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The number of youth in foster care declined for the
first time since 2011, according to an annual report on youth in care
released by the Department of Health and Human Services. But the length
of time children stay has risen, with fewer of them returning to their
parents.
The number of youth in care during fiscal 2018 was 437,283, according to the annual report from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
(AFCARS), which was released today. The 2017 count was 442,995, and had
been adjusted down to 441,000, according to the statement released
today by the U.S. Children’s Bureau (CB).
“It is encouraging to see the first decrease since 2011 in the number
of children in foster care,” said Lynn Johnson, HHS’ assistant
secretary for children and families, in the statement. “This
administration has focused on primary prevention and adoption, and we
are starting to see some better results.”
The AFCARS figures are in line with projects made by The Chronicle of Social Change in its annual “Who Cares” reporting project, which covers various aspects of foster care capacity. Each year, The Chronicle asks each state for the number of youth in foster care on March 31.
Our estimate for 2018 was 439,020, about 2,000 more than this AFCARS report. Our 2019 estimate
is that the number of youth in care has dropped to 428,006, which would
be about 2 percent less than this AFCARS report shows for 2018.
The number of youth entering foster care during the year also
declined, from 270,000 down to 263,000, according to AFCARS. And the
number of youth exiting care has increased, up from 246,964 in 2017 to
250,103.
“The current decrease in the number of kids entering care, and those
in care, is promising,” said CB Association Commissioner Jerry Milner,
in the statement. “As our agency funds prevention projects we hope to
see a continued indication that child welfare systems are relying less
on foster care and serving more children and families in their home and
communities.”
Nearly two-thirds of removals to foster care were associated with
neglect, as opposed to physical or sexual abuse, and 36 percent of
removals were associated with drug abuse of parents.
For the second year in a row, AFCARS shows troubling trends in the pathway to permanency
for youth. The median length of time in care has risen to 13.2 months,
up from 12.6 months in 2015. The length of stay had plummeted over a
two-decade period – in 1998, it was 20.6 months.
Less than half of children exiting foster care were reunified with their parents or caregiver – last year was
the first time since the annual AFCARS reports began in the 1990s that
less than half of permanency outcomes were reunification. The increase
in youths existing foster care this year is accounted for mostly by
upticks in adoption and guardianship agreements.
The number of youth who age out into adulthood has declined to
17,844. That total remained stubbornly between 20,000 and 25,000 for
years, but dropped to 19,945 on last year’s AFCARS report. The positive
trend on aging out is likely aided by the expansion of extended foster care plans to more states, where youth are allowed to remain in care past the age of 18.
The two main provisions of the Family First
Prevention Services Act took effect this month, opening up federal funds
for preventing the use of foster care while limiting support for group
homes.
There is a bill in the works to help more states take on the law this
year, rather than take the permitted delay of up to two years. But for
now, it looks like about one in four states will hold off at least until
2020 on implementing Family First.
Seven states have notified the U.S. Children’s Bureau (CB) of plans
to delay on Family First until 2020, and an additional 32 states plan to
delay until 2021. Washington State notified CB of a delay, but only
until December of this year.
Of the 11 tribal systems with their own IV-E plans, five plan to implement this year and six have taken a delay.
In addition to Washington, the other systems that plan to implement
Family First in 2019 are: Alaska, Arkansas, the District of Columbia,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, North Dakota, Utah, Virginia and
West Virginia.
Family First was signed into law in February of 2018, as part of a
stopgap spending bill to keep the government open. It permits states to
use Title IV-E entitlement funds – previously reserved for foster care
and adoption costs – for certain evidence-based services aimed at
keeping families together in more child welfare cases.
The law also limits IV-E funding for group homes and other
“congregate care” settings to two weeks, with some notable
exceptions. States that seek a delay can hold off on the limits to
congregate care funds, but cannot access the foster care prevention
funds during that time.
Of the 12 systems planning to implement Family First this year, six
have already submitted the required plans for approval to CB: Arkansas,
Kansas, D.C., Kentucky, Maryland and Utah. The bureau has yet to approve
any of the plans.
It will be interesting to see if the Family First Transitions Act,
which seems to have bipartisan and bicameral support, can move up the
timeline for some of the states taking a delay. The law, a pared down
version of the bill first introduced by Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) over the summer, does three things:
A one-time, $500 million fund to help states prepare for the Family First Act provisions
A sweetener for states with a recently expired IV-E waiver, to help them cover anticipated short-term losses
A more lenient structure for the law’s evidence-based standards, at least for the first few years.
Click here for a more in-depth rundown of that bill.
States planning to delay through 2020: Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Oregon, Pennsylvania.
States planning to delay through 2021: Alabama, Arizona, California,
Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming. The Family First Act was signed into law in February 2018, and mostly took effect this month.
Gregg Richman is running for Common Pleas Judge in Montgomery County. The swamp establishment despises him. All the more reason he deserves to get elected. One has to wonder, why are they afraid of him and dislike him so much? Because he is a "Free Thinker!"
Hotline to Assist Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
A new hotline to help connect
thousands of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren to the
resources and programs available to them is now live.
The KinConnector hotline was established through Act 89 of 2018
to address the growing number of grandparents who have become primary
caregivers to their grandchildren in the Commonwealth. It is a situation
that has skyrocketed in recent years as a result of the state’s opioid
epidemic. An estimated 82,000 grandparents are the sole caregivers for
nearly 89,000 grandchildren in Pennsylvania.
KinConnector can be reached by
calling 1-866-KIN-2111 (1-866-546-2111). The KinConnector helpline is
staffed by social service professionals prepared to help families
understand and access local, state and federal resources. A website of
resources will also be available in the near future.
What do you do when a judge (that is extremely biased and prejudiced)keeps denying your pleadings and may refuse your rights to a hearing.
If you encounter a judge like this start counting how many denials you have by numbering the denials of your rights on you’re heading of your pleading.
What you are doing is showing his/her pattern of the judges misconduct.
Even if the judge is involved in different jurisdiction of your case make sure you do the same thing.
No attorney will do this for you.
You have to be a pro se litigant.
Also you can put down you want a hearing or you want a trial by jury.
Also you can put down that you demand an investigation.
Once you start listing this on your heading that you are requesting a hearing or trial by jury or a investigation every single time you do not waive your rights.
Also it makes it easier for the appeals court to see what is happening in your case,they will see how you’ve been deprived your rights by this very prejudiced and biased judge.
Trust me the judge does not like what is on the heading.
It will make a difference in your case like it did for me.
The judge and everyone else in the world will keep seeing it every single time of his/her misconduct on your pleading,the judge is going to be more cautious because you keep saying how many denials and how your rights are being deprived on your first page of your pleading.
Just think of it as a football game for everybody in the world to see.
Biased and prejudiced Judge 17
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Targeted Victim by the judiciary 0
Do you get the picture and do you understand?
If you research your judicial code of cannons in your own state and read down through them you can actually find the violations of his/her judicial code to cannons that this judge committed against you.
Please remember I am no attorney and I’m not giving legal advice, all that I am is a targeted father by the judiciary that has stood up for my rights and won’t back down.
If you like this please share and pass it on to other targeted victims around the country.
It’s been six months since we started holding Pennsylvania’s foster care system accountable.
Today, Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order establishing the Office of Advocacy and Reform. Wolf describes it as “an overhaul of the state services and systems” designed to protect the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable, including those in foster care.
“Children like Grace Packer were abused viciously by those charged with their care. We know too many signs were missed before her murder,” Wolf said during his remarks.
Packer’s story launched our Project PA: Children in Crisis series earlier this year.
I’ll explain what this means on Local 21 CBS News, WHP Harrisburg beginning at 5.
Members. We had a very important phone call last night about the work we are doing in DC. Here is what you must do. I need stories from all fifty states about the
horrors brought on your families by child protective services. We have a
core group that can work DC but to get in we will need constituents in
all fifty states tell their story. I know it will be hard but we need one page stories and a couple of photos. Sarah Carter will help. We will print these up in a book and distribute them.
Either type clearly in times new Roman 12 pt type with 6 pt between
lines or print neatly. You will put your name and address and sign the
letters. One page. Hard to do I know. Have this done by August 10
In 2018, there were 82,000 grandparents caring for over 89,000 children
in Pennsylvania, so we are happy to announce that the Kinship Navigator
Program has officially been launched. The program will connect
grandparents and other kin caring for relative children with local,
statewide and federal resources to assist them in their role as parent.
In
addition, we are honored to have been selected to serve on the Kin
Connector Oversight Committee to assist with successful implementation
of this statewide program. Look for updates about the committee’s work
in future newsletters.
Please Share! Kin Navigators can be reached at 1-866-KIN-2111 or kinconnector@bair.org. Additional resources as part of the program are forthcoming, including a website, which will be shared in the coming months.
Conrad Weiser has done this many times Demanding Compliance with Laws Protecting Children
In 2015, I successfully pushed to include a provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act
requiring states to prohibit "passing the trash," the horrifying
practice of schools helping known child molesters on staff obtain jobs
at other schools - where they can become someone else's problem.
This week, the Morning Call
highlighted concerns that nearly four years after enactment of my
bipartisan ban on "passing the trash," the vast majority of states have
no plans to comply. At my urging, the U.S. Department of Education is
pushing states to follow the law and enforce the ban on "passing the
trash."
I
appreciate Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos taking action to ensure
this horrific practice ends. It is completely unacceptable for any state
to not comply with this important requirement and it's an insult to
children who have been sexually abused.
1) CHILDREN AND YOUTH ILLEGALLY ORCHESTRATES THE REMOVAL OF POOR CITIZENS CHILDREN-UNFOUNDED REPORTS DONT MATTER!!!! SOLICITOR OWEN HOOVER RECOMMENDS REMOVALS EVERY TIME FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
2) JUDGE JOHN F. CHERRY SIGNS THESE ILLEGAL ORDERS AND IF YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS HE WILL HAVE YOU GAGGED!!! JUST ASK ME (Watch my story) HE EVEN GAGGED COMMISSIONER HARTWICK SO I COULDN’T TELL ON HIM. I WAS THREATENED WITH JAIL IF I FILED A GRIEVANCE🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭✍🏻✍🏻
3) ERIKA LAURER IS THE STATE APPOINTED ATTORNEY TO ALL INDIGENT aka POOR PEOPLE SHE WILL NOT HELP YOU OR ADVISE YOU ACCORDING TO LAW! SHE IS PAID TO NOT PROTECT YOU!!🙅🏽♀️🙅🏽♀️🙅🏽♀️🙅🏽♀️🙅🏽♀️🙅🏽♀️🙅🏽♀️🙅🏽♀️🙅🏽♀️ADVICE GET YOUR OWN ATTORNEY
4) DR. QUACK AKA DR. ROSEN IS THE CHIEF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AT HEMPFIELD BEHAVIORAL SERVICES. HE IS PAID CUT BACK CHECKS TO DIAGNOSE OUR KIDS WITH MENTAL CONDITIONS SO CHILDREN AND YOUTH CAN GET DOUBLE THE FEDERAL FUNDING!!! HE RECOMMENDEDS 15-18 MONTHS CARE ON ALL PATIENTS WITHOUT EVEN SPEAKING TO US OR EVEN LAYING AN EYE ON US!!! HOW IS THIS LEGAL????????🐥🐥🐥🐥👨🏻🦳👨🏻🦳👨🏻🦳💊💊💊💉💉
CASH FOR OUR CHILDREN👶👶👶👶💰💰💰
These monsters are responsible for all the broken homes, children in foster care that commit suicide, become drug addicts all because a hotline referral came in. This tool is not being used to benefit abused children it is being used to KIDNAP OUR CHILDREN FOR CASH!!!!!
I am a mom of 2 sons, Ian and Elliott. I have spent all of the past 32+ years being a MOM and Nana to 4 grandchildren. Dennis is my husband and best friend. We enjoy a peaceful life in PA and NC. I have also been a foster mom to 4 teenage girls. Dennis and I took pride in helping children during difficult times in their lives by providing a safe home and guidance. As an investigative reporter I collected a lot of information about the illegal tactics used within child welfare agencies to steal children from good families. I continue to help families that are dealing with the corruption within which landed me on the Trump Family Preservation Team. I want to clarify for everyone that follows my page or finds me through a search about their fight with child welfare. I am NOT an attorney. This blog was set up to provide information from experience and or my opinion. After seeing the abuse within children and youth services and small government. At no time is the information in this blog to be construed as legal direction. I will refer attorneys for legal advice.
