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Incompetent oversight: Los Angeles County's Department of Childrenand Family Services, the number of slayings of abused children more thantripled. |
Incompetent oversight
Article Launched: 08/10/2007 12:00:00 AM PDT
http://www.dailybulletin.com/opinions/ci_6587240
If it were only office supplies that Los Angeles County's Department of
Children and Family Services couldn't be trusted to oversee ...
An audit has found that the department charged with protecting the
county's children has slack management and oversight of its $177 million
services and supplies budget.
If that were the extent of the poor management in the department, it
would be great. However, this is yet another damning report in a long
string over many years that show beyond a doubt that the county's
child-protection efforts are a failure.
Despite numerous reports and management overhauls, the department once
again has betrayed its trust, wasting millions of taxpayers dollars and
putting at-risk children at even greater risk.
The department has been criticized in the past for its poor oversight of
kids in foster care - who were lost, or even died from abuse and
neglect, and too often were sent back to abusive home situations.
In June, a grand jury blasted the DCFS for not funding an
abuse-prevention program and not sharing information that might help
children in custody - even as the number of slayings of abused children
more than tripled.
Needless to say, the failure to
follow county rules for purchasing printer toner is hardly on the same
level as losing children. But it does indicate that the problems at the
county child welfare department run deep and wide.
L.A. County supervisors have jobs virtually for life - one can only
wonder why.
CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....
CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.
every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com
Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS
*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*
Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...
BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
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