Things will only change with everyone getting involved. Too many stories are coming out where CPS (Child protective services) are abusing their power and destroying innocent families while leaving children who need their help in dangerious situations that have resulted in too many deaths of these children entrusted to their care. We need to act or each of us will be facing homelessness in our elderly years as our children reach adulthood and positions of power. If we do not fight for them now, how will they learn to fight for others' rights when they reach adulthood.
Are we all going to allow our constitutional rights and those of our children to continue to be stumped on while leaving a trail of broken families and persons in the wake? OR are we going to conquer our fears and fight for the changes needed? We elect the congress people and presidents and house members. It is our responsibility and our right to address our grievances to these persons. It is also our right and responsibility to demand accountability from those who are refusing, failing, or ignoring their responsibilities.
Let me know your thoughts.
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It all comes down to accountability..If you hold DSS responsible for the wrongs that they are committing. Change the laws so that when they break those laws they are punished. Take away their power by developing a committee of people who are not in their (pocket or afraid of them) department, who will actually investigate them and tell the truth about what policies and laws they are breaking, People who will actually make them fix them, fine them or fire them. Then just maybe we will have an organization worthy of protecting our nations children. We also need Child Abuse and Neglect laws in this state that are straight to the point and not so vague. If you were to read the Neglect statutes of this state right now you would find that they can work either way. They can let child abusers off or they can enable DSS to come after you just because they don't like you. Furthermore, we need a unified DSS...the policy should be the same for all 100 counties in North Carolina. We can not have one county saying it is abuse and then another saying it is not. The law should be the same no matter where the child is located.
Children are dying, and sadly in most of the cases that I read DSS has received reports on these children and made the wrong decision...They seem to leave the children in the homes where they have proof of abuse, and those children die OR they take them out of the home where there is no proof of abuse and those children die in DSS custody.
WE NEED A BETTER SYSTEM THEN THIS. OUR CHILDRN DESERVE BETTER.
Furthermore, we need a unified DSS...the policy should be the same for all 100 counties in North Carolina. We can not have one county saying it is abuse and then another saying it is not. The law should be the same no matter where the child is located (Lawdoll, 2009).
You bring up an interesting point; one hundred different sets of policy and procedure would prevent even the seasoned social workers from knowing the policies of their own county.
The way I understand this, is that the counties may have differing rules, but the state laws have precedence over county law.
Do you have a link to NC DSS Policy and Procedure Manual?
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