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Foster care cash cow

by Troy Anderson

Perverse incentive factor' rewards county for swelling system, critics say

Up to half of Los Angeles County's foster children were needlessly placed in a system that is often more dangerous than their own homes because of financial incentives in state and federal laws, a two-year Daily News investigation has found.

unitedforjustice.com

October 2, 2006

Foster care cash cow

by Troy Anderson

Perverse incentive factor' rewards county for swelling system, critics say.

United for Justice works to create justice in the family court system. Providing strength, power, and a unified voice for women and children caught in crisis in America's courts."

unitedforjustice.com

September 9, 2006

L.A. official targets foster care system

by Troy Anderson

Disturbed to learn that Los Angeles County social workers returned dozens of children to parents or caretakers who later killed them, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo asked the grand jury on Monday to investigate and identify areas for reform.

"We have a child welfare system that is broken," Delgadillo said. "And I'm not going to sit on the sidelines while kids are being harmed by the very system designed to protect them. "We think there are as many, maybe more, than 75 children whose lives have been lost" in the last five years, he said.

Whittier Daily News

August 29, 2006

Foster care fund waiver to expand DCFS services

by Troy Anderson

With only nine hours to spare before the deadline, the federal government approved a long-awaited funding waiver that will allow Los Angeles County's child-protective system to use a large chunk of its budget on innovative services to keep families toget

"This is revolutionary," county Department of Children and Family Services Director David Sanders said. "This is the first (large waiver) in the country. It's absolutely huge. It completely changes the financial incentives within the child-welfare system for the state and county." The state of California, at the request of DCFS, first sought the flexible funding waiver in mid-2004 following a Daily News series that revealed that government and private contractors profit from foster children. DCFS officials admitted that up to half the children in foster and adoptive homes were needlessly placed in a system that is often more dangerous than their homes. Officials said state and federal laws had created incentives for placing children in foster care since the county and its contractors receive $30,000 to $150,000 annually for each child.

Los Angeles Daily News (CA)

March 31, 2006

Safety net for ex-foster kids

by Truong Phuoc Khanh

At 2, he was removed from the custody of his mother, a drug addict. At 17, he became a father. At 18, he was emancipated from the foster care system, homeless, a ward of no one.

Daniel Bell's story might have ended disastrously except that he now has a network that wraps him in a blanket of supportive services, including a house that shelters him and mentors who motivate him every day to be a better man.

The San Jose Mercury News (CA)

October 28, 2006

Father of boy killed on Saskatchewan reserve blames government for son's death | Turtle Island News Daily Edition | Canada's only national daily Native news service

by Turtle Island News Webmaster

Father of boy killed on Saskatchewan reserve blames government for son's death

Lee Allen Bonneau was in the care of social services and living with foster parents when he died in August 2013 on the Kahkewistahaw (kack-ah-WISH'-tah-haw) reserve near Broadview.

theturtleislandnews.com

March 25, 2015

Questions for GMOs' New Policy Opponent

by Twilight Greenaway

Elizabeth Kucinich, a vegan and vocal opponent of genetically engineered foods, joins the Center for Food Safety as Director of Policy.

Her husband's political career may have cooled off for the time being, but Elizabeth Kucinich is just getting started. The wife of former U.S. Congressman and Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has turned her sights on the politics of the plate. Her new position puts Kucinich squarely at the center of a number of controversial food battles. We spoke with this dynamo recently about the Farm Bill, the documentary she produced, and the work she has ahead of her.

takepart.com

May 14, 2013

US Closes 2011 With Record $15.22 Trillion In Debt, Officially At 100.3% Debt/GDP, $14 Billion From Breaching Debt Ceiling

by Tyler Durden

While not news to Zero Hedge readers who knew about the final debt settlement of US debt about 10 days ahead of schedule, it is now official.

According to the US Treasury, America has closed the books on 2011 with debt at an all time record $15,222,940,045,451.09. And, as was observed here first in all of the press, US debt to GDP is now officially over 100%, or 100.3% to be specific, a fact which the US government decided to delay exposing until the very end of the calendar year. We wonder, rhetorically, just how prominent of a talking point this historic event will be in any upcoming GOP primary debates.

zerohedge.com

January 3, 2012

Ohio puts 200-pound third-grader in foster care

by U.S. News

An Ohio third-grader weighing more than 200 pounds has been taken from his family and placed into foster care when county social workers said his mother wasn't doing enough to control his weight.

The Plain Dealer reports that the 8-year-old is considered severely obese and at risk for diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. The Ohio Health Department estimates more than 12 percent of third-graders statewide are severely obese. The removal of the Cleveland child is the first state officials can recall of a child being put in foster care for a strictly weight-related issue.

usnews.msnbc.msn.com

December 6, 2011

Senate Passes Cantwell-Backed Bill to Reward Innovation in Foster Care That Keeps Families Together

by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell

Bill changes system that punished Washington State's innovative foster care programs; now heads to President's desk Cantwell: 'Instead of punishing Washington state for keeping kids out of foster care, this bill ensures innovation'.

WASHINGTON, D.C. On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) hailed the unanimous Senate passage last night of the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (H.R. 2883), which would allow states like Washington to continue innovative programs that reduce foster care caseloads and achieve positive outcomes for children without being penalized by losing federal funding.

politicalnews.me

September 25, 2011

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