Nataiya is a former foster child. She was living in the home with her mother (Marilyn). On the night of 2-29-16, Marilyn put Nataiya and the children out of the home. Nataiya was disrespecting Marilyn’s home by using drugs and brining in men. As of 2-29-16, Nataiya and the children became homeless. Nataiya went into the DHS office on 3-1-16, because she is homeless. Marilyn does not want Nataiya back in the home, but is willing to get the children. DHS is going to do a safety plan for the children to go with the grandmother until an assessment is done on the mother.…
The reporting party stated Cera and her son Jake AWOL'd from the facility and had not returned. Information was obtained from another resident, Bobbi Thomas who stated Cera and her friend Briella age 17 and her 1 month old child were gone the weekend as they were "going on the blade" referring to they were prostituting. Subsequently was reported both teen moms went their babies with other people/friends who were staying in the hotel room. It was unknown if the babies are in the same hotel or hotel room as the mothers while they are actively prostituting. Bobbie stated the mothers are reporting their babies are safe. According to the reporting party there are no restrictions on with whom the mother can leave their children. The reporting party has limited information and not sure the information obtained is accurate. The reporting has no idea where the mothers and babies could be. Additionally the reporting party has no information regarding the friends who are caring for the…
CCIB received a Child/Ren’s Emergency Response form RP Lauren Stain CBEN via email stating RP has concerns about the foster children (Daniel, Lleah and Rayna Babcock) in the home safety. RP stated on 5/2/2017, Jessica Tanihana Mother contacted RP to stated that her and biological son Joseph Tanihana (16) got into an altercation before going to a doctor’s appointment. RP reported Jessica stated that she told Joseph that they had to leave for the appointment and Joseph replied “that he did not want to go”. RP reported Jessica stated that Joseph began to hit her on the arm and then she started to hit him back. RP reported Jessica stated she got away from Joseph then contacted CBEN to state what happened. RP reported that Joseph gets triggered…
Sophia has been removed from her family and placed into foster care for the second time in the last 2 years due to her mother’s ongoing substance abuse. Sophia has missed many days of school and often comes to school dirty and wearing clothes from the day before. Sophia’s mother does not think she has a problem and blames the system for once again taking her daughter.…
Sophia has been removed from her family and placed into foster care for the second time in the last 2 years due to her mother’s ongoing substance abuse. Sophia has missed many days of school and often comes to school dirty and wearing clothes from the day before. Sophia’s mother does not think she has a problem and blames the system for once again taking her daughter.…
The foster care system in New York City is deeply flawed. Sixty-four percent of foster care children are impoverished in their adult lives, 50% of girls are pregnant within 12-18 months of aging out of the system, and 80% of all inmates on death row grew up in the foster care system. Foster care children should not have to fight against these statistics. The Felix Organization is providing solutions, through Camp Felix, Beyond Camp, the Felix Friendship Circle, and the Secret Santa Gift Exchange. Camp Felix, their largest program, is a four week long summer camp for children in foster care.…
Video presentation: The video clip was quite interesting I found it to be very educational as to the legal obligations of therapists in the mental health field. There were issues that were brought up that were quite important, such as therapists need to understand confidentiality, privileged information, and a therapists responsibility related to reporting suspected child abuse, elder abuse, and/or suicidal ideations, and possibly the most important of them all is a therapists duty to warn. The first case they were focusing on was the case related to a child that was presented in the ER and seen by Nurse Brown and now because she did not report any suspected child abuse she was charged with a crime. The statement that the character Constance Brandis made was quite succinct; Nurse Brown noted “the child was brought in unconscious and undiagnosed or undetermined distress. She notes bruises, she asked foster mother about them, she gets an explanation, and she buys it. Remember, this is a licensed foster care mother. The boy is treated at the hospital, recovers and then goes home” (Psychotherapy, 2008). After this statement the question that this character had was definitely the appropriate question she said “is Nurse Brown a criminal who might be put in jail was she breaking the law should she be punished”(Psychotherapy, 2008).…
9Kathy Barbell and Madelyn Freundlich, Foster Care Today (Casey Family Programs, Washington, DC, 2001), pp…
educational services of our society. Historically parents will have drawn on links within their close communities to support them with the care of children. Modern day life prevents this with families often not part of a support network and having to find childcare whilst they are working.…
The name of the social worker was Mary James who is the managing director the organization that houses the children in question. Her responsibility is to oversee the day to day running of the home. She is supposed to prepare policies, standards and other guiding principles in the organization so that there can be cultural competency among the employees. Given that the employees deal with a family of diverse children who comes from different cultural and ethnical background there is need for cultural competency to be enhanced. Peaceful consistency among these children as well as handling them in a manner that bring equality is a task that requires Mary to be careful. She is supposed to ensure that the children live as a family despite their cultural and ethnical differences.…
The negative effects of the system on foster children prove how the system fails to improve the lives of the kids it pledges to help and how critical it is that the government make an effort to improve foster agencies. No one would argue against how much kids need responsible adults in their lives. Most children, especially foster children many of whom have suffered abuse and neglect, need someone to keep them responsible and in line until they are old enough to mature and develop their own moral code. Several studies found that foster children are at a higher risk of becoming high school dropouts, homeless, incarcerated, or addicted to drugs. In addition, reports link foster children with having 15% lower standardized test scores and…
* Children in foster care are often treated unfairly because of their background and health problems. Many children end up in shelters or foster homes that don’t take care of them.…
Ellen's second problem is Becky, when she suspected she was abused it was her ethical and lawful right to report any suspicions to the social worker, but dismissed it. Ellen may suffer some consequences for not reporting abuse, Ellen should of investigated into the bruise more the first time she seen it, since…
Larsen guides the reader in understanding the compassion that would have been shown to the many thousands of children coming upon these unforeseeable circumstances. The modern foster care system is much different than the original Children’s Aid Society. Today there are over 400,000 children placed into foster care. The majority of them are no longer the children of immigrants as they were in the late 1800s. Today children are typically placed into foster care because their parents are deceased, there has been sexual abuse, neglect, incarceration, or medical neglect. “There are several reasons why children enter foster care. Sadly, many homes have more than one of the following issues and a child enters the foster care system for numerous reasons”(Carrie Craft).…
Raising children is one of the most important responsibilities in any society. Today, working parents have many options, but what about those children who have neither a mother nor father? What about those children who come from broken and abusive homes? In such cases there are often few choices. Parentless children may be placed in orphanages or in foster homes. Ideally, foster care offers children more personalized attention than would normally be available at a public or private situation. However, orphanage care is notoriously uneven. While some children are indeed in loving homes, others find themselves neglected or even worse.…