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		<title>By: Doug</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CPS in maryland needs to be sued.and I am looking into it.they cause to much havoc and disregard grand parents.they have to much power and in court look like clones.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CPS in maryland needs to be sued.and I am looking into it.they cause to much havoc and disregard grand parents.they have to much power and in court look like clones.</p>
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		<title>By: Distraught Mommy :(</title>
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		<dc:creator>Distraught Mommy :(</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Linda or whoever it may concern
I have been fighting the most contentious court battle in Mendocino county for about 4 1/2 years.
My children were taken from me on December 19th 2006.
I will point out a couple important points in my case but I feel it would be better discussed over the phone as It is so much that I might not be able to draft t right for you.
 
My 2 children were detained due to mental health issues that affect my ability to parent. 
And a custody battle between me and one of the fathers. 
In the begining of this case I was ordered to get a psycological evaluation by Jaquline Singer in Santa rosa CA. Where I was diagnosed as having delusional disorder to make long story short I get to see my oldest child for 2 hours a month and she is due to be adopted out next month, i can&#039;t do anything except let it happen other wise it is seen as not in the best interest of my daughter. My youngest daughter was given to my mother in law for guardianship, who has (my family thinks) paid off someone in CPS for me to not progress with my children, I haven&#039;t seen her for a little over a year due to the mother in law violating court order, by ignoring any attempts I have made towards my court ordered visits. (in history stoped visits with me and her sister ignoring supervisors calls for visits for 6 months.) And a psychiatrist letter stating at this time it is detremental for me to have a relationship with my daughter due to my volentarally not visiting with my daughter and now she has mental health disorders. 
Before being put inplacement for adoption and guardianship, my children were both given to their fathers one who gave up his rights, gave her to his mother, and chose drugs over his daughter, and the other who was given family maintenance and lost her 5 days later due to emotional abuse, and later told that he wants her to be adopted&gt;&gt;(dialogue) Father says &quot;why can&#039;t you just adopt her out?&quot; SW says &quot;she won&#039;t be yours either.&quot; father says &quot;I don&#039;t care, I just don&#039;t want her to see her mom.&quot; after this and a few other recorded incidences it has been detremental for him to see her. &lt;&lt;&lt;this is the father who started this case with mother in law (the guardian of my other child) 
 
So please If you want to know more just e-mail me and i will tell you about my whole case there is much more. Just to let you know before hand there is a molestation allegation in this case .
Thank you</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Linda or whoever it may concern<br />
I have been fighting the most contentious court battle in Mendocino county for about 4 1/2 years.<br />
My children were taken from me on December 19th 2006.<br />
I will point out a couple important points in my case but I feel it would be better discussed over the phone as It is so much that I might not be able to draft t right for you.</p>
<p>My 2 children were detained due to mental health issues that affect my ability to parent.<br />
And a custody battle between me and one of the fathers.<br />
In the begining of this case I was ordered to get a psycological evaluation by Jaquline Singer in Santa rosa CA. Where I was diagnosed as having delusional disorder to make long story short I get to see my oldest child for 2 hours a month and she is due to be adopted out next month, i can&#8217;t do anything except let it happen other wise it is seen as not in the best interest of my daughter. My youngest daughter was given to my mother in law for guardianship, who has (my family thinks) paid off someone in CPS for me to not progress with my children, I haven&#8217;t seen her for a little over a year due to the mother in law violating court order, by ignoring any attempts I have made towards my court ordered visits. (in history stoped visits with me and her sister ignoring supervisors calls for visits for 6 months.) And a psychiatrist letter stating at this time it is detremental for me to have a relationship with my daughter due to my volentarally not visiting with my daughter and now she has mental health disorders.<br />
Before being put inplacement for adoption and guardianship, my children were both given to their fathers one who gave up his rights, gave her to his mother, and chose drugs over his daughter, and the other who was given family maintenance and lost her 5 days later due to emotional abuse, and later told that he wants her to be adopted&gt;&gt;(dialogue) Father says &#8220;why can&#8217;t you just adopt her out?&#8221; SW says &#8220;she won&#8217;t be yours either.&#8221; father says &#8220;I don&#8217;t care, I just don&#8217;t want her to see her mom.&#8221; after this and a few other recorded incidences it has been detremental for him to see her. &lt;&lt;&lt;this is the father who started this case with mother in law (the guardian of my other child) </p>
<p>So please If you want to know more just e-mail me and i will tell you about my whole case there is much more. Just to let you know before hand there is a molestation allegation in this case .<br />
Thank you</p>
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		<title>By: Linda Martin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Linda Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sharon, please join us on our message board for feedback on your case. http://forum.fightcps.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sharon, please join us on our message board for feedback on your case. <a href="http://forum.fightcps.com">http://forum.fightcps.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: SHARON</title>
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		<dc:creator>SHARON</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>having problems with DFS in Fairfax Virginia

looking to start a class action on foster care abuse and the misuse of psychological testing
harassment with it to my son and myself

falsely accused of child abuse and then denied my son had have supervised visits

foster placements have hurt my son literally and he has been denied a FAPE

please help i am in maryland but son is in virginia due to his father</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>having problems with DFS in Fairfax Virginia</p>
<p>looking to start a class action on foster care abuse and the misuse of psychological testing<br />
harassment with it to my son and myself</p>
<p>falsely accused of child abuse and then denied my son had have supervised visits</p>
<p>foster placements have hurt my son literally and he has been denied a FAPE</p>
<p>please help i am in maryland but son is in virginia due to his father</p>
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		<title>By: Cortney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cortney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am concerned about my psychological evaluation...I opted to personal pay and pick all of the doctors for the services requested by CPS and they didn&#039;t refuse but said that if I paid for it and didn&#039;t do exactly what is needed dor the report it would not count.  Also that I should use the money for the kids and just let them take care of it.  There is so many more details but I am afraid I have let it go to far and screwed myself by allowing them too much info and to invade my civil rights.  I tryed to work with them being a concerned parent but I don&#039;t know what to do now!  Good CPS lawyers in my area are scarce and hard to get appointments just to have consult.  I am wondering if I should just go ahead and follow the family based safety services plan to rush everything along.  I have already rushed them by calling and talking to everyone to set up my appointments to finish their request.  I realize I don&#039;t have to do anything that isn&#039;t court ordered but my children are with mom the best benefit to my cooperation and foster care.  I don&#039;t want to mess that up because I get to see them anytime as long as it is not over night.  What to do?  I have an appt with an attorney it just took too long and after I&#039;m not sure how many days past the original thirty day investigation that started on the 23rd of October 2009 and now the present January 6th 2010 they are supposed to being closing the investigation(inconclusive findings and the forensic dr in Dallas never responded back to the pictues that they supposedly sent) after they finally for the first time do a home visit of my mothers house today.  Yes they allowed me to volunterily placed them in anothers care but never untill now months later came to check to make sure it was a proper place for them.  For all they know it could be a drug house with a sex ring running out of it and have no food, water or basic needs yet their primary concern is the childrens safety and well being.  Amazing huh?  They could be worse off then bfore yet they are taking my word on it saying my mother is ok to keep them.  Yet they don&#039;t trust or believe a word I am saying and question the childrens supervision with me and their to be step dad. BS! They are trying to keep their jobs and we are the pawns and tools used to do so.  So what do I do if I already signed the safety plan yet they are closing the investigation and have no court orders???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am concerned about my psychological evaluation&#8230;I opted to personal pay and pick all of the doctors for the services requested by CPS and they didn&#8217;t refuse but said that if I paid for it and didn&#8217;t do exactly what is needed dor the report it would not count.  Also that I should use the money for the kids and just let them take care of it.  There is so many more details but I am afraid I have let it go to far and screwed myself by allowing them too much info and to invade my civil rights.  I tryed to work with them being a concerned parent but I don&#8217;t know what to do now!  Good CPS lawyers in my area are scarce and hard to get appointments just to have consult.  I am wondering if I should just go ahead and follow the family based safety services plan to rush everything along.  I have already rushed them by calling and talking to everyone to set up my appointments to finish their request.  I realize I don&#8217;t have to do anything that isn&#8217;t court ordered but my children are with mom the best benefit to my cooperation and foster care.  I don&#8217;t want to mess that up because I get to see them anytime as long as it is not over night.  What to do?  I have an appt with an attorney it just took too long and after I&#8217;m not sure how many days past the original thirty day investigation that started on the 23rd of October 2009 and now the present January 6th 2010 they are supposed to being closing the investigation(inconclusive findings and the forensic dr in Dallas never responded back to the pictues that they supposedly sent) after they finally for the first time do a home visit of my mothers house today.  Yes they allowed me to volunterily placed them in anothers care but never untill now months later came to check to make sure it was a proper place for them.  For all they know it could be a drug house with a sex ring running out of it and have no food, water or basic needs yet their primary concern is the childrens safety and well being.  Amazing huh?  They could be worse off then bfore yet they are taking my word on it saying my mother is ok to keep them.  Yet they don&#8217;t trust or believe a word I am saying and question the childrens supervision with me and their to be step dad. BS! They are trying to keep their jobs and we are the pawns and tools used to do so.  So what do I do if I already signed the safety plan yet they are closing the investigation and have no court orders???</p>
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		<title>By: LindaJoMartin</title>
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		<dc:creator>LindaJoMartin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yesenia, if you are court ordered to take a psychological evaluation, you must do it or the judge will most likely rule against you. If you are not court ordered to do this, that is another matter. You might want to refuse, but then what? The caseworker may take your children. If you haven&#039;t gone to court yet you can plead innocent to the charges and ask for a full trial though most court appointed attorneys try to get their clients to plead guilty as it is easier (for the lawyers) than proceeding to a full trial. If you want more feedback on your case please register at our &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.fightcps.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FightCPS Message Board Forum&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesenia, if you are court ordered to take a psychological evaluation, you must do it or the judge will most likely rule against you. If you are not court ordered to do this, that is another matter. You might want to refuse, but then what? The caseworker may take your children. If you haven&#8217;t gone to court yet you can plead innocent to the charges and ask for a full trial though most court appointed attorneys try to get their clients to plead guilty as it is easier (for the lawyers) than proceeding to a full trial. If you want more feedback on your case please register at our <a href="http://forum.fightcps.com">FightCPS Message Board Forum</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: jasmaine a. jeffery,johnson</title>
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		<dc:creator>jasmaine a. jeffery,johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>me and my husband has had our civil rights violated.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>me and my husband has had our civil rights violated.</p>
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		<title>By: Yesenia Redman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yesenia Redman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They want me too take one what should i do i don&#039;t want to lose my childeren is there another opp. that i can do i really don&#039;t want to take the pys evl if there covered in the same blanket as cps</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They want me too take one what should i do i don&#8217;t want to lose my childeren is there another opp. that i can do i really don&#8217;t want to take the pys evl if there covered in the same blanket as cps</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Bales</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Bales</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My apologies for my atrocious typing and all the typos in the above post.  I&#039;m a stroke victim and my typing is one of the motor skills that suffered and I obviously didn&#039;t proofread that post well enough before entering it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My apologies for my atrocious typing and all the typos in the above post.  I&#8217;m a stroke victim and my typing is one of the motor skills that suffered and I obviously didn&#8217;t proofread that post well enough before entering it.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Bales</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Bales</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We&#039;re in Tulare County, California .

My grandson has suffered greatly because of the &quot;psych&quot; evaluations performed by an intern (I never knew what she was supposedly interning for but I assumed she was a wannabe social worker) for a private company contracted by our county to provide &quot;youth services&quot;.  This amateur seemed to have full control over everything that happened to Iain from the time he was removed from his mother&#039;s home and I placed him in their &quot;care&quot; on orders of the county.   He was not seen by an actual certified psychologist until I had taken him to a different agency where he actually did meet with a certified psychologist who said that he did not meet the criteria for an ADHD diagnosis and therefore didn&#039;t not need drugs.  Since addicting children to uppers seems to be a major part of their operation, they finally found a &quot;real&quot; doctor for him.

Up until then, his &quot;treatment&quot; consisted of fifty minutes a week with this intern who, to say the least, had some &quot;different ideas&quot; about parenting than the normal run of our own peers.  She actually once scolded my daughter for allowing Iain to be &quot;too clingy&quot; and for showing too much affection in the one hour a week they got to spend together.  In retrospect, a significant clue as to her actual motives.

Anyway, even when they managed to dig up a &quot;doctor&quot; to keep me from taking Iain somewhere else again, it was not a certified child psychologist, because they &quot;didn&#039;t have one on staff&quot; at the time.   This psychologist met with Iain and I for a total of roughly ten minutes the first time, hardly time for a proper evaluation even by someone qualified.  he did not say a single WORD to Iain during this period, only asking me a few questions and lecturing me in regard to the &quot;therapy&quot; Iain was going to be getting in the form of drugs. 

He already had a prescription made out for Concerta when we came into the room, apparently based solely upon the reports of the weekly &quot;therapy&quot; sessions with this intern.   Eventually, they did get a &quot;child psychologist&quot; on staff and his initial meeting with Iain was again about 10-15 minutes long and again the prescription for a different dosage of Concerta was already lying on the desk when we arrived.  The visits I was involved in with this person were never more than 15-20 minutes long either and consisted mainly of the doctor doing this little &quot;test of wills&quot; thing with Iain for a few minutes and then changing his prescription.

The addiction of the child to behavioral control drugs seems to be the primary reason they even bother to have them seen by someone actually certified to diagnose and prescribe.   They had Iain on an up and down roller coaster ride of different dosages of Concerta  for weeks afterward, changing his prescription every few weeks with every change producing a whole new Iain to deal with.  When I started insisting that Iain be evaluated by the other doctor at the outside agency, the one that had seen him before and who said he didn&#039;t NEED the drugs in the first place, they removed him from my care and placed him in foster care, and severely limited my access to him. 

For a while, my daughter had unsupervised visit privileges but shortly after he went to Foster care we started finding signs of injury, bruises, scratches, etc. and complained to CPS.  Their answer was to take away the unsupervised visits claiming that the injuries, which they admitted were inflicted by someone living at the foster home were somehow my daughter&#039;s fault because she didn&#039;t report them properly or soon enough.  Chcking you child&#039;s welfare is not exactly the easiest thing in the world, considering the massive restrictions they place on what you can or can&#039;t say to or ask the child.

She is now allowed to see him once a week and I am now allowed to see him only once a month, both of us under close supervision by a CPS worker.  I am not allowed to ask Iain any questions about his treatment or his well being, nor am I allowed to say anything to him that might get his hopes up about coming home... we can&#039;t do or say anything that might make him want to be home with his family and they&#039;re teaching him to call his foster mother &quot;Mom&quot;.

Someone needs to look into these contractual relationships between counties and these private organizations for who profit, not family reunification or the good of the child becomes the prime motivating factor.  I would be especially interested in learning how all of these little companies that seem to be purpose founded to profit from taking children into the system, immediately turning them into little drug addicts, and then refusing to reunify them with their families even when every possible and practical criterion  for rehabilitation on the part of the birth parent(s) has been met.

On the surface, the entire operation looks like nothing more than a white slavery ring wherein phony &quot;evaluations&quot; and drugs are being used to maintain children in the system for as long as possible while dangling the carrot of reunification in front of the birth parent(s) to keep them docile and full of false hope, with the ultimate goal actually being to farm them out to strangers, also sought out and &quot;certified&quot; by these same private companies, for pay, either through long term foster care or adoption. 

My daughter, at this time, is scared to death of these people.  Every time she has attempted to stand up for her rights after meeting yet another of the many &quot;just one more thing&quot; conditions they keep slapping on her, they have either taken away an already hard won privilege such as unsupervised visits, or threatened her with a total cessation or parental rights and having to see Iain vanish into the system forever.

Their latest demand is that she... a former addict and convicted felon, not the best baggage to be toting to job interviews during the best of times... at a time when a half million people a month without that kind of baggage are LOSING their jobs and we&#039;re in the middle of the worst financial meltdown since at least 1929... is that she be employed full time and  be entirely self supporting.    They know full well this is going to be an impooible demand for her to meet.  Not only that, but the prospects for poor families such a ruling presents should be chilling even to the most casual observer of these types of proceedings.  Is failure to have full time employment during a depression is going to be a criterion for these slavers to take and keep children now?  When does the roundup begin?  Will the requirement be applied to heretofore comfortable midle class families or will this simply continue to be a war waged by private enterprise with the open connivance of federal, state and local government against the poor?

And as if that weren&#039;t enough to indicate that they have no intention to reunite Iain and his family... at least one of the agencies involved, CASA, is saying that they&#039;re going to recommend against reunification because based on their evaluation of his mother&#039;s mental state... even though she has been fully certified by their own mental health department as no longer needing any further counseling and even though she serves as a volunteer counselor and coordinator for other young women in various functions of the system... &quot;they doubt her ability to handle both Iain and a full time job at the same time&quot;.  This classical Catch-22 is definitely a lose-lose situation for the family now and they aren&#039;t even trying to hide it anymore.

You tell ME what their ultimate goal is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re in Tulare County, California .</p>
<p>My grandson has suffered greatly because of the &#8220;psych&#8221; evaluations performed by an intern (I never knew what she was supposedly interning for but I assumed she was a wannabe social worker) for a private company contracted by our county to provide &#8220;youth services&#8221;.  This amateur seemed to have full control over everything that happened to Iain from the time he was removed from his mother&#8217;s home and I placed him in their &#8220;care&#8221; on orders of the county.   He was not seen by an actual certified psychologist until I had taken him to a different agency where he actually did meet with a certified psychologist who said that he did not meet the criteria for an ADHD diagnosis and therefore didn&#8217;t not need drugs.  Since addicting children to uppers seems to be a major part of their operation, they finally found a &#8220;real&#8221; doctor for him.</p>
<p>Up until then, his &#8220;treatment&#8221; consisted of fifty minutes a week with this intern who, to say the least, had some &#8220;different ideas&#8221; about parenting than the normal run of our own peers.  She actually once scolded my daughter for allowing Iain to be &#8220;too clingy&#8221; and for showing too much affection in the one hour a week they got to spend together.  In retrospect, a significant clue as to her actual motives.</p>
<p>Anyway, even when they managed to dig up a &#8220;doctor&#8221; to keep me from taking Iain somewhere else again, it was not a certified child psychologist, because they &#8220;didn&#8217;t have one on staff&#8221; at the time.   This psychologist met with Iain and I for a total of roughly ten minutes the first time, hardly time for a proper evaluation even by someone qualified.  he did not say a single WORD to Iain during this period, only asking me a few questions and lecturing me in regard to the &#8220;therapy&#8221; Iain was going to be getting in the form of drugs. </p>
<p>He already had a prescription made out for Concerta when we came into the room, apparently based solely upon the reports of the weekly &#8220;therapy&#8221; sessions with this intern.   Eventually, they did get a &#8220;child psychologist&#8221; on staff and his initial meeting with Iain was again about 10-15 minutes long and again the prescription for a different dosage of Concerta was already lying on the desk when we arrived.  The visits I was involved in with this person were never more than 15-20 minutes long either and consisted mainly of the doctor doing this little &#8220;test of wills&#8221; thing with Iain for a few minutes and then changing his prescription.</p>
<p>The addiction of the child to behavioral control drugs seems to be the primary reason they even bother to have them seen by someone actually certified to diagnose and prescribe.   They had Iain on an up and down roller coaster ride of different dosages of Concerta  for weeks afterward, changing his prescription every few weeks with every change producing a whole new Iain to deal with.  When I started insisting that Iain be evaluated by the other doctor at the outside agency, the one that had seen him before and who said he didn&#8217;t NEED the drugs in the first place, they removed him from my care and placed him in foster care, and severely limited my access to him. </p>
<p>For a while, my daughter had unsupervised visit privileges but shortly after he went to Foster care we started finding signs of injury, bruises, scratches, etc. and complained to CPS.  Their answer was to take away the unsupervised visits claiming that the injuries, which they admitted were inflicted by someone living at the foster home were somehow my daughter&#8217;s fault because she didn&#8217;t report them properly or soon enough.  Chcking you child&#8217;s welfare is not exactly the easiest thing in the world, considering the massive restrictions they place on what you can or can&#8217;t say to or ask the child.</p>
<p>She is now allowed to see him once a week and I am now allowed to see him only once a month, both of us under close supervision by a CPS worker.  I am not allowed to ask Iain any questions about his treatment or his well being, nor am I allowed to say anything to him that might get his hopes up about coming home&#8230; we can&#8217;t do or say anything that might make him want to be home with his family and they&#8217;re teaching him to call his foster mother &#8220;Mom&#8221;.</p>
<p>Someone needs to look into these contractual relationships between counties and these private organizations for who profit, not family reunification or the good of the child becomes the prime motivating factor.  I would be especially interested in learning how all of these little companies that seem to be purpose founded to profit from taking children into the system, immediately turning them into little drug addicts, and then refusing to reunify them with their families even when every possible and practical criterion  for rehabilitation on the part of the birth parent(s) has been met.</p>
<p>On the surface, the entire operation looks like nothing more than a white slavery ring wherein phony &#8220;evaluations&#8221; and drugs are being used to maintain children in the system for as long as possible while dangling the carrot of reunification in front of the birth parent(s) to keep them docile and full of false hope, with the ultimate goal actually being to farm them out to strangers, also sought out and &#8220;certified&#8221; by these same private companies, for pay, either through long term foster care or adoption. </p>
<p>My daughter, at this time, is scared to death of these people.  Every time she has attempted to stand up for her rights after meeting yet another of the many &#8220;just one more thing&#8221; conditions they keep slapping on her, they have either taken away an already hard won privilege such as unsupervised visits, or threatened her with a total cessation or parental rights and having to see Iain vanish into the system forever.</p>
<p>Their latest demand is that she&#8230; a former addict and convicted felon, not the best baggage to be toting to job interviews during the best of times&#8230; at a time when a half million people a month without that kind of baggage are LOSING their jobs and we&#8217;re in the middle of the worst financial meltdown since at least 1929&#8230; is that she be employed full time and  be entirely self supporting.    They know full well this is going to be an impooible demand for her to meet.  Not only that, but the prospects for poor families such a ruling presents should be chilling even to the most casual observer of these types of proceedings.  Is failure to have full time employment during a depression is going to be a criterion for these slavers to take and keep children now?  When does the roundup begin?  Will the requirement be applied to heretofore comfortable midle class families or will this simply continue to be a war waged by private enterprise with the open connivance of federal, state and local government against the poor?</p>
<p>And as if that weren&#8217;t enough to indicate that they have no intention to reunite Iain and his family&#8230; at least one of the agencies involved, CASA, is saying that they&#8217;re going to recommend against reunification because based on their evaluation of his mother&#8217;s mental state&#8230; even though she has been fully certified by their own mental health department as no longer needing any further counseling and even though she serves as a volunteer counselor and coordinator for other young women in various functions of the system&#8230; &#8220;they doubt her ability to handle both Iain and a full time job at the same time&#8221;.  This classical Catch-22 is definitely a lose-lose situation for the family now and they aren&#8217;t even trying to hide it anymore.</p>
<p>You tell ME what their ultimate goal is.</p>
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