A Critical Look at the Child Welfare System
Falsification of Records
1. Peggy Rogers and Steven Smith, "Abuse Caseload Pared--At a Price," Miami Herald, (February 9, 1992)
2. Peggy Rogers and Andres Viglucci, "HRS 'On the Brink of Disaster,'" Miami Herald, (May 24, 1992) 3. "HRS: Truth or Consequences," Miami Herald, (April 17, 1992) 4. Associated Press, "'Nobody's Child' Suing HRS for Neglect," Miami Herald, (June 30, 1994); Craig Palosky, "Teen Girl Sues HRS," Tampa Tribune, (June 29, 1994). 5. Drawn from the following articles published in the Charlotte Observer: Dan Huntley, "Foster Parent Charged in Abuse of Slain Girl," (November 11, 1993); Dan Huntley, "2 Social Workers Arrested--Coercion Charged in Child Placement," (December 4, 1993); Associated Press, "2 Aiken County DSS Workers Have Been Fired," (February 15, 1995)6. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit,
John Doe v State of Louisiana, Department of Health & Human Resources, Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services, et al., Decision, Docket No. 92-3144, October 5, 19927. David Armstrong and Doris Sue Wong, "State Cuts Ties with Agency Over Scalding," Boston Globe, (February 17, 1994)
8. Michael Grunwald, "2 DSS Workers Fired, 2 Demoted Boy's Deaths Prompt Commissioner's Action," Boston Globe, (January 23, 1996)
9. "2 Social Workers Face Charges in Kids' Deaths," Chicago Tribune, (April 14, 1988); Associated Press, Ex-Social Workers Charged in Deaths of Abused Infants," as reported in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (April 14, 1988); Louise Armstrong, Solomon Says: A Speakout on Foster Care, (Pocket Books, New York: 1989) p. 89.
10. Supreme Court of Illinois,
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v Department of Central Management Services, Decision, Docket No. 79376, September 19, 199611. Janita Poe, "Fire DCFS Caseworker, State's High Court Says," Chicago Tribune, (September 20, 1996)
12. Associated Press, "Illinois Took Year To Fire Lying Case Worker - 3 Tots Killed In House Fire Listed As Well, Happy," as reported in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (October 31, 1991).
13. Associated Press, "Worker in Fatal Abuse Case is Felon," as reported in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (October 3, 1991).
14. Lois M. Collins, "Agency Releases a Fuller Accounting," Deseret News, (May 24, 1996)
15. Tom Hayes, "Foster-care Lawsuit Loses Panel Member," Deseret News, (June 4, 1997)16. Cala Byram, "Center Wants to Extend Child-welfare Settlement," Deseret News, (May 13, 1998).
17. County of Tom Green,
Grand Jury Report, December 7, 198718. Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas,
Susan Marquess v. Texas Department of Human Services and Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Decision, No. 05-95-00916-CV, February 26, 199719. Office of Ethel B. Crear, Regional Director Protective Services for Families and Children Arlington, Memorandum:
Alternations, Backdating and Reconstruction of Case Records, May 31, 199020. City of New York, Office of the Comptroller, Now We Are Four: Boarder Babies Growing Up In Foster Care, A Follow Up Study, December 1989, p. 18.
21. Bettina Boxall, "Mixed Report Issued on Child Abuse Deaths," Los Angeles Times, (March 30, 1996)
22. San Diego County Grand Jury, Children in Crisis, Report No. 6, April 20, 1989.
23. San Diego County Grand Jury,
Letter to Honorable John Burton, Chairman, Public Safety Commission, California State Assembly, April 20, 1992.24. Sandra Mathers, "Horror Stories About HRS Fill Workshop," Orlando Sentinel, (January 20, 1996)
25. David Armstrong, "Step Falsified in Abuse Citations," Boston Globe, (March 27, 1997)
26. Citation drawn from: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Decision,
LaShawn A. v. Sharon Pratt Kelly, et al., Docket No. 91-7159, April 16, 1993.
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