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‘The system has fallen apart’: A child dies every 3 days under Ontario’s care network
Data obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws tracked the deaths of 354 children between 2020 and 2022 who were under the care of the government in some form.
#globalnews #Canada #Education #Politics #ChildreninCare
https://globalnews.ca/news/10735101/ontario-child-care-system-deaths/

Child strip-searched every 14 hours by police in England and Wales, report finds | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/child-strip-search-police-child-q-b2597372.html

#Police
#StripSearches
#Children
#Racism
#Blàck
#ChildQ
#ChildrenInCare
#SexualAbuseVictims
#NPCC
#MET

CW: The article contains disturbing child abuse, resulting in death. #TriggerWarning.

The placement was approved by both #BritishColumbia Ministry of #Children & Family Development & the family service’s department of the boy’s First Nation, but the report says the ministry did not complete #BackgroundChecks or visit the home before the siblings were moved there.

Charlesworth said the lack of communication, #DueDiligence & #DueProcess would “prove to be a massive error” because those in charge of the boy’s safety could have learned the woman had prior involvement with the ministry over physical #abuse of her child & there were documented concerns about her partner’s “conduct with children.”

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/b-c-s-massive-error-part-of-web-of-inaction-that-could-have-saved-boy-advocate/

#BCpoli #ChildAbuse #BCNDP #ChildWelfare #ChildrenInCare #ChildrensRights #ChildrensSafety #BCgovernment #BCNewDeathParty #PreventableDeaths #FailureToProtect #SocialWelfare #ChildrensWelfare #IndigenousChildren #EveryChildMatters

Adopt South aims for 100 successful adoption placements | Daily Echo
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24358599.adopt-south-aims-100-successful-adoption-placements/

#Adoption
#FosterCare
#ChildrenInCare

Monetising children in care is morally bankrupt | Social care | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/24/monetising-children-in-care-is-morally-bankrupt

#Care
#ChildrenInCare
#Fostering
#FosteringAgencies
#Monbiot
#ChildrensSocialCare
#Profit

Revealed: hundreds of vulnerable children sent to illegal and unregulated care homes in England | Children | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/13/vulnerable-children-illegal-unregulated-care-homes-england

#Children
#ChildrenInCare
#UnregulatedCareHomes
#ChildrensHome
#ChildrensHomes
#IllegalChildrensHomes
#CareStandardsAct2000
#Ofsted
#DeSouza
#FamilyCourt
#TogetherTrust
#CouncilFunding
#CouncilFundingCuts
#Hunt
#EducationDept
#AssociationOfDirectorsOfChildrensServices

Manitoba agrees in principle to $530M settlement for breach of CFS children’s Charter rights
The settlement, which is still subject to court approval, stems from the province's action in connection with Children's Special Allowances between 2005 and 2019.
#globalnews #Canada #ChildreninCare #class-actionlawsuit #ProvinceofManitoba
https://globalnews.ca/news/10381964/manitoba-court-settlement-cfs-csa-breach/

Care homes in England reject vulnerable children to protect Ofsted ratings | Children | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/11/care-homes-england-reject-complex-needs-children-protect-ofsted-ratings

#CareHomes
#Disabled
#DisabledChildren
#Children
#Ofsted
#ChildrenInCare
#AssociationOfDirectorsOfChildrensServices
#ADCS
#SomersetCouncil

My cartoon in today's https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350160709/cartoon-january-29

Oranga Tamariki are in the news again... this time for not knowing how many of the children in care have had their yearly health checks and dental checks. They've had years to find out. And yet, they still can't get their sh*t together!

#OrangaTamariki #EditorialCartoon #PoliticalCartoon #NzPol #ChildrensHealthMinistry #FortuneTeller #MiracleWorker #CrystalBall #Aotearoa #NewZealand #ChildrenInCare #Cartoon