So, if we have had 35 years of Child Protection managed by the U.S. Congress, and child abuse statistics are worse now than in the mid 70′s, is it time for more of the same, or time for serious structural reform?

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Why We Need It

(Info from parentarights.org  Oct, 2011)

• In 2005, the U.S. Ninth Circuit “affirm[ed] that the Meyer-Pierce [fundamental parental] right does not extend beyond the threshold of the school door.” They also held that “[p]arents…have no constitutional right…to prevent a public school from providing its students with whatever information it wishes to provide, sexual or otherwise, when and as the school determines that it is appropriate to do so.”1
• In 2007, the federal District Court for the district of Massachusetts held that “Parents do have a fundamental right to raise their children. They are not required to abandon that responsibility to the state. [They] may send their children to a private school…. They may also educate their children at home.”2 So, sending a child to public school is in this paragraph equated to “abandoning your parental rights to the state.”
• In 2008, the Maryland Board of Education announced, “While we recognize the right of parents to direct the education of their children, we must bend their will to the state’s obligation to educate its citizens.”
• In Roper v. Simmons (2005), and in Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida (2010), the Supreme Court overthrew the laws of Texas and of Florida, writing, “the Court has referred to the laws of other countries and to the international authorities as instructive for its interpretation of the [U.S. Constitution].”3 In both instances, they applied the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child to United States law, though we have not yet ratified this dangerous treaty.
• Last year, a judge in Philadelphia cited the concept of “Customary International Law” in applying an optional protocol to the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child to a federal court case. And the number of judges applying international standards in our courts seems to be increasing.
• California just passed a law allowing children as young as 12 to consent to the Gardasil vaccine without parental knowledge or consent. Minnesota already allows the same thing. In Virginia, the vaccine is even mandated by law, the state having made the decision in parents’ stead.

Fact: Social Security “…title IV-E funding, which primarily supports the placement of children in out-of-home care rather than supporting services for placement prevention or reunification…”    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (2011). Synthesis of Findings: Title IV-E Flexible Funding Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations. Washington, DC: Author. (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/programs_fund/cwwaiver/2011/flexible.pdf page 4, paragraph 2, first sentence, Sept 2011)

Fact: Payments to foster parents in Michigan are typically $37 per child per day, and in agency care are in typically $150-250 per child per day, and go as high as $316.58 per child per day. ( http://www.mfia.state.mi.us/olmweb/ex/CFS-Rates/CFS-Rates.pdf ,10-4-11)

Reaonable Inference: Federal money is significant. And money influences decision making.

Oklahoma threatened with loss of federal funding

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-threatened-with-loss-of-federal-funding/article/3674926

U.S. AFCF Letter to Oklahoma DHS regarding $50 million

http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.newsok.com/documents/fedthreat.pdf

“Legally Kidnapped“ , has a collection of family stories which illustrate the serious need for reform. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qg8IsJGCPBo

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Newborn baby taken from mother because of a poppy seed bagel (A Pennsylvania Family’s Story)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSD9i3ykuOQ&feature=related&mid=51

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$25000 bail for a sunburn

http://abcnews.go.com/US/jersey-mother-accused-letting-daughter-tanning-bed/story?id=16258272#.T6HivOhSSvd

Your Story?

If you have had a serious conflict with Child Protective Services and are willing to share your story, please e-mail us at citizensforparentalrights@live.com .

We will only publish with your permission.

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If you are involved with CPS now and would like to talk with someone, please e-mail us and we will have one of our family support folks call you. In your e-mail, include your name, location, phone number and a brief summary of what has happened. Our address is  citizensforparentalrights@live.com