https://mailchi.mp/risemagazine/parents-to-city-council-fund-communities-not-cps?e=130165f2b9
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Monday, October 26, 2020
Friday, October 23, 2020
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Juveniles Abused in Residential Facilities to get More Protection
Juvenile abuse measure passes House
By Oona Goodin-Smith
The Philadelphia Inquirer
A bill that would make it easier for young people abused in residential facilities to hold those institutions accountable in court is one step closer to becoming law.
The U.S. House of Representatives onMonday unanimously passed the Justice for Juveniles Act, said U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Democrat-Delaware County, who introduced the measure.
“We have an obligation to protect the wellbeing of all children,” Scanlon said. With the passage of the bill, which will now move to the Senate, she said “we are one set closer to protecting children in corrections facilities.”
The bill would eliminate obstacles for young abuse victims tofile lawsuitswhile they are still detained in facilities by exempting people under the age of 22 fromthe requirements of the 1995 Prison Litigation Reform Act. That act intended to deter prisoners from filing “frivolous” lawsuits, Scanlon said, but does not take into consideration that incarcerated young people have a higher chance of being abused in facilities, or the difficulty youth face in navigating complex administrative requirements.
Currently, young people in residential facilities are required to first file a grievance with the institution before filing a lawsuit, and are not permitted to file for emotional abuse unless they are also claiming physical injuries.
The Justice for Juveniles Act would also exempt young offenders from the PRLA’s cap on attorney’s fees.
“Young people in justice facilities face a grave risk of solitary confinement, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and exposure to COVID,” said Jessica Feierman, senior managing director of Juvenile Law Center, a national children’s nonprofit organization. “Today’s win protects vulnerable youth bymaking it easier for them to seek help from federal courts.”
Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered an overhaul of youth facilities across Pennsylvania.
Sunday, September 20, 2020
Monday, September 14, 2020
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Drug and Alchohol Tests ILLEGAL for CYS to Force.
PA. COURT RULING
Drug, alcohol tests can’t be required
From wire reports
Pennsylvania’s Children and Youth Services agencies have no legal
authority to require suspects to submit to drug and/or alcohol testing
during investigations of child abuse reports, the state Supreme Court
ruled Tuesday, siding with a prosecutor who had come under the scrutiny
of a county child welfare agency.
The unanimous decision said the Child Protective Services Law does not
“expressly or implicitly authorize collecting samples of bodily
fluids, without consent, for testing.”
It was a win for Greene County District Attorney David J. Russo, who
disputed the authority of the child welfare agency from neighboring
Fayette County to require the tests. The agency was brought in to
investigate complaints about Russo. He says no abuse has ever occurred
to his children.
The
county began investigating Russo based on a confidential tip that he had
been intoxicated in public with one of five children, as well as an
inaccurate claim he had been charged with spousal abuse. Russo was a lawyer in private practice when the investigation began. A Republican, he was elected district attorney in November.
Russo has said forcing drug tests on Greene County residents who were
the subjects of child-abuse complaints had become a routine practice
before he challenged its legality. He said Tuesday that practice has
apparently ended.
Fayette County lost a lower-court decision in its quest to require Russo
to submit to an observable urine test. Superior Court also rejected
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County’s attempt to force Russo and his wife to permit investigators to inspect conditions in their home.
Fayette investigators interviewed all five of the Russo children while they were at school and were unable to confirm allegations against him,
the Superior Court said in a previous ruling.
Russo warned in a court filing that drug testing of parents without
probable cause “will inevitably lead to the forcible extraction of
bodily fluids, the incarceration of parents for refusing to comply, or
the exile of parents from their children.”
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Saturday, May 16, 2020
PA Partnerships for Kids
Interesting info
PA delaying Family First Act using virus as an excuse
https://papartnerships.salsalabs.org/022120voiceforkids_copy2_copy1_copy2_copy1?wvpId=449dd07b-fd69-4dd1-bdb8-40ca6bcb3cb7
PA delaying Family First Act using virus as an excuse
https://papartnerships.salsalabs.org/022120voiceforkids_copy2_copy1_copy2_copy1?wvpId=449dd07b-fd69-4dd1-bdb8-40ca6bcb3cb7
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Custody For Cash Series by Judy Lorah Fisher Episodes 3-4-5-6
https://www.spreaker.com/user/12142937/custody-for-cash-third-episode?fbclid=IwAR0tz2x65p-KnEG_g_VzxAYwldS1WdXKCNBcWeps1SAP_kHbHNKs7HOtXTw
https://www.spreaker.com/user/12142937/custody-for-cash-forth-episode?fbclid=IwAR0ld1oNbd0_4hjf5nzAPvRlQbgBxs_w6dcIbvqIdinlmzc6WfPxxcK6c3U
https://www.spreaker.com/user/12142937/custody-for-cash-episode-5?fbclid=IwAR1KtpfrRWStSLVz5FZ7QkTlPIV_UnPl1GH0KY7buxX3F9zXkhftnbsAUcE
https://www.spreaker.com/user/12142937/custody-for-cash-episode-6?fbclid=IwAR1oyXt3d6eSVJR7Zfm_L0ctzfxk8h_XfEiQ78HeqNOqfMvMSWz7Z31S3iw
https://www.spreaker.com/user/12142937/mother-s-day-show-episode-7
https://www.spreaker.com/user/12142937/custody-for-cash-forth-episode?fbclid=IwAR0ld1oNbd0_4hjf5nzAPvRlQbgBxs_w6dcIbvqIdinlmzc6WfPxxcK6c3U
https://www.spreaker.com/user/12142937/custody-for-cash-episode-5?fbclid=IwAR1KtpfrRWStSLVz5FZ7QkTlPIV_UnPl1GH0KY7buxX3F9zXkhftnbsAUcE
https://www.spreaker.com/user/12142937/custody-for-cash-episode-6?fbclid=IwAR1oyXt3d6eSVJR7Zfm_L0ctzfxk8h_XfEiQ78HeqNOqfMvMSWz7Z31S3iw
https://www.spreaker.com/user/12142937/mother-s-day-show-episode-7
A New Group to JOIN for Help and Support
I have a website established to help families being
affected by the corrupt family court system. I also am running an
Awareness Campaign to help show the public what is occurring.
If you could please pass the info on to other affected families that you know of, I would appreciate it.
They can be added to the Awareness Campaign if they would like by contacting me at:
Please sign up for email notifications at our website by scrolling to the bottom of the page:
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Berks CYS Admin on LEAVE!!!
Children & Youth administrator put on leave
By Karen Shuey
kshuey@readingeagle.com @KarenShueyRE on Twitter
The administrator of Berks County Children & Youth Services has
been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
Krista McIlhaney has been placed on administrative leave with pay,
according to county Solicitor Christine Sadler. She would not give the
reason why Mc-Ilhaney was being investigated or comment further, citing
county policy to not discuss personnel matters.
The Reading Eagle was unable to reach McIlhaney for comment.
McIlhaney became the administrator of Children & Youth Services
in March 2016. According to her LinkedIn profile, her previous roles
included vice president of business operations at Recovery and Wellness Centers and executive director of Luzerne County Children & Youth Services.
The county hired Mc-Ilhaney in 2016 following the retirement of
longtime administrator George M. Kovarie, who retired in December 2014.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Family First Updates And New Legislation
https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/family-first-updates-and-new-legislation.aspx
Pennsylvania
PA HR 438 (Pending)
Summary: A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the fiscal impact of a timely and expeditious versus a delayed implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act.
PA HR 138 (Withdrawn 2019)
Summary: A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the fiscal impact of a timely and expeditious versus a delayed implementation of Family First.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Family First Act
https://papartnerships.salsalabs.org/11020voiceforkids?wvpId=449dd07b-fd69-4dd1-bdb8-40ca6bcb3cb7
When we worked on the Family First Act it was intended to direct more money into keeping families together in the home and away from foster care and warehouse fostering. We wanted to stop kids for cash and child trafficking through child welfare.
Since it's initiation politicians are trying to change the intentions of he Act to keep stealing children from their parents ongoing. Call your legislators and make it clear that stealing our American children is unacceptable. Tell them to force the Family First Act and keep our families together and provide all the help needed directly to the home and family.
When we worked on the Family First Act it was intended to direct more money into keeping families together in the home and away from foster care and warehouse fostering. We wanted to stop kids for cash and child trafficking through child welfare.
Since it's initiation politicians are trying to change the intentions of he Act to keep stealing children from their parents ongoing. Call your legislators and make it clear that stealing our American children is unacceptable. Tell them to force the Family First Act and keep our families together and provide all the help needed directly to the home and family.
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