents having moved to North Carolina), pending an appeal of both the change of goal and the termination to the Circuit Court for Arlington County. That appeal got underway in December 2006 and is scheduled to continue at least through April 24, 2007.
In addition to the judicial action, the County issued, on June 20, 2005, an administrative finding against Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor of physical neglect and failure to thrive, assigning the highest possible level to its finding. As a result of this finding, Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor currently are subject to having their names appear on the Virginia Department of Social Services Child Abuse/Neglect Central Registry for a period of 18 years.
Upon a request for an appeal, a local conference was held on November 30, 2005. The presiding official was the Deputy Director of Social Services for Arlington County. On December 6, 2005, the Deputy Director issued her decision which was to uphold the initial finding. Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor appealed this decision and, on June 21, 2006, that appeal was heard by a hearing officer designated by the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services. On September 1, 2006, the hearing officer issued his decision.
In short, the hearing officer determined that the Agency (i.e., the County) failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence its contention that Sabrina met the criteria for a finding of physical neglect-failure to thrive and, accordingly, reversed the decision. As a result, Ms. Hey and Mr. Slitor are no longer subject to appearing on the Child Abuse/Neglect Central Registry.
Despite having been exonerated in the administrative proceeding, the judicial action continues unresolved. On June 1st, 2007, Judge James Almand of the Fourth Circuit Court of Arlington County ruled to uphold the lower court’s ruling to terminate the parental rights of Nancy Hey, and to deny the petitions for custody filed by Sabrina’s stepfather Kit Slitor and maternal grandmother Louise Hey.
Comment by Nancy Hey — June 13, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
Linda, regarding your reply to my comments on the 12th, there is nothing trivial about child safety. Even the slightest of safety issues can be of great consequence to a child. So is having a safety gate trivial? I would ask the people who have lost children because they did not buy a gate for the stairs.
Comment by John — June 14, 2007 @ 5:51 pm
John, that is true that there’s nothing trivial about child safety – however ripping children from their homes is cruel torture for not only the children, but the entire family. There should be a good reason, and if buying a few needed household items for a poor family can fix the problem, that’s far better than traumatizing children and ruining their lives by putting them in foster homes.
THINK. What is the better choice here?
Comment by Linda — June 15, 2007 @ 6:26 am
They Call IT CWPS in Oregon They Took My Kids On the 13th of june under false allegations of neglect these ppl wont help me to make repairs to my home but they’ll damn well take my children with armed law enforcement officers
Comment by Perry Brock — June 15, 2007 @ 4:26 pm
Colorado’s is called Department of Child Protection
Comment by Darlene — June 18, 2007 @ 9:32 am
It is Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) here in ARKANSAS, through the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services; or CPS, which I like to refer to as the Child Prison System!
Comment by JANICE HUTTO — June 20, 2007 @ 8:42 am
in the translations encoded in the bible the C P S has been named as follows ( slave traders in the flesh of the innocent for the lust and greed of the coin of the relm ) in short you have the worst form of greed and corruption that can only lead to the downfall of the future of the U.S.A.
when you have agents that claim wards of the court as tax exemptions
(i rest my case.
Comment by stephen waner — June 22, 2007 @ 11:47 am
In the state of Washington they are called CPS
Child Protective Services………I call them “Baby Snatchers!” If you can’t afford an attorney then you are on their list and sooner or later they will see you in their radar.
Comment by LJM — June 26, 2007 @ 11:25 pm
in jackson county,missouri cps is called the “Children’s Division”, of family services
Comment by stephanie laning — June 30, 2007 @ 8:42 am
dfps-Deparment of family and Protective Services
Comment by jennifer — September 19, 2007 @ 3:28 pm
My comment is to all who have written, especially those that uphold the child protection services to steal children given to mothers by God. whether its called cps, ocs or whatever; they are all the same. They are anly interested in the money they get from the Fed. government for every increase they make ;in adoptions or permanent placement of these children they steal from their parents. Nothing new in the games they play. I was one of six taken and placed in foster care for their so called neglect and abuse. I was 13 at the time. Three of the girls were raped in foster homes and one brother was murdered and not one thing was done about it!!!!! The only thing new is they get a LOT mor MONEY for the children thay steal now and they will tell whatever lies needed to get these children to SELL. I have lived or been exposed to all but two states in the U.S. and their mode of operation is the same everywhere. If you look close enough you will find the only children ever returned to their parents are mentally or physically handicapped.. thus unadoptable. We need a program for truly abused children but at this present time we do not have any available. There needs to be an oversight committee of children that have been abused by the cps system and with the power to stop this uncontrolled government agency that is paid so well for stealing children and placingthem for adoption the minute they get them away from their parents. I even have a newspaper clipping that states that is what they did with my tewo brothers and I also read the letter thay sent my mother, stating that “we are placing these children in foster care until you can provide a home for them.” We were living with my grandparents after my father abandoned us in another state and mother had just gotten us back to her parents home when these child theives showed up. Tow little adoptabel baby boys that they took first and slowly placed the rest of us in homes of pediphiles, alcoholics, and homes that wanted someone to do all their work for them. And when they no longer had any use for them they sent them back to ocs. I’m sorry this is so long, but, can’t even cover how bad it is to be in the care of cps where you are more likely to be abused and killed than in your own home with your God selected parents. Every cps worker I have ever met needs to be taken out and given a dose of their own treatments, and never get their children back and have to go to prison for life for what they have done to these CHILDREN and their parents. It is too bad that we can no longer take an eye for an eye. Unless there is something done to stop this ring of child theives and treatment of the u.s. citizens by government agencies like this we will no longer be a democracy and our country will be no better than some we condem for the way they treat their citizens.
Comment by J. Jennings — October 28, 2007 @ 5:46 pm
I didn’t mention in my note on the 28th that I also have a problem with ocs in Anchorage. They took my two great grandchildren from my granddaughter with the charge she abused one of them and placed them in the home where they were in the presence and care of their paternal father. the real abuser, not only abusive to the boy but to my granddaughter that is public record. He abused her in front of the children biting and hitting her and has also bit both children—-the reason she had divorced him. He also had lost all parental rights in court and there is a court order to that effect as well as a restraining order that he broke prior to his father and live in girlfriends accusations to ocs that their mother had abused the boy. To make a long story short, ocs took the children and gave them to the paternal grandfather and live in girlfriend, her teenage son and the childrens father that had lost all custody rights and not to be alone at any time owth the children. They wer also in the care and home of their paternal grandmother who is married to a registered sex offender which the great granddaughter(3 years old) told her mother that she had slept with him(the sex offender) while she was over at grandma ????. This was reported and all ocs did was say the child was lieing. I went up to help with the children while they were investigating the complaint in the beginning and had called them(ocs) and let them know I was comming and when I would arrive and they tried to discourage me from comming up and when they knew I was comming they jumped up and took the children!!!! The state police found no proof of abuse by my granddaughter and dropped the complaint and also the miitary osi dropped it as well (my granddaughter is a military dependent). The ocs office workers gave me their rules about my visitating the children and under what circumstances they could be with me and what I had to do when around their mother. I did exactly as I was directed and in ghe hearing they lied to the court by saying I did something I wasn’t suppposed to do and also tried setting me up in every way they could to keep me from being able to get the children back home where they belong. That was a year ago the first part of Nov. They used the excuse to disqualify the childrens grandmother (my daughter) by saying she saw the abuse and didn’t report it. The thing is that the grandmother hadn’t seen the children after they went to visit their paternal grandfather after the court hearing that took their fathers custody rights from him. A reason for the children given to the court for not getting the children back with their mother is because”she won’t admit she beat the boy”. I didn’t know you have to admit being guilty to something you didn’t do to get justice in the United States!!!! With cps, ocs, or whatever they go by you have no constitutional rights against their accusations!!! The ocs worker was caught in a lie by the hearing judge in the last hearing and the children were supposed to be ready to be returned to their Mother by the 25th of Oct. 2007—-guess what they didn’t do what they were supposed to do and the hearing is postponed till next month. What next? Your guess is as good as mine. These nazi acting cps groups are as bigt of group of lawbreakers as any prisoner in our prisons except in this country there is no one that will stop them and punish them for abusing families in the open and trying to make people admit to something they didn’t do. Since the ocs agent first involved with the report seems to be a friend of the live in girlfriend and has covered up signs of abuse since being where they have placed the children and done nothing to investigate I suspect a big coverup is being done by ocs. The child had bruises but they knew how he got some of them and I also, suspect their father had beat the boy again and his family and their ocs friends have tried this to get the children away from their mother and give back to their father in this case. The more people that fall for the stories of so many abusive parents that ocs is feeding them without doing some investigating and see for themselves what is going on they will keep getting away with this abusive and illegal taking(stealing) of children for the almighty dollar paid to them by our? government. I say KNOW ALL THE FACTS BEFORE PASSING JUDGEMENT ON ALL THESE PARENTS ACCUSED OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE!!!!!!!! j. jENNINGS
Comment by J. Jennings — October 30, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
I have over 24 case files representing more than 30 children in Iowa abused knowingly by the Iowa DHS Please contact me regarding a Class Action Lawsuit aginst Iowa DHS and court officials
Wendy Rosen
717 Grand Ave. # 405
Des Moines, IA 50309
Email: wild_hare_promos at yahoo.com
Comment by Wendy Rosen — November 21, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
Wendy, thank you.
May I suggest you register for Linda’s Message Board, so you may more closely network with those in IA?
BTW, New York has Children’s Rights who will contact local attys if they think your case(s) are legit.
They were the brokers for the 4 starving, adoptive boys in NJ.
The children were awarded 12.5M by the wealthy state of NJ.
Please remember that caseworkers may hold “Malpractice or Errors and Omissions ” Insurance.
Even the conservative state of Texas allowed its caseworkers to purchase this insurance through payroll deductions.
Even attys may not realize this. Although the subject should be broached in depostions.
BTW, once the attys were apprised of this fact, the settlement offer escalated from 10M ( original figure) to 12.5M
Take a look at the Roska case in Utah.
Google Roska v. DCFS.
Best Fern.
fern5827
At the big A ISP.
Comment by Fern — November 22, 2007 @ 7:32 am
I have met many women who have had this happen to them. My situation involves my Grandmother being forcefully placed in a nursing home by the Iowa Dept. of Human Services…as grandma says: “there’s nothing ‘human’ about it!” It took months of legal wrangling and publicity before she could come back home to live with my mom. Grandma is now 90 years old and has a force placed guardian on her who could at any second and without warning, whisk her away to the home again. I would also mention that she was forcefully injected with drugs to “dope her up” whenever she protested her placement in the nursing home…NUMEROUS violations of the Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act….pure evil. Our website is: http://www.savegrandma.org with more detail. Thanks
Comment by John Wilson — December 1, 2007 @ 6:19 pm
Wendy:
What is your phone number?
How do you explain your street address and the room/office number which does not exist (#405) there?
I called the Des Moines YWCA (that address) and talked to the boss there and she said there is no #405 there. I am concerned that you claim you have over 24 case files, as this terminology is more typical of caseworkers. What parents interested in suing Iowa DHS would want there information to be handled by the Des Moines YWCA, which is a large contractor to DHS for visitation supervision? Particularly if the address is nonsensical? The e-mail address was also considerably less than inspiring. Also, I sent you an e-mail and got no response.
How do we know you are not an Iowa DHS caseworker or somebody else on a “fishing expedition” for information?
Could you post the name and address of your attorney?
Or e-mail me contact information on some of the other parties to your class action?
Greegor@hotmail.com
You wrote
———————————————–
I have over 24 case files representing more than 30 children in Iowa abused knowingly by the Iowa DHS Please contact me regarding a Class Action Lawsuit aginst Iowa DHS and court officials
Wendy Rosen
717 Grand Ave. # 405
Des Moines, IA 50309
Email: wild_hare_promos at yahoo.com Wendy Rosen -November 21, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
Comment by Greg Hanson — December 2, 2007 @ 10:08 am
WHAT DO WE CALL THEM IN MN.? WELL ILL TELL YOU WHAT I CALL THEM ITS NOT CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. ITS I DONT GIVE A CRAP ABOUT YOUR CHILD/ CHILD KIDNAPPING SERVICES. HECK I COULD GO ON FOREVER WITH A BUNCH OF NAMES FOR THOSE IDIOTS!!!!
Comment by SCOTT A. — January 17, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
I have to agree with Scott A I had my children taken from me in Minnesota back in 2002 with false claims I did everything the social worker ask me to do plus more she told me that she make sure I never got my kids back My oldest just turn 16 today.
can we say legal black market babies cause that is what the goverment is doing with our children my heart goes out to everyone that is going thru this or has gone thru this
Comment by Debra V — January 17, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
SCOTT COULD HAVE NOT SAID IT ANY BETTER!!!! WE HAVE GOT TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE TO ALL THESE “AMERICANS” WHO SUPPOSIDLY LIVE IN THE “LAND OF THE FREE” OR IS IT REALLY LIKE- “LAND OF THE STATE?” COME TOGETHER AND AND FREE OUR PEOPLE…THE CHILDREN!!!! GOD BLESS ALL YOU PARENTS (BIRTH) WHO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THIS CRAP!!!!!XOXOXOXO HANG IN THERE, DON’T LET THESE AHOLES TEAR YOU DOWN!! LOVE WILL LEAD US BACK!
Comment by annette edwards — January 18, 2008 @ 1:31 pm
WA State CPS
Anyone reading this that has had a false allegation or any dealings with the dispicable people at CPS or DCFS please contact me.
We are now awaiting an Appeal on false allegations coerced out of our DD Psychotic son by a male relative.
WA state is particularly bad. The state Ombudsman is in thier back pocket, so no use complaining to them.
Region 1 in Spokane is horrible. That is where Tyler DeLeon and Samantha Lytle died. They were so busy chasing nonsense they could not properly protect 2 children in real danger.
‘Oh yeah Tylers Mom was sleeping with a CPS worker and had 7 investigations previous to his death,
all unfounded. Plus a 20 yr easily accesed file of child abuse allegations. Her own bio children did not want ot live with her.
Anyway, please contact me at Farmmamato8 -at- yahoo.com
I would love to get a group together to meet with Senator McMorris, to contact the media.
One voice sounds like sour grapes.
Many voices sound an alarm.
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To Dothory torres I hopping you are reading this!!!!
The night that I called your office, you may not have relized it was friday and the kids are to be returned on saturday morning, you told me to call the hot lkine they would get in touch with you, before I sent them back that wa why I called some many times.
I took you at your word you are just like the rest of them, I thought you were better then them , you said if I found out what had happened you would take care of it before my kids went back to mom, I had hours, if it were wednesday, or thursday I would have waitting till the next day, CPS let my son be choked by cheasley and did nothing about it.I was told your office was one of the wroste in the state I think that is ture. you people think you are ubove the law, you are not! your S#!T smell just like the rest of us only you have to live with your smell, GOD IS WATCHING YOU maybe after the lies you told on me, and now the lies you are cover up so you dont get in trobble, I am glade I didnt go thru with that eval,that would have just sealed the deal, that was why you got so made that I cought it before you set me up all the way.
san mateo county CPS If I find out your are smell in my drection one time. hell will come down on CPS and I will be ridding his back. you people could not get me on anything so you lied and now you will answer for. when you meet you maker just to let you know he is red and on fire so you know what creature, you were S#!T from
Comment by AaronShinabery — August 5, 2008 @ 9:59 am
In Alaska it is OCS, however they do have CPS under the Department of Law who work very hard at taking your children away. I have been looking for a site like this for some time. I guess I didn’t use the correct search terms before, this time I used, sue OCS…lol. I also have a HUGE problem with OCS in Anchorage, AK., it’s a long story and I’ll try to make it short. My granddaughter whom is now 6 and was 3 at the time, was taken away from my daughter because of drug use. Honestly, she didn’t really follow up on what they wanted her to do to get her daughter back. Would it had really mattered or made a difference…I think not! Immediately, my husband (my daughter’s step father) and I took our grand daughter in to live with us. Right away they were asking us to sign on the dotted line to adopt. Of course we wanted our daughter to get help and be with her daughter again. To this day there is still quite a strong bond between the two of them for which we would like to continue. We had our granddaughter for 2 1/2 years, she had just entered kindergarten at one of our wonderful public schools (I’m being facetious). After being in school 3 weeks, two troopers, a police officer and a social worker show up at our door wanting to take our granddaughter to their office to speak to her. I wasn’t home from work yet and my husband asks what this about. He thought it was about an incident where my daughter had said she was going to go to the school and grab her daughter. They tell him they will talk to him later. Mind you that our granddaughter is in the custody of the state and we are just family care givers. So my husband doesn’t feel he can say no and they take her away. I get a call on my cell that they want to talk to me and I go to a place called the Children’s Place. They take me into a room with a camera and a recorder and begin asking questions. In the meantime, troopers are also at our house questioning my husband. If hindsight were 20/20 we would have asked for an attorney. They told me that our granddaughter had said that Grandpa tried to get her Monkey Liver and did I know what that was. Duh! It was a game we played with her tickling her tummy and blowing on her tummy. When she first came to live with us we called her our little monkey, might sound weird, but that is what it was. Just an innocent game. She had told the teacher one day she didn’t want to go home because Granpa ate her Monkey Liver. Well….she had been in a little trouble at school the day before and she wasn’t allowed to watch any movies or play any games for a couple days, so those were the words she used. Of course the teacher took it to another level and here we are. Back to questioning – they asked me if my husband masturbated, what our sex life was like, when was the last time we had sex and on and on. The troopers were asking my husband the same questions. They left the room and came back a few minutes later stating that one of us was lying because our stories didn’t match on when the last time we had sex was. Anyhow, they said I could bring Alexis home with me as long as my husband wasn’t in the home. He packed up and went to his parents. I’m going to try to shorten this…about a week later I was told that if I divorced my husband I could keep Alexis. OCS said in a teleconference that the allegations were substantiated because Alexis said she was sexually abused and that he was not allowed visitation at all. I knew my husband was not capable of doing such a thing and I we had only been married 4 years, he was my rock and I was Not going to divorce him. I had to come up with a plan, I spoke to my parents and they were willing to adopt her if need be. I called OCS and told them my husband was coming home. The next day they took her away to the Salvation Army Cares for Kids. What a terrible place! Then the priciple of her school took her in and wanted to adopt her. We thought about taking out a third motgage on our house to get an attorney or sell it, when I came into some back child support. Thank God!!! We obtained an attorney and after 8 months and $10,000 we have her back with us. She is still in the states custody and we are going through the whole home study adoption thing again, but we have her back. After looking at all the evidence (dvd’s, audio tapes, police reports, etc.), our granddaughter never said she was sexually abused or anything remotely close. I still live with that decision to have my husband come home and they take her away. I did not know what to do. If you allow OCS to tear apart your family they will. If you don’t have the money to fight them, they will take your children. I can not tell you how many lies we read through the discovery process. Through the adoption process we are still being scrutinized. They are questioning us home schooling our granddughter and how are we going to raise her regarding sexuality and so on. Give me a break! Needless to say, the 8 months she was gone was the longest 8 months of my life and my husbands. We screamed, argued, cried, greived, were depressed and cried again and again. OCS has to be made accountable for their actions. They tear families apart and seem happy about it. I know I’ve left alot out, but this could be a book. I just want to say that my heart goes out to all of you. Isn’t there something we can do together to stop these people?
Comment by Tracey — October 7, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
P.S. I forgot to tell you, never do a lie detector test. These are set up to make you fail! We know, we learned the hard way!
Comment by Tracey — October 7, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
in maine it is called dhhs dept. of health and human services
Comment by melissa t. — December 8, 2008 @ 9:13 pm
in Mississippi its called the MDHS
Mississippi Department of Human Services
my story is that im 16 years old and my sister started a lie and i could get taken away by the MDHs and sent to a foster home im hopeing and praying that it doesnt happen but right now things aint lookin to good cant these people tell a lie from the truth r they truely proffesionals as they claim????!!!!! I DOUBT IT!!!!!!! my sister claimed that my step dad basically raped her HOW THE **** COULD HE DO THATR IM HOME 24/7 SO HE WOULDNT HVE A CHANCE AND IT IS GETTIN ON MY NERVES IM GONNA KILL HER IF SHE GETS ME HER AND MY 2 LITTLEST BROTHERS WHO R NOW 4 AND 5 YEARS OLD TAKEN AWAY FROM MY MOTHER SHE COULD HVE MY STEP DAD THROWN IN JAIL FOR LIFE MY SISTER IS A COLD HEARTLESS ***** AND I KNOW HATE HER!!! AND THE MDHS THEY R ONLY LIERS CHEATERS AND STEALERS THEY LIE TO THE PARENTS CHEAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT EVEN THOUGH THEY R PART OF IT AND THEY STEAL CHILDREN FROM THEIR LOVEING FAMILIES!!!!!!!!
Comment by Chris — December 17, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
In N.H. their called, DCYF-Destroyers of Children, Youth and Families
Comment by unhappygrammy — June 12, 2009 @ 7:57 am
Iowa dhs is a company of vicious animals all i have left of my three babys is memories if you can help me please do tell. i will omly divuldge information personally if you are a fony just know the I am a child of the only true and living god.
Comment by carolynn — November 18, 2009 @ 12:26 pm
my email is cburks 27 @ yahoo.com who knows the story in the bible wher the people were told to march around the wall a number of times and then to shout a loud noise at that moment the wall fell by the power of god!! do not be silence and never be discouraged the day of our saviors vengance on this insolent disobedient people is soon coming !!
Comment by carolynn — November 18, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
Carolynn, you can request feedback on your case on the message board. It is impossible for us to comment without knowing more. I totally agree that the Gideon story in the Bible shows the right path to take… that is what inspired me to start this website. We need a lot more websites, youtube videos, on-the-street protest marches, etc.
Comment by LindaJoMartin — November 18, 2009 @ 2:27 pm
In California, CPS is now called CSD or Children’s Services Division. I know someone who had her 9 day old baby taken by CSD, when it was diagnosed medically with “organic failure to thrive.” I read cases where the agency can intervene when yes it is a “non-organic failure to thrive” but can’t find one to justify taking this baby from it’s mother with the “organic” FTT. On this day baby was only 9 days old, mother and grandmother had appt. with UCD Medical Center (a referral appt), that they never got to keep. Can someone please share your opinion. This baby wasn’t abused etc. It’s all about the failure to thrive. I think CSD is conveniently and knowingly leaving out the “organic” from their case paper work to discriminate against this mother age early twenites who has mild mental retardation but lived with her parents for emotional etc. support.
Comment by Anita — March 28, 2010 @ 1:07 pm
anyone out there still but help is again needed in san angelo cps a father had pot mom was clean & did not know it was there not me
cps took her 10yr old & 6 mo old breast feeding baby split them up & took them over 90 mi away didnt allow mom to see them for 10 days baby was breastfeeding & all test proved mother was not using any drugs of any kind cps said 2day at visit if anyone cried no more visit even kids help no attny in town will touch a cps case after the flds
please email if you have any ideas on how to help this young mother
the night they took the kids mom tried to get a family placement cps would not allow it or try grandmother was protective and stable they refused.
they have the first hearing on monday but again no attny and CPS keeps telling the parents we are you friend and we want you to get your kids back we are hear for you
Please email if you have any ideas
sasc[@]wcc.net
Comment by LIsa — April 2, 2010 @ 1:04 am
I am currently fighting to get custody of my two little girls. I spent 10.5 months in jail while the state attorney general investigated every nook and cranny in my life. After spending more than $100,000.00 on my defense all charges against me were dropped. My family went through hell while I was incarcerated. My 3 and 5 year old suffered immensely without money or proper care. I would like to network with as many people as posssible so that we can become a strong political force. I have nothing but time since my children are not with me.
By the way my e-mail is josepi_joe[@]yahoo.com
Comment by joe — May 5, 2010 @ 7:21 am
Joe, you’re welcome to join us on the message board and help come up with effective plans for activism and advocacy.
Comment by Linda Martin — May 6, 2010 @ 11:03 am
in maine it’s called dhhs. (dipshits horibly handling situations.) my name for them. my brother moved home from nc. and found out that his ex-wifes husband had molested her oldest daughter (no relation) and was convicted of it. and dhhs left his 11 year old daughter in the house after the conviction without even informing him of the situation. so he fought for custody and won well then his daughter got into trouble and he had to take her phone away and ground her(first time since he had her) she rebelled and made a false accusation that even the cops did not warrant as worth investigating yet dhhs has since convicted him in there minds and totally ransact his life and everyone who believes his inocense. and delayed any trial or hearing it’s been one and half years and he hasn’t even got in front of a judge to try his case. the dhhs in maine is too powerful they answer to no one and if they do answer to someone that person is a former employee of dhhs can anyone say conflict of interest much!!!!!!!!!! this state’s dhhs is by far the most corrupt in america the land of the ………free?…
Comment by john — May 7, 2010 @ 4:33 am
Here in Louisiana OCS just got a name change to DFCS. My wife and adore our 18 month old grandaughter. The mother is on dope bad, we called DFCS for the third time (to turn the mother in). Due to false accuastions made by the mother we can not see our grandbaby for 6 months. Does anybody have any recommendations?
Comment by CB Smith — September 25, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
CB Smith – I recommend that you quit calling CPS. That course of action can backfire badly. Many grandparents think the baby will be better off with them or in foster care but in reality the child can get adopted out to strangers within 18 months and then you’ll never see it again. Just because you’re willing to raise your granddaughter doesn’t mean CPS agents will give her to you. The state will make more money by keeping her in a foster home then adopting her out.
Comment by Linda Martin — September 26, 2010 @ 7:55 pm
I was involved in a CPS case in WY. My kids were taken away because of conditions in the house caused from all of the stress I was under from dealing with my husband at the time. They were placed with an AWESOME foster family. The foster family went out of there way to take my kids to places that they knew we frequented so that we would be able to see them more often than DCFS wanted. My husband and I were placed on the registry for neglect and abuse. We followed the case plan to the letter. In fact we followed it so well that DCFS knocked some stuff off that they origionally wanted us to complete because they felt that it was not needed anymore. The goal was always reunification for us. My kids were taken and returned within 7 months. It was one of the fastest cases that they had. Even the foster family was saying that we should get our kids back.
I just wanted to say that there are some good outcomes and that not all situations end badly.
Since I have gotten my kids back I have gotten rid of the husband and most of my stress went with him. I am in the process of finding parenting classes to start and a MOPS group to join. I am going to be writing a letter to get my name off the registry and I want to be able to get off it because you only get to petition once and after that the decision is final. And if I am going to pursue my CNA dream than I need to get off.
In my case having DCFS step in was a good thing for me because it was a wake up call for me.
Comment by Anne — November 17, 2010 @ 6:54 pm
Anne, so glad to hear that you had a positive outcome to your case and that your children are home safe again. There’s nothing wrong with a wake-up call – and many parents DO need them.
What I object to is when families are torn apart forever with little justification. Also, I object to taking children without giving parents a warning that things must change or else. If they gave parents an opportunity to change /before/ detaining the children I’d probably not be an advocate / activist at all.
There are very few situations where children are truly abused to the extent that they should immediately be removed from their homes. Most CPS cases are based on less serious situations such as neglect to keep a house totally clean at all times (something really hard to do when there are young children in the home.)
Comment by Linda Martin — November 18, 2010 @ 6:57 pm
Hi there, Alaska OCS is where I am dealing with they have my children as well. I have a court appointed, but okay attorney even if he’s mostly not involved. (I do my own legal research and I give the suggestions as to what I might do.,..he’s paid by the state to keep me company not do research and his paralegal, though eager is not very helpful. I haven’t seen the inside of a courtroom..and what sucks is I called them for help My husband and I called them so that he could get help..and they took his kids..our kids away for it. I asked for resources..they gave me foster care and supervised visits. I asked for treatment options and they charged me with neglect and said I was “minimizing” the problems. (The only problem is my husband has PTSD/Manic Depression and when he is in a bad cycle he cannot control relapses to drinking. Which is why I mostly look after them and he has very little “unsupervised” time. (Mind you this is the guy that chaperones class trips..bandages the knees because mama passes out at the sight of blood, braves the dogs fangs at nail trim time..etc. Cooks, cleans and even helps with homework..has a mental illness and has a hard time sleeping..in chronic pain..and since he has a hard time sometimes he can’t see his kids…at all without their say so now.
Comment by Heidi — June 18, 2011 @ 4:04 am
i am a victim of cps they took our two children away at birth our son christian was born in dec 2006 and our daughter was born in june 2008. they took them at birth i never had a chance to bring either child home to be with me and my husband. they sent us to do counceling and evaluations did some home visits supervised and never alone with our kids. they would bring our son to see us when he was a baby and he would scream when i held him. and when his sister was born he would scream when the foster mom left the room. she would always have to be in room cause of it i think they did something prior to the visit to him to make him scared of us. we never got our kids back. we didnt sign adoption papers and they called it involuntarly to sign
Comment by tabitha smith — January 31, 2012 @ 1:28 am