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Over 3 million reports of child abuse are made every year in the United States. New Jersey CPS News Archive
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Pets Must Wear Seatbelts In New Jersey
by Bryan Nash
New Jersey lawmakers have determined that man's best friend needs to act more like a man and less like a dog. Any pet who is a passenger in a vehicle must be buckled up.
Drivers who fail to comply could be tagged with a $1,000 fine for each unrestrained animal. In the event of a wreck, owners can even be charged with animal cruelty and face jail time.
Personal Liberty Alerts
June 11, 2012
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Hunterdon County legal experts offer theories on why New Jersey seized Nazi-naming parents' kids
by Douglas B. Brill
Less than a month after news stories made the world aware of a boy named Adolf Hitler in Hunterdon County, the government took the toddler and his younger sisters from their parents with no public explanation.
Adolf Hitler Campbell has spent his fourth, fifth and sixth birthdays in foster care arranged by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services. Joycelynn Aryan Nation Campbell has turned 2, 3, and 4 years old in foster care. Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, taken as an infant, hardly knows any life other than that as a foster child.
lehighvalleylive.com
June 10, 2012
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Parents Of Adolf Hitler Denied Custody
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J., (UPI) -- A New Jersey judge ruled the parents of four children with Nazi-inspired names will not get custody of their kids.
Adolf Hitler Campbell, 6, and his two sisters, Joycelynn Aryan Nation Campbell, 5, and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, 4, have been in state custody since shortly after a Holland Township grocer refused to decorate a birthday cake for the boy's third birthday.
Personal Liberty Alerts
June 1, 2012
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Somerset County Office of Youth Services hosts foster care workshop
SOMERVILLE - The next Community Connections Workshop for parents, school staff and professionals who serve children and families will focus on resources that are available to foster care youth ages 14-21.
The Somerset County Office of Youth Services will host the workshop, titled "Help Me Out - My Client is Aging Out," from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, March 16. The presentation will be held in conference room one on the first floor of the Somerset County Human Services building, located at 27 Warren Street.
nj.com
March 10, 2012
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States change how they recruit foster parents
by Kelli Kennedy
MIAMI (AP) - For decades, it was common for officials around the country to approve foster parents by room and board criteria: Did they pass a background check? Is their home clean? Are their dogs safe and vaccinated?
Now several states including Florida, California and Wisconsin are trying to find ones who they know upfront will help with homework, sew Halloween costumes and accompany kids to doctor appointments. Complicating the efforts is the longtime problem of finding enough adults to house children in need.
CNS News
December 31, 2011
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Officials: Educator videotaped students in showers
SOMERVILLE, N.J. - Prosecutors say an educator secretly videotaped teenage boys in the shower at a New Jersey Catholic high school for nearly three years.
Fifty-four-year-old Patrick J. Lott, of Somerville, faces numerous charges, including child endangerment and invasion of privacy. He is an assistant principal at a public middle school and volunteered at Immaculata.
CNS News
December 28, 2011
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FAMILYConnections Reunites Children in Foster Care With Their Families
by Sonya Kimble-Ellis
Reunited families had lots to celebrate this holiday season as FAMILYConnections and the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) hosted its Home for the Holidays Celebration Thursday evening in Orange.
Joining several families for the event were staff members of Family Connections' Reunity House program, Board members, DYFS staff, and members of the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills. Located at 170 Scotland Road in Orange, FAMILYConnections has reunited nearly 250 families and helped close to 500 children. The organization provides therapeutic supervised visitation and works to rejoin families who have had children placed in foster care as a result of neglect or abuse. FAMILYConnections has been in existence since 2002.
maplewood.patch.com
December 17, 2011
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DYFS worker accused of child endangerment | The Asbury Park Press NJ | APP.com
ELIZABETH - Authorities say an adoption specialist with New Jersey's child welfare agency sent sexually charges messages to a 15-year-old boy that he met through church.
Frednel Lambert also worked as a choir director at the church in Newark. Authorities say the 34-year-old Union Township resident is charged with 3rd Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
app.com
December 17, 2011
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Woman sues DYFS after her adopted child was allegedly sexually, physically abused under institution's watch
by Megan DeMarco
TRENTON - While under the care of the state's child protection agency, a Monmouth county baby was burned, beaten, and sexually abused, then ignored as doctor after doctor recommended therapy for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Three different caseworkers at the state's Division of Youth and Family Services could have stopped the abuse several times, attorney David Mazie contends, but none did. Now the girl is 13, and her adopted mother is suing the state Division of Youth and Family Services and three caseworkers for damages in a trial that kicked off Monday with impassioned opening arguments in Trenton.
nj.com
December 7, 2011
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Putting a Face to New Jersey's Homeschooled Students
by John Mooney
New Jersey has long been known as one of the least restrictive states when it comes to homeschooling, not only not requiring much of families that choose to educate their own children but also not even keeping track of who they are.
But reacting to a spate of child abuse incidents and other concerns, State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) has moved to try to put in place some rules that she calls "minimal" to at least get some accounting of the children's existence, along with their health and education. Weinberg, the incoming Senate majority leader, on Monday introduced legislation that would require homeschooled students to register with their home districts, submit proof of schoolwork, and present an annual medical exam.
njspotlight.com
November 25, 2011
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Study: Michigan among states raising poor's taxes
Michigan is among just a handful of states raising taxes on low-income working families while cutting taxes for other groups, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities said in a report released Tuesday.
The Washington-based group notes that Michigan, New Jersey and Wisconsin all have scaled back tax credits for low-income workers in recent years while cutting business taxes. In Michigan's case, low-income families will see their tax breaks shrink starting next year by about $260 million annually while businesses will get a $1.1 billion tax break starting in January and a $1.7 billion tax break the year after.
mlive.com
November 16, 2011
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4 charged in $5.7 million RI cigarette ring
by Laura Crimaldi
Four Syrian men are facing charges they participated in a cigarette smuggling ring in Rhode Island that relied on cigarettes from southern states with lower cigarette taxes to swindle the Ocean State out of an estimated $5.7 million in tax revenue.
Facing state charges are Wassim Khiami, 47, of Warwick, Wad Alkhiamy, 59, of Johnston, and Tarek Shikh Alard, 41, of Cranston, O'Donnell said. Khiami owns two convenience stores in Cranston and Providence. Alard owns a convenience store in Providence, and Alkhiamy owns a store in Johnston, state police said. Sullivan said their businesses remain open. An affidavit prepared by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Agent Joseph A. Sullivan shows Mohamad traveled to North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia to get cigarettes to sell in Rhode Island, where the tax is $3.46 per pack. The tax is 57 cents per pack in S.C., 45 cents per pack in N.C. and 30 cents per pack in Va., Sullivan wrote.
boston.com
November 9, 2011
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Parents Who Gave Kids Nazi Names Lose Custody Battle
by Kathy Landin
The parents of three children, who gave each of them Nazi names, including Adolf Hitler, have finally lost custody of all three kids.
On Thursday, a New Jersey appeals court ruled that the children, who have been in foster care, should not be returned to the couple due to evidence of domestic violence in the home. The court has returned the case to family court for further reconsideration. The story dates back to January of 2009, when the couple's children were removed from their home after they drew attention when a local store would not make a birthday cake for their son, Adolf Hitler.
newsradio1310.com
October 31, 2011
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Dad angry, waiting for answers six months after 20-month-old's death
by Michaelangelo Conte
After a 6-month investigation into the death of a 20-month-old Bayonne boy who suffered a head injury in the care of a babysitter, the medical examiner says the manner of his death remains a mystery.
"There was apparently an injury sustained in the bathtub, but it is consistent with an accidental fall as opposed to a homicidal assault," Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said of the May 13 death of Jonathan Kuzminski.
nj.com
October 22, 2011
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Investigation of teacher who made anti-gay Facebook comments yields lessons for both sides
by Deborah Jacobs
The investigation of Viki Knox - the Union High School teacher whose homophobic posts on her personal Facebook page created a national frenzy - demonstrates just how far we've come in the area of civil rights for gays and lesbians.
Twenty years ago, as the internet was in its infancy, we were far more likely to see a large protest against a gay history display at school rather than a national outcry condemning a teacher's prejudice against gays. Lesson one: Teachers have a right to express personal views, offensive or not, at home, on their own time, without losing their jobs.
blog.nj.com
October 21, 2011
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Anti-gay teacher's Facebook posts erupt in face-off of protesters, supporters [video]
Incendiary comments made by a New Jersey teacher about an LGBT History Month display in her school erupted in a huge backlash online last week.
The school conducted a meeting on the matter as numerous critics of her behavior chanted outside the school, "No Hate in Our State." Simultaneously, a number of supporters stood nearby chanting, "Don't Bully Vicki." (Saying that gays bully religious people is a fairly new tactic being used by foes of gay rights.)
metroweekly.com
October 19, 2011
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NJ doctor loses license after hepatitis B outbreak
by Staff
New Jersey officials have revoked the medical license of an oncologist they say committed "gross and repeated acts of negligence" that led to an outbreak of hepatitis B among his patients.
Prosecutors said conditions at Dara's office were rife for spreading infections. They say at least 29 of his patients have been infected with hepatitis B, a virus that affects the liver.
CNS News
September 15, 2011
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Maryland co. to pay $150M in health fraud probe
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Federal authorities are set to announce a $150 million settlement against a Maryland-based health care company accused of defrauding Medicaid and other federal programs.
Maxim Healthcare Systems is a health care staffing agency with offices in more than 40 states. The investigation had begun after a New Jersey man notified authorities that Maxim had submitted invoices for services he never received.
CNS News
September 12, 2011
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CASA Seeks Volunteers for Child Advocacy Work
by Jennifer Bradshaw
Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA of Middlesex County, located in New Brunswick, is seeking a few good volunteers who are looking to contribute to the long term safety of foster care children in the county.
CASA provides volunteers as court appointed advocates for children in foster care that are at risk of being abused or neglected. A CASA is a different form of child support volunteer, as they do not provide direct comfort to these children, and taking them out for ice cream, a movie, or giving them gifts is not permitted.
newbrunswick.patch.com
August 22, 2011
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Homeschooled kids in Hunterdon County get group support
by Teresa Fasanello
She orders textbooks and daily lesson plans each year from Seton Home Study School, an accredited distance-learning school, curriculum provider and book publisher in Virginia.
"I don't know who put the 'home' in 'homeschooling,' because we're never home," said member Marianne Sievers. The group often meets multiple times each week because "we tend to have more activities than we can fit in a day," she said. "There have been so many close friendships formed through this group." An information day will be held Thursday, Sept. 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Sonrise Bible Church.
nj.com
August 22, 2011
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More Baby Boomers Are Raising Their Grandchildren
by Casey Dowd
Going to my grandparents' was an escape, a time to enjoy the summer and forget about the chores my parents required at home. But a growing number of children don't have this escape. Grandparents' homes are turning into permanent residences.
The number of children living in a grandparent's home has increased significantly over the past decade, according to 2010 data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The report showed that 4.9 million children under the age of 18 (7 percent) live in grandparent-headed households -- an increase from 4.5 million 10 years ago. There has also been a philosophical shift within the child welfare system that values placing a child within the family. In October 2008, President Bush signed into law the "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act," which mandates that all Child Protective Service agencies seek to identify and provide notice to grandparents and other relatives of removed children within 30 days of removal from parental custody. This allows the relatives -- primarily grandparents -- the opportunity to intervene before the child is placed in non-kin foster care.
secondact.com
July 25, 2011
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U.S. Attorney in New Jersey Joins Other Offices in Seeking Volunteers
by David Gialanella
Newly announced openings at the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey could provide valuable experience and serve as a resume booster, but there's one thing they won't provide: a paycheck.
The office on Wednesday posted the job openings in Newark and Camden for uncompensated "Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys," following the recent example of other offices across the country. The program is one way of compensating for the Justice Department's hiring freeze, announced in January and still in effect, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman says. Fishman adds that he learned of the program from his counterparts in other districts and was intrigued.
law.com
July 18, 2011
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Mother loses custody because she has stage 4 breast cancer, really?
by Jamie Tripp Utitus
Imagine this. You are just 37 years young and you are dealt a devastating blow-stage 4, terminal breast cancer. Your marriage falls apart. You lose your children in a nasty custody battle because God knows when you might die.
So the judge, essentially, labels you 'as good as expired' and removes your parental rights. This nightmare is Alaina Giordano's sad reality. Soon after her marriage fell apart, the Durham, North Carolina woman lost all custody of her kids due to her 'deteriorating condition'. The father lives in Chicago. According to her sister he was, "A weekend dad at best." The children, just like their mother, are devastated.
nj.com
July 11, 2011
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New Jersey home schooling: The Wild West of education
by Julie O'Connor
No laws shield Garden State students from lesson plans recognized educational experts would consider nonsense.
No reliable data exist on whether home schoolers do better as a whole, because their parents don’t have to notify the state or district of their choice to home-educate. They aren’t required to show a curriculum or textbooks. They don’t even have to be high school graduates. And their kids don’t have to take state tests or earn diplomas. Most have a strong libertarian streak when it comes to education, and insist it should be entirely up to the parent, not the state. They home-school for different reasons: academic rigor, concern about the social dynamics of public school, their religious convictions.
The Star-Ledger
July 11, 2011
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Wiretap usage up 34% in 2010
by Ed Morrissey
According to the latest annual report from the federal judiciary, the number of wiretaps and intercepts approved in 2010 at state and federal levels increased 34% over 2009.
California accounted for a third of all state requests (33%), with New York accounting for almost a quarter (24%) and New Jersey getting the bronze at 11%. These three states account for 68% of all state wiretap requests. New York and New Jersey have well-known problems with organized crime, but why is California - with a population just slightly larger than New York - surpassing both by such a large amount?
Hot Air
July 9, 2011
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