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South Dakota: Incentives and cultural bias fuel foster system, taking Native American children from their homes
From NPR: Part 1 of a three-part investigation: In South Dakota, Native American children make up only 15 percent of the child population, yet they make up more than half the children in foster care. An NPR News investigation has found that the state is removing 700 native children every year, sometimes in questionable circumstances. [...]
Experts push disclosure of failed foster adoptions
From the Associated Press: Deb and Doug Carlsons’ adopted sons have trashed bedrooms, stolen credit cards and threatened to kill them. One drew a disturbing picture of beheading the southwest Florida couple and throwing a party. When the Carlsons adopted the now teenage boys from foster care in 2007, they were handed a slim file [...]
Oklahoma: District judge faces felony charges for defrauding foster care system
From KOCO.com: Prosecutors have filed more than 30 charges against an Oklahoma County District Judge and her husband. According to the Oklahoma State Courts Network, felony charges have been filed against Tammy L. Bass-Lesure and Karlos Antonio Lesure Sr. They face accusations of illegally accepting public funds, in the form of adoption payments, for raising [...]
Michigan: HB4118, known as “Amer Act,” passed into law
From The Arab American News: As of Tuesday, December 14, relatives in Michigan will be given special consideration when children are placed into foster care by the Department of Human Services. It was on that day that Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed House Bill 4118 into law. HB4118 is also known as the “Amer Act,” [...]
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