child protective services library

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Orphans As Guinea Pigs
In 2004 and 2005, several sources reported that numerous states had given the go-ahead to use foster kids as guinea pigs for experimental drug regimens being tested by drug companies.

If you Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now: the Business of Foster Care
A disturbing look at how the child welfare system operates and the harm they frequently do to the children they are supposed to be protecting. By chapters:

Introduction
Los Angeles: The State Threatens a Takeover
Anatomy of a Reform Effort
The State Takes Over
The Rescue Crusade
Making Matters Worse
The Transformation of a Once-Helping Institution
How Safe the Service?
Sexual Abuse
Systemwide Abuses
Speaking Out
Needless Suffering
The Confusion of Poverty With Neglect
Reliability of Foster Care Placement Decision Making
Predicting the Future and the Codification of Poverty
Averting Unnecessary Placements
Beyond the Numbers
Why Children Aren't Adopted
Termination of Parental Rights
Foster Care Outcomes
Voices of the Children
Conclusions
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