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Part 2
"A bounty is on our children"
Cash bonuses given to states who adopt-out children from foster care, and bonuses are based on the base-line adoption number.
Part 3
Foster care v. grandparent care.
Part 4
Pedophiles and pornographic rings working within the system.
Closing statement includes suggested solutions: remove the buracracy and financial incentives.
CPS isn't protecting the children
The other issue I have seen in our CPS system is social workers are reluctant to pull children from homes where they are in danger if the children are not considered "adoptable", ie, large sibling groups, children with serious mental or emotional problems, etc.
So we have a system where children who could remain in the home are pulled and children at risk of serious harm being left in bad situations.
The third bad situation
I fully agree... and then there is a third situation that needs to be addressed -- once a child IS put "in-care", many of those children are being abused, either by extended family members, or complete strangers. [See our abuse case pages to get a glimpse of child safety within "the system".] Abuse post-placement tells me social services is not investigating families properly and they are not maintaining a relationship with the placed-child through follow-up visits ("safety checks").
All in all, it's a very sad situation and I fear many GOOD foster parents are not willing to open their eyes fully to the very bad ways in which the child placement industry operates.
Nancy Shaefer killed
On 26 March this year, Nancy Shaefer was found shot to death, together with her husband, what appears to be a murder suicide.