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Oregon Residents:
Have you been abused by Oregon SCF?
Contact attorney Ed
Steele; he needs your help with the Christine
case.
Ohio Residents: Join
the Governor's Task Force
gilbek@odjfs.state.oh.us
Expenses reimbursed
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Can the government take
your children away?
The state can forcibly remove your children from your home and place
them in dangerous foster care for
any reason, while they
work to permanently terminate your parental rights. Think that it couldn't
happen to you?
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Look What
Your Social Security Dollars Pay For
More
than 48,500 American children were
taken in 1999 from
homes where no abuse or neglect was
found. [1]
Meanwhile, millions of children living with the terror of child
abuse are left without protection by a system that is bogged down
with frivolous caseloads that are tearing loving families apart
and robbing billions from the Social Security Trust Fund. Protect your family,
your freedom, and your future now. |
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In Memory of Trevor
Nolan 1991-1997
Criminally
taken from his
loving mother by the Mono County, California CPS Supervisor Doug
Weitz, and killed because of the negligence of CPS Caseworker Debbie
Jennings. They are both still working today. Don't let this happen to your
family.
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WAYS TO
TAKE ACTION
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Tell
the Media
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about 2 minutes you can tell all of the national news outlets how you feel
about this issue. When they see there is enough interest, they will
investigate. That will bring all of this corruption to light.
Try it, it's easy! |
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The
"Dear Social Worker" Project |
Reform
from the bottom up
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Print this
letter, put it in an envelope, and mail it anonymously to
your local Child Protective Services agency. If you know
the names of any caseworkers, send it to them directly. |
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Give Your
Lawmakers the Fax |
They probably don't know
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Click
here for a for free fax service and other power tools for activists.
You can find contact information for your state representatives at the Electronic
Activist.
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CPS Watch has a brochure you can print out
and distribute to families, letting them know how to find
help. Leave these in courthouses, libraries, Laundromats,
anywhere you that you'll find families. For
more ways to volunteer with CPS Watch, click here. |
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Let
everyone know what's happening
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Print
and Distribute Flyers |
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Print one of these
flyers,
make copies of it, and post them on public bulletin boards and
distribute them in public places. You'll have to save the
flyer to your computer and then print it out to keep it the right
size. Click your right mouse button, and select "Save
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During the presidential
campaign, George W. Bush
promised us accountability. Now we must demand it from the people
the government pays to protect our children.
Tell
the President
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More
Ways to Take Action |
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Take out
an ad |
It only costs a couple of
bucks to place a classified ad in your local newspaper, church
bulletin, newsletters, etc., and you can reach thousands, even
millions of readers. Tell them about this protest and send
them to www.DontTakeOurKids.com |
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Link to
www.DontTakeOurKids.com
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Webmasters
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The Adoption and
Safe Families Act passed by Congress in 1997 gave financial incentives
to states for removing children from their homes and putting them up for
adoption. The federal government gives the states an average of $13,000 per child in
foster care each year out of the Social Security Trust Fund. In addition, the government gives a
"bonus" of $4,000 - $10,000 to states who can terminate a
parent's rights and successfully adopt the child to another
family. The federal government also pays a per-child bonus to each
state that increases its annual number of adoptions from the foster care
system.
In contrast, the federal government pays the states
nothing to leave a child in his or her home, and nothing if that child
is placed with relatives during the "investigation".
The
federal government only pays the states an average of $1,100 per year
for each child receiving welfare. That's it.
With
the lure of all that federal and Social Security money, the states are abusing their power
and making the removal of children from their homes take precedence over
protecting children who are actually in danger. Back
*Child
Maltreatment 1999: Reports from the States to
the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS).
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