Tag Archives: foster care

Is “just a hand pop” OK for a child in foster care? How about “run 100 laps?” “Do 20 pushups?” “Do 20 squats?” “Write ‘I will do better’ 50 times?” Is that OK? What about “No dinner for you tonight. ...

Where the state of Ohio terminated the parental rights of then four-year-old plaintiff’s biological parents, the state took on an affirmative constitutional duty not to make a foster placement that was deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s right to personal safety and ...

Foster care is meant to be “a temporary service for short-term care and supportive services to children who are unable to live at home because of child abuse or neglect.” The longer a child remains in foster care, the more ...

How and whether siblings placed separately in foster care will be given opportunities to visit one another regularly and maintain familial connections are questions sometimes overlooked by the local Department of Social Services (“Department”) in its exercise of its primary ...

RICHMOND, VA — Where a mother alleged that social workers and agencies failed to provide services required under a foster care agreement, there was no federal cause of action in her complaint nor complete diversity between the parties, ruled a ...

When Pranav Somu first heard about the opportunity to volunteer for the North Alabama Foster Closet, he didn’t know anything about the organization. He didn’t even know much about foster care itself. But after doing some quick research, he learned ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — In her youth, Micaela Baca ran away from foster care again and again. Now, the 23-year-old advocates for better treatment for vulnerable youth, and she shares her story with foster kids to tell them just how ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, a program within the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services have developed a child behavioral health screener for children in state custody. The ...

WASHINGTON — Dozens of families separated at the border as part of the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy are preparing to sue the federal government, including several who say their young children were sexually, physically or emotionally abused in federally ...

RICHMOND, Virginia — A grandmother who violated child protective orders by allowing the parents to vacation with the children, and who, in the opinion of an evaluator, overestimated her ability to meet the demands of the growing children, was not ...