All States
Policy Manuals http://aspe.hhs.gov/HSP/CPS-status03/state-policy03/AppendixB.htm

Child Abuse Program Manual, U.S. Army http://child-abuse.com/army/cham/cham.pdf

US Dept of Health & Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway http://www.childwelfare.gov/

International Child Abuse Network, United States Child Abuse Reporting [phone] Numbers

http://www.yesican.org/suspect.html

The Leadership Council (Research, briefs, reports)http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/index.html

Colorado
Citizen blog on CPS

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/colorado-springs-co/TNSM70G8O8SU5EHVN

CO Child Abuse and Neglect Manual, Children’s Trust Fund

http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ps/cctf/canmanual/index.html

Child Abuse and Neglect Links

http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprevention/pichildabuse.htm

CO Law

http://www.michie.com/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=

Connecticut

http://connecticutdcfwatch.com

Florida
Another Florida DCF employee arrested! Corruption Everywhere with Title IV-D

http://blog.ussharedparenting.com/?p=110

Florida Bar

http://www.floridabar.org/

Florida Foster Care Review Project of Marion Co

http://www.circuit5.org/ao/M96-07-A.pdf

Florida Department of Child and Family Services

http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/ess/aboutus.shtml

Suits against FL DCF

http://cftlaw.com/attorneys.php?name_first=Howard+M.&name_last=Talenfeld

Kidjacked

http://kidjacked.com/states.asp?st=Florida

Kansas
Overhaul of Kansas foster-care system urged. (Privatized services taking children without good cause) http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1682382.html

Kentucky
WLKY (Search neglect, abuse)
www.wlky.com

Michigan

Adoption and Safe Families Act, Synopsis by MI Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan

http://www.michbar.org/journal/pdf/pdf4article658.pdf

Children’s Rights vs. Michigan, lawsuit settlement

http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/Publications/Notes/2008Notes/NotesSepOct08df.pdf

State panel urges child welfare reform Detroit News 4-8-09

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090408/POLITICS02/904080364/State+panel+urges+child+welfare+reform

Michigan’s “Cycle of Failure”

http://www.nccpr.org/reports/michigan1976.pdf

MI State Government Sites

State of Michigan Constitution

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(xogdq33allrbnc45byv5bm2s))/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&objectname=mcl-chap1

State of Michigan Telephone Directory

http://www.michigan.gov/som/0,1607,7-192-29701-113777–,00.html

MI DHS/CPS Webpage

http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5452_7119—,00.html

Michigan Department of Human Services Policy and Procedure Manuals and Child Welfare Law

http://www.mfia.state.mi.us/olmweb/ex/html/

Michigan Child Welfare Law Manual http://mi.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5458_7700—,00.html

Manuals and Guides, Department of Human Services – Michigan

http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5458_7700—,00.html

Child Protective Services Manual

http://www.mfia.state.mi.us/olmweb/ex/cfp/cfp.pdf

Mandated Reporters Resource Guide

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dhs/Pub-112_179456_7.pdf

Field Guide, CPS Investigations

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dhs/DHS-PUB-108_199789_7.pdf

Child Protection Law, Act 238 of 1975
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(zlkfjd23xua3tl55iumjynbb))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-238-of-1975
MI Citizens Guide to State Government (booklet)

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/citizensguide.pdf

http://courts.michigan.gov/mji/resources/cppbook/cpp.htm

MI Legal Resources

Legal Information (Understandable)

http://www.eatoncounty.org/Departments/ProsecutingAttorney.htm

Legal Information MI, Cooley Law School

http://www.cooley.edu/library/research_guides/Michigan_Web_Resources.pdf

MI Supreme Court

http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/

Court Rules

http://coa.courts.mi.gov/rules/

False Allegations
Classified as equal to allegation (misdemeanor or felony). See “Definitions”, page 3, false complaint

http://www.mfia.state.mi.us/olmweb/ex/cfp/711-4.pdf

Doctrine of Anticipatory Neglect –Limited by Past history of abuse/neglect

http://courts.co.calhoun.mi.us/09juv003.htm

Encouraging someone to commit perjury

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(ponien45wubjvp55bocczf55))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-750-425

State Law Library, for legal reference questions. Hours:M-F, 1-5pm
Two blocks West of the State Capitol, 702 W. Kalamazoo Street Lansing, MI.
Phone: (517) 373-0630 Fax: (517) 373-3915 Email: lmlawlib@michigan.gov

http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18639-82982–,00.html

Review of recent Juvenile Cases includes Child Protection Cases

http://courts.co.calhoun.mi.us/review01.htm

MI Legislature
The Legislative Process

How A Law Is Made:

http://www.senate.michigan.gov/dem/publications/howbillbecomeslaw.pdf

http://www.bcbsm.com/home/governmental_affairs/legislative_process.shtml

Glossary of Legislative Terminology

http://www.bcbsm.com/home/governmental_affairs/glossary_of_legislative_terminology.shtml

To receive e-mail notification of MI House committee hearings

http://house.michigan.gov/committee_subscribe.asp

To check schedules for committee meetings

http://www.house.mi.gov/publiccommitteeschedule/

House Committee Clerk Office 1-517-373-0015

To receive notification of MI Senate committee hearings
http://senate.michigan.gov/index.htm click on Committee Information, Standing Committees, call committee chair office

MI Legislature Bills

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(iom33n55rrelpm453idxlham))/mileg.aspx?page=home

To access testimony presented to committees of the Legislature
http://house.michigan.gov/committees.asp Go to dialogue box near bottom, select the committee, click “Go”, in dialogue box near bottom, select the testimony you want to view, click “Go”, and view the testimony.

Minnesota

Minnesota Legal Reference Library (Minnesota and Federal)

http://www.lawmoose.com/index.cfm?&CKS=MNLaw

MN Dept of Human Services Law

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/rules/?agency=196

MN Reporting of maltreatment of Minors

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=626.556

New Jersey

Representing Yourself in Court NJ

http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/prose/index.htm

New York

NY Office of Children and Family Services