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Washington State Senate
Sen. Pam Roach

For immediate release
January 15, 2009
For interviews contact:
Sen. Pam Roach (360) 786-7660

Senator Pam Roach to call for DSHS Accountability at February 5 Rally
10:00 AM PRESS CONFERENCE TO PRECEDE RALLY, CHERBERG BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM ABC
Auburn…Sen. Pam Roach (R-rural Auburn) has announced her Families' First rally at the Capitol Rotunda in Olympia on February 5, 2009 at 12:00 noon.
The subject will be the need for justice and accountability within DSHS Child Protective Services.
Roach believes CPS is out of control, and she is giving voice to the thousands of children and relatives hurt by the department.
Roach led the successful 11 month effort to return the granddaughter of Doug and Anne Marie Stuth to their Enumclaw home. (Please see: KING 5 [Stuth stories at King 5]
"It is time the citizens of Washington stand up against the atrocities of this department," said Roach. "We expect hundreds, if not thousands, of people will join their voices to publicly be heard by the Legislature and Governor."
Washington Families United, Grandparent' s Rights of Washington, legislators, and citizens demanding accountability will be in attendance.
"Of the Stuths," Roach said, "we have become family after our year-long struggle. These are good people who fought and won. So many others have had their children stolen."
"Doug and AnneMarie Stuth, the Enumclaw couple recently awarded third party custody of their grandchild, will be in attendance," Roach said.
"Their horrific story shows just how intent CPS has been to separate good families from their children," said Roach. "On the other hand, they often leave children in harm's way."
"Just one month ago, between Christmas and New Year's, two infants returned to their respective homes, died by shaken baby syndrome," said Roach. "This is absolutely atrocious."
"The rally is intended to give hope to the thousands of families injured by the negligence of CPS," Roach added.
"As in other cases, the Stuths have been terribly hurt by the system," said Roach. "They deserve vindication for all the untruths told in court and should be compensated for the $50,000 they spent trying to get their granddaughter back."
"It is not a coincidence that both DSHS Secretary, Robin Arnold-Williams, and CPS Director, Cheryl Stephani, announced their departure from the department just three weeks ago, and two weeks prior to a scathing report on CPS practices they knew would be released by the State Ombudsman," Roach added. "Out of the hot seat, but not out of the fire."
"The leadership in the department has not addressed accountability within the system," Roach said.
"I will be proposing legislation to break DSHS into smaller agencies to increase accountability and efficiency," added Roach. "Another piece of legislation includes creating a Citizens Review Committee of CPS.

For more information contact Senator Pam Roach at (360) 786-7660 or via e-mail at Roach.pam@leg. wa.gov She may be reached at her home office (253) 735-4210.
PAMROACHREPORT. BLOGSPOT. COM OUTLINES THE STUTH CASE IN DETAIL


She's Fighting For Us

Pam Meets The First Guy She Ever Saw

Bill Bowan became an incredibly wealthy man. I would not had known his future. When I first saw him he was wrapped tightly in a blue bunting, I in my pink wrap and matching pink cap.

Bill has just finished a feature film on CPS abuse. (Please see earlier blog links to Youtube clips.) It is somewhat like the KOMO show Thursday night.

I will meet him at a Seattle restaurant today for lunch. We will have oysters.

Bill is a crusader. He ran into Texas CPS a number of years ago. Retired after selling a remarkably successful company, he has dedicated his life to exposing the abuse. Since the clips showed on Youtube he has had many social workers and loved ones of dead children step forward.
This county and its leaders hide a national scandal. The failure of the most expensive state run social systems has killed and maimed children. Bill wants people to know. So do I.

In our first conversation we learned we were born in the same hospital and within hours of each other. Since mothers stayed sometimes four days in the hospital...we recon we slept four nights in the same nursery together.

He seems really outgoing...hard working...passionate...honest...politically conservative.... Maybe there is something to this sign thing. We are Tauruses.

I Met One On One With Secretary Susan Dreyfus On This Case

Lilly's Broken Mother has left a new comment on your post "Mrs. Willard Brought Lilly's Great-Grandparents To...":

Well said Pam..I have nothing against the great grandparents but she belongs home I will fight till death to have MY yes MY child come home to the family who has raised her..All I want is to be able to be a part of my daughter's life, to watch her grow up. Thank you Pam I am totally in the dark about what's going on in the proceedings with "Lilly" they say since I am no longer a party to the case because I relinquished that I don't get to be notified. So thanks for the update I just want my daughter happy and a part of my life so I can be apart of hers....

P.S. My mother, Mrs Willard, is trying to get a rally together for Jan 9, 2010 one year from the day Lilly was taken.

Lilly's mom

(Lilly's mom was told by the state that if she relinquished custody of Lilly that the child would then be adopted by her parents who had raised her from birth. She relinquised. The state then promptly took the child and put her in a foster-adopt placement. Pretty sick. That was just one of the lies told to steal this child from a poor family.)

KOMO Tonight...Channel 4

Please see KOMO tonight at 11 PM. They are running audio trailers on radio about an investigative story that will be run tonight. They will focus on the hundreds of CPS child deaths each year. Please tune in.

Excellent coverage. Go to KOMO 4 News. But, only Cheryl can find it for me! I saw it live. One child dies a month under the "watchful" eye of the State of Washington.

Dreyfus promised accountability. Social workers were not responding to calls...even when over 400 new workers were hired. The was primarily under the watch of former Sec. Robin Arnold Williams and her sidekick Susan Stephonie. They are both gone.

To date...none of the things I have brought the the attention of the department have been rectified. and, I have heard of no consequences for deceit. I would like to know what happens when someone does not do the job they are hired to do.

Pam Roach Quotes Scripture..."Eye Of The Needle"

At the end of the previous blog I brought up something that is so esoteric it needs an explanation.

Ancient Jerusalem was surrounded by a wall. The wall, of course, was meant to keep out the bad guys. But the passage to enter the city was also so small that it was hard for good guys to enter, as well. For a camel to get through it was almost impossible. The loads were removed and the camel had to kneel and scoot through the "eye," as it was called, to get in the city. I hope that gives a visual to an often quoted but not exactly understood reference.

I think this is the second time I have quoted scripture in this blog.

"And again I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." Matthew 19:24

Mrs. Willard Brought Lilly's Great-Grandparents To My Attention Knowing They Would Want Her When They Saw Her

Letter I just received:

Hi Senator, We got acquainted over the phone when you were working on .... Now that I have introduced myself I wanted to comment on the case of (Lilly and her grandparents and great-grandparents.)

I have been friends with Ralph and ----------- (great-grandparents)for 32 years. After reading your blog I thought you should know a few things about them.

They were young parents which is allowing them a great grand child at a earlier time than most of us. They are physically active and not decrepit old fogy's as the blog might insinuate. They ski, hike, swim, sew and garden and much, much more. These are inspirational people who can give the child much more than money.

Ralph and ------- are both from genetic stock that enjoys longevity so it is very unlikely she will be orphaned in her youth as suggested in the blog. "Lilly" has stability now. Please take the time to meet them. I would be happy to arrange a meeting for you. I am sure you will find the child is in a safe, loving home with a good future. Thanks for your time. I appreciate your effort in our States affairs.

Sincerely,
XXXXXXX

This letter really saddens me. Age and money are not the issues here. The state took the child from a family through a series of lies. Lilly was stable in the home of her grandparents. A whole new in-home study was ordered because the first was so full of lies. But the new study was too late for any use. The state was going to adopt out this little girl to a non-bio foster parent. (The foster woman, by the way, filed a complaint against me because I blogged about Lilly and tried to get the child placed with relatives. The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed the case but this illustrates that many people want a beautiful, perfect, blue-eyed, well behaved 4 year-old.) People will fight for the children that are in the families of others. And, they get really mad when anyone wants to take away what they have.
My position has always been that the state took the girl with lies and she should be returned.

It is not in the interest of the state to return Lilly. They would undoubtedly be sued for stealing the kid. Let's all understand that. And...let's all understand that the state needs to follow the law. Where and when does that start? Right after this case? Are we to be selective in when we start doing what is right? Doing what is right is sometimes really inconvenient. And, in this case there would be another set of grandparents (Ralph and _______) who would have their hearts broken. They have grown attached...to a little girl who has the right to stability...she certainly does. She also, like all citizens, has the expectation that the protections of the law will be with her.

I personally notified the Attorney General that Ralph and ________ are biological relatives and would take the child rather than have her in foster-adopt. I made many calls and pushed hard for the state to put Lilly with family. At that time the great-grandparents liked the grandparents. They did not want to raise another child. They had "already raised" their own, I was told, but they were certainly willing to make sure the child was not adopted out to a non-relative. In fairness to readers and to the author of the email...there were many problems with the children the great-grandparents raised. And, also with the grandson they raised. So, it is hardly fair for anyone to criticise the Willards for problems their daughter has had. I talked with Lilly's great-grandmother myself. She had been in Mexico while all the drama of the taking had occurred. I am told by the grandmother that in the child's three years the great-grandparents had only visited 3 or 4 times. Clearly, to know her was to love her.

Once the higher than me level politicians entered the picture, CPS had to place with the greats and became motivated to avoid a lawsuit. It was easy to convince the great-grandparents that the grandparents were not suitable and that they would be doing everyone a favor if they kept the child. Ralph and wife fell in love with this sweet girl. (I believe she was is so sweet because of the love and care of the Willards who raised the child as grandparents from her birth gave her.)

The issue here is that the state saw a child with poor grandparents. The state had a predetermined placement with the foster-adopt who put in an order for a blond, non-drug affected, three-year old. The state lied and took the child. The state placed her in foster-adopt and said they would do a "fast one." Mrs. Willard (grandmother) informed me there was a rich great-grandmother who was politically influential. I called the great-grandmother who was complimentary of her deceased grandson's in-laws and was appalled that the state would place the girl with a foster-adopt. Notice that besides all the lies the department told, under regional director, Randy Hart, they did not seek relative placement! They did not do that because they wanted to give the child away and saw that Lilly's family had little ability to resist. It was an easy take...wasn't it Randy? How about the person who wrote the lies? Was there even a reprimand? The department has taken the position that they "cannot return the girl." It would be too expensive to do what is right at this point. They would get sued and certain political leaders would not want the influential great-grandparents offended. These are not good reasons. CPS wrongly took this child. But, the state will argue otherwise. And, the great-grandparents have decided to fight for Lilly. They have the money and influence.

To the person who wrote the emailed letter, to the great-grandparents, to the state, and to a dear State Senator friend (someone who has fought this fight elsewhere...who I know believes the state often lies and cheats to steal kids), I have this to say:

The state of Washington needs to do what is right. They took a child through lies. They should be held accountable for the damage they have done. We do not base our laws on money and status and hurt feelings. We do have a system that counts on government accountability. Unfortunately, CPS is not accountable to anyone. They have free and seasoned attorneys who go about their work. Lilly was not abused in any way. There was no accusation of that.

Neither the great grandparents or the grandparents are perfect. Let's remind ourselves that none of us are. The state should not be involved in moving children to satisfy quotas or affect the family structure (whatever that might be) of the child. The state wanted to place Lilly with a single, under 30 woman...who attacked me (nice lady, right?). They decided that was better than a grandparent couple. It should be noted that everyone here has this child in daycare but the grandparents. That matters.

The department has managed to shove a gigantic wedge between the greats and the grands. How sad is that? But my solution would be simple. Return the child to her grandparents. And the great-grandparents, if they really love the child as they say they do, should begin to help with some of the expenses.

All of the relatives in this case are Christian people. Perhaps there should be some introspection. My senator friend is a Christian...I am a Christian though some don't like the brand. You right the wrong! You forgive! You love not hate! Have your holidays together. Have the greats occasionally take Lilly on fun trips. Let them go out to the island as often as they want. Now that they love her maybe they would be motivated to do that.

And to the writer of the email: You know, I just try to do what is right. I hope to God I stand on principle. He will judge me and I am sure you feel he will judge you. He will judge all involved. Please look up that part about the "eye of the needle" and the camel of old. It is in the Book. Go there for your answers. No...this child can not be split. But, Mrs. Willard brought the great-grandparents to my attention KNOWING that once they saw the girl they would want her. Kind of like the story of old. Isn't it? Maybe there will be an honest judge.

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Gay rights showdown

Gay rights showdown

Catholic Charities, the largest private provider of social services in Washington, D.C., has said it may cut contracts with the city because the city council's soon-to-be-passed same-sex marriage bill lacks religious freedom protections. The showdown between a faith-based organization and a local government over gay marriage is rare and could set the table for other nonprofits seeking similar protection around the country.

Charity EveryChild issues warning on separated children

Charity EveryChild issues warning on separated children

The number of children around the world living without any parents or separated from their families has increased to 24 million with a third of them placed in orphanages, a leading British charity dealing with children's rights has warned.

Lancaster police investigating infant's death

Lancaster police investigating infant's death

Lancaster police have begun a murder investigation following the abuse death of a four-month-old infant.

Constitutional Law

Levine v. Vilsack

(U.S. 9th Cir., Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law) In an action challenging the USDA's enunciation of its position in the Federal Register that there was no specific federal humane handling and slaughter statute for poultry, plaintiffs' appeal is remanded with instructions to dismiss the matter where plaintiffs could not satisfy the redressability requirement for Article III standing because the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act contained no statutory enforcement mechanism.
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White v. Howes

(U.S. 6th Cir., Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing) District court's grant of petition for habeas relief on the ground that the trial court violated the Double Jeopardy Clause by convicting defendant for both the felon in possession statute and the felony firearm statute is reversed as current jurisprudence allows for multiple punishment for the same offense provided the legislature has clearly indicated its intent to so provide and recognizes no exception for necessarily included or overlapping offenses.
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Reed v. Gilbert

(U.S. 9th Cir., Constitutional Law, Government Law) In a First Amendment challenge to a municipal sign regulation that prohibited all signs without a permit, subject to nineteen enumerated exemptions ranging from directional signs to ideological and political signs, a denial of a preliminary injunction is affirmed in part where the regulation was content-neutral and did not impermissibly favor commercial speech. However, the order is remanded in part where the district court did not address plaintiff's claim that the ordinance unfairly discriminates among forms of noncommercial speech.
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Carr v. Dist. of Columbia

(U.S. D.C. Cir., Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure) In an action alleging that the police unlawfully arrested plaintiffs during a protest, summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed in part where the city did not have probable cause to believe that the protesters knew the protest at issue lacked a permit. However, the order is reversed in part where: 1) the city only needed to show that the officers had reasonable grounds to believe that everyone arrested was part of the rioting group; and 2) the city could lawfully complete the mass arrest without first ordering the crowd to disperse and giving plaintiffs an opportunity to comply.
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Delano Farms Co. v. Cal. Table Grape Comm'n

(U.S. 9th Cir., Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Food & Beverages, Government Law) In a First Amendment challenge to a state statutory scheme requiring grape growers to fund generic advertising, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the state agricultural commission's promotional activities constituted government speech that was immune to challenge under the First Amendment.
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ABUSE FREEDOM CHAT TONIGHT NOV 15 8PM; CLASS ACTION SUIT

I AM FORWARDING A MESSAGE FROM ABUSE FREEDOM AND MODEL FAMILY;

WE ARE HAVING THE SCHEDULED CHAT, THIS EVENING, SUN NOV 15 2009 AT 8PM EST;

PLEASE JOIN US, AS WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION SUIT

THANKS, LISA: NJGRANDMA4JUSTICE


From: J Perez
Subject: FW: Abuse Freedom Live, Fighting for Justice, Now!
To: "'J Perez'"
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 3:08 AM



Blogtalk Radio Show Tonight at 8:00 standard Eastern Time (Florida time) Tonights guest Zena Crenshaw will be explaining what i… Continue

Posted by Lisa NJ Grandma on November 15, 2009 at 9:27am

Lisa NJ Grandma

ABUSE FREEDOM CHAT TONIGHT NOV 15 8PM; CLASS ACTION SUIT

I AM FORWARDING A MESSAGE FROM ABUSE FREEDOM AND MODEL FAMILY;

WE ARE HAVING THE SCHEDULED CHAT, THIS EVENING, SUN NOV 15 2009 AT 8PM EST;

PLEASE JOIN US, AS WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION SUIT

THANKS, LISA: NJGRANDMA4JUSTICE


From: J Perez
Subject: FW: Abuse Freedom Live, Fighting for Justice, Now!
To: "'J Perez'"
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 3:08 AM



Blogtalk Radio Show Tonight at 8:00 standard Eastern Time (Florida time) Tonights guest Zena Crenshaw will be explaining what i… Continue

Posted by Lisa NJ Grandma on November 15, 2009 at 9:27am

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ABOUT ABUSE FREEDOM UNITED {AGAINST CPS} AND CLASS ACTION SUIT

Cheryl Boyer had asked me to ask others about joining the class action suit, as well as the webpage [Abuse Freedom] abusefreedom.com for the weekly, Tues night chats (9pm EST),
as well as the ning.com network, Abuse Freedom United Against CPS
afuagainstcps.ning.com

She had also asked me to ask everyone if they could prepare a ning.com social network for their state; in other words, I'm asking members to become directors of their states, and be in charge/moderate the
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Posted by Lisa NJ Grandma on November 14, 2009 at 4:00am

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continued: about jon corzine:

couldnt post a comment on previous blog about jon corzine, so i'm adding my comments here:

SORRY, LEFT OUT THE NAME OF THAT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROFITED OVER 12 MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR ALONE!

CHILDREN'S CHOICE, WHICH WAS BASED IN PHILADELPHIA, PA, AND NOW HAS MOVED IT'S CORPORATE OFFICES TO ...NEW JERSEY!!
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Posted by Lisa NJ Grandma on November 12, 2009 at 8:11am

Maryann

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/15129689/11%206%2009%20Carrillo%20v%20Loyola%20and%20Platt Check out th…

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/15129689/11%206%2009%20Carrillo%20v%20Loyola%20and%20Platt

Check out this link I came across. This is from IL Cook County
I wanted people to see this. This is horrible this boy and his siblings had to go through this when he should of had a better life. Continue

Posted by Maryann on November 7, 2009 at 6:59pm

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Perry v. Prop. 8 Official Proponents

(U.S. 9th Cir., Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law) In an action challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, a California ballot initiative restricting the definition of marriage to the union of a man and a woman, denial of a prospective intervenor's application to intervene is affirmed where the existing parties would adequately represent its interests.
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In re Marriage of Kacik

(Cal. App., Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Law) Trial court's order modifying support, where the child support order ended in August 2006 and no modification request was brought until February 2008, is reversed as: 1) it cannot be sustained on the basis of Family Code section 4326 and 2) where section 4326 was the sole basis for the modification, the order cannot be sustained at all.
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Burke v. County of Alameda

(U.S. 9th Cir., Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law) In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendants interfered with plaintiffs' constitutional right of familial association by removing their child without a protective custody warrant, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part where it was reasonable for officer-defendant to believe the child's statement that she had been abused at the time she spoke with him. However, the order is vacated in part where local government units such as defendant-county are not entitled to the qualified-immunity defense.
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In re: Smith

(U.S. 1st Cir., Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Family Law, Government Law) Order of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversing an order of the Bankruptcy Court is affirmed as a late alimony payment penalty was not a domestic support obligation, and as such, the ex-wife's claim was a general unsecured claim not entitled to priority status and consequently dischargeable.
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Miller v. Nichols

(U.S. 1st Cir., Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law, Government Law, Health Law) In plaintiffs' constitutional challenge to the state's removal of their child after termination proceedings and motion for injunctive relief to prevent a foster family's adoption of the child, district court's dismissal of the case is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly determined that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to review plaintiffs' motion for injunctive relief to prevent the child's adoption pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine; and 2) the factual issues underlying plaintiffs' claims were addressed by the state court and are barred by issue preclusion.
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Was this your custody evaluator? Stephen Doyne, Phd

Facebook | Lisa R Smith  Concerned Citizens: We are looking into professional misconduct of . This will be a collective complaint to protect the public. Superior Court of California County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Case: 37-2008-00093885-CU-BT-CTL Emad G. Tadros, M.D., Plaintiff vs. Stephen E. Doyne, Defendant Complaint: 1. Violation of BPC 17200 et seq. 2. Breach of Contract 3. Negligence; and, 4. [...]

Historic Hate Crimes Legislation Signed

Historic Hate Crimes Legislation Signed President Barack Obama signed the historic Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act yesterday. The bill extends the definition of federal hate crimes to include attacks motivated by sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability and empowers federal authorities to help local law enforcement investigate hate [...]

Historic Hate Crimes Legislation Signed

Historic Hate Crimes Legislation Signed President Barack Obama signed the historic Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act yesterday. The bill extends the definition of federal hate crimes to include attacks motivated by sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability and empowers federal authorities to help local law enforcement investigate hate [...]

Judge Reprimanded for Jailing Guy Who Gave Him the Raspberry

I think I’m with the judge on this one, even if the state supreme court said he screwed up. Municipal Court Judge Emery Toth was reprimanded last month for violating the New Jersey Code of Judicial Conduct by "speaking disrespectfully and intemperately to a litigant" and for abusing his contempt power by throwing the litigant in [...]

Jury set to decide if boy’s death was intentional or accidental

Posted: Oct 16, 2009 8:02 AM EDT Friday, October 16, 2009 8:02 AM EST Ken Taylor By ERICA ESTEP 6 News Anchor/Reporter ROGERSVILLE (WATE) — A Hawkins County jury is scheduled to begin deliberations Friday morning in the trial of a Morristown man accused of strangling his foster son. Ken Taylor is accused of [...]
 
 

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FACT SHEET: KNOW YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS!

THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) enforces Federal laws that prohibit discrimination by health care and human service providers that receive funds from the DHHS. Such laws include Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Community Service Assurance provisions of the Hill-Burton Act.

Discrimination Is Against the Law!

This Fact Sheet explains your rights to receive services and benefits in programs and activities funded by the DHHS. There are Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in such programs and activities based on:

Race Color National Origin

Disability Age Sex

Religion

Some of the institutions, programs and service providers that may receive funds from the DHHS are:

* Hospitals
* Medicaid and Medicare
* Physicians and other health care professionals in private practice with patients assisted by Medicaid
* Family Health Centers
* Community Mental Health Centers
* Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers
* Nursing Homes
* State agencies that are responsible for administering health care
* Foster Care Homes
* Day Care Centers
* Senior Citizen Centers
* Nutrition Programs
* State and local income assistance and human service agencies

HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT OF DISCRIMINATION WITH OCR

If you believe that you have been discriminated against because of your race, color, national origin, disability, age, and in some cases sex or religion, by an entity (recipient) receiving financial assistance from the DHHS, you or your representative may file a complaint with OCR. Complaints must be filed within 180 days from the date of the alleged discriminatory act. OCR may extend the 180-day deadline if you can show "good cause." Include the following information in your written complaint, or request a Discrimination Complaint Form from OCR:

Your name, address and telephone number. You must sign your name.

If you file a complaint on someone's behalf, include your name, address, telephone number, and statement of your relationship to that person--e.g., spouse, attorney, friend, etc.

Name and address of the institution or agency you believe discriminated against you.

How, why and when you believe you were discriminated against.

Any other relevant information.

Send the complaint to the Regional Manager at the appropriate OCR Regional Office or to OCR Headquarters at the following address:

Director
Office for Civil Rights
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
H.H.H. Building, Room 509-F
Washington, D.C. 20201

Telephone : (202) 619-0403

E-Mail : ocrmail@hhs.gov

Website : http://www.hhs.gov/ocr

For information on the addresses and telephone numbers of OCR's Regional Offices, or to obtain information of a civil rights nature, please call the following toll-free OCR hotline numbers. OCR employees will make every effort to provide prompt service.

Voice : 1-800-368-1019

TDD : 1-800-537-7697

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Barboza v. West Coast Digital GSM, Inc.

(Cal. App., Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law) In a class action lawsuit brought by former employees alleging unlawful wage deductions, failure to pay overtime and other employment violations, class counsel's obligations to the class do not end with the entry of judgment and his obligations continue until all class issues are resolved, which may include enforcement of the judgment.
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In re: Bradley

(U.S. 5th Cir., Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions) In bankruptcy trustee's appeal from a ruling of the bankruptcy court, affirmed by the district court, holding the trustee's predecessor in contempt of court and imposing monetary sanctions, the order is affirmed where: 1) the remedial civil contempt power extends to defiance of a bankruptcy court injunction whose terms are known, but which has not yet been formalized as required by procedural rules; and 2) the lack of agreement between the opposing parties briefing the motion for injunction did not render the resulting ruling unclear.
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Berry & Murphy, P.C. v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co.

(U.S. 10th Cir., Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury And Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice) In an action for insurance coverage for a malpractice lawsuit, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the alleged acts of malpractice in a letter sent to the malpractice defendant and the lawsuit were "connected by an inevitable or predictable interrelation or sequence of events" for purposes of the policy; 2) the insurance policy treated as one claim all "related wrongful acts"; and 3) because defendant had no legally cognizable duty to defend or indemnify a claim, plaintiffs' bad faith claim could not survive.
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DISGUSTED WITH THE SYSTEM

Father and Sons Reunited After 10 Years


Mario Navarrete, left, laughs with his son Emilio, 15, for the first time in over a decade.

Emilio and Xavier Navarrete don't remember having a father.

He left his family -- which also included two older brothers -- in Florida for work in Indiana when Emilio, 15, was a baby. He came back, but divorce papers and burglary accusations prevented Mario Navarrete from returning to his family permanently. Ten years went by, during which scrapes with the law sent both Emilio and Xavier into foster care.
But on Sunday, Emilio and Xavier, 16, were reunited with the father they always believed abandoned them, the St. Petersburg Times reported.

Mario Navarrete was able to meet his sons thanks to caseworker Gabriela Naccarato and a federal effort to put kids with family members instead of with strangers. "My boys?" he screamed when she called. "You have my boys?" Naccarato was also able to locate older brother Gabriel, who had aged out of the foster care system.
After work on Friday, Navarrette left his home in Kentucky and drove all night, first picking up Gabriel and then to meet Emilio and Xavier.

Navarrete must pass a background check and home study in order to take the boys to Kentucky, and the mom who didn't want them is also a complication. But the boys hope to be with their dad by Christmas.

To read more, go to the St. Petersburg Times.
This story is so typical now a days.. kids getting torn apart from their families-- then led to believe the parent or parents abandoned them! Truth be told 99.9% of these parents not only want their children but are doing whatever they can to fight the system to get their children back!!!
These families suffer life long ex-fuckin-excruciating pain from being torn apart!!
The parents are suffering just as bad as these children.. these families are heart broken- and kept apart from each other by "our wonderful fuckin system" then everyone involved is expected to go through life and function!
These mother fuckers (those that separate these families) may they have something precious be torn from them- so they know the pain first hand!
Thank God there is hope that these children will now know at least the partial truth-- as I pray one day my own children will know I NEVER ABANDONED THEM- But their wonderful-fuckin-father and his political cronies kept us apart all these years and they will know I did nothing but pray daily and fight these bastards to get my babies back!

Apology for Kids Shipped From Britain


Ten-year-old twins Brian Thomas, left, and Kevin James Sullivan carry their luggage as they leave London bound for Auckland, New Zealand, in October 1950.
Children As Young as 3 Were Sent to the Colonies.
CANBERRA, Australia (Nov. 15) - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a historic apology Monday to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home.

At a ceremony in the Australian capital of Canberra attended by tearful former child migrants, Rudd apologized for his country's role in the migration and extended condolences to the 7,000 survivors of the program who still live in Australia.

"We are sorry," Rudd said. "Sorry that as children you were taken from your families and placed in institutions where so often you were abused. Sorry for the physical suffering, the emotional starvation and the cold absence of love, of tenderness, of care. Sorry for the tragedy — the absolute tragedy — of childhoods lost."

The apology comes one day after the British government said Prime Minister Gordon Brown would apologize for child migrant programs that sent as many as 150,000 poor British children as young as 3 to Australia, Canada and other former colonies over three and a half centuries.

The programs, which ended 40 years ago, were intended to provide the children with a new start — and the Empire with a supply of sturdy white workers. But many children ended up in institutions where they were physically and sexually abused, or were sent to work as farm laborers.

Rudd also apologized to the "forgotten Australians" — children who suffered in state care during the last century. According to a 2004 Australian Senate report, more than 500,000 children were placed in foster homes, orphanages and other institutions during the 20th century. Many were emotionally, physically and sexually abused in state care.

Some in the audience wept openly and held each other as Rudd shared painful stories of children he'd spoken with — children who were beaten with belt buckles and bamboo, who grew up in places they called "utterly loveless."

"Let us resolve this day that this national apology becomes a turning point in our nation's story," Rudd said. "A turning point for shattered lives, a turning point for governments at all levels and of every political hue and color to do all in our power to never allow this to happen again."

At that, the audience erupted into loud cheers and applause.


John Hennessey, 72, of Campbelltown, 40 miles (70 kilometers) southwest of Sydney, struggles to make himself understood through a stutter — a never-healing scar from a thrashing he received from an Australian orphanage headmaster 60 years ago.

Hennessey was only 6 when he was shipped from a British orphanage to an institute for boys in the country town of Bindoon in Western Australia state.

At 12, he was stripped naked and nearly beaten to death by the headmaster for eating grapes he had taken from a vineyard without permission because he was hungry.

"What terrified me most was that in my mind I thought: 'That's my father. What's he doing?' — I had nobody else and he was the one I'd looked up to," Hennessey said. "Before that I didn't have a stutter. I've sought medical advice since and they've said, 'John, you're going to take that to the grave with you.'"

After the apology, an emotional Hennessey approached Rudd with a photograph of his late mother May Mary Hennessey, whom he was reunited with in England in 1999 as a guest of the British government when she was 86.

"I can't believe it, mate, I'm still shaking," Hennessey told The Associated Press. "But the one I'm waiting for is the British apology. That's the icing on the cake."

The Forgotten Australians also welcomed the apology. Rod Braydon, 65, said he was raped at the age of six by a Salvation Army officer on his first night in a boys home in the city of Melbourne.

"When we reported this as kids, we were flogged to within an inch of our lives, locked up in dungeons and isolation cells," said Braydon, who has received a cash settlement from the Salvation Army for the abuse and is suing the Victoria state government for neglect.

British High Commissioner Valerie Amos said that while the Australian government had ruled out paying compensation, her government had not yet decided that issue.

She declined to say which government was more to blame for the children's suffering.

"This is a matter of us all acknowledging that we need to say 'sorry' for what was a terrible period in our history," Amos told reporters.

The British government has estimated that a total of 150,000 British children may have been shipped abroad between 1618 — when a group was sent to the Virginia Colony — and 1967, most of them from the late 19th century onwards.

After 1920, most of the children went to Australia through programs run by the government, religious groups and children's charities.

A 2001 Australian report said that between 6,000 and 30,000 children from Britain and Malta, often taken from unmarried mothers or impoverished families, were sent alone to Australia as migrants during the 20th century. Many of the children were told that they were orphans, though most had either been abandoned or taken from their families by the state. Siblings were commonly split up once they arrived in Australia.

Authorities believed they were acting in the children's best interests, but the migration also was intended to stop them from being a burden on the British state while supplying the receiving countries with potential workers. A 1998 British parliamentary inquiry noted that "a further motive was racist: the importation of 'good white stock' was seen as a desirable policy objective in the developing British Colonies."

Australia had an immigration policy that favored British and white immigrants until the 1970s.

"We were used as white fodder," Hennessey said. "The Archbishop met us at Fremantle (in Western Australia) and I can still remember his words. He said, 'Welcome to Australia. We want white stock because we're terrified of the yellow peril.'"


British Children's Secretary Ed Balls said the child migrant policy was "a stain on our society."
"The apology is symbolically very important," he told Sky News television.


"I think it is important that we say to the children who are now adults and older people and to their offspring that this is something that we look back on in shame," he said.

Britain has been trying to make amends since the late 1990s by funding trips to reunite migrants with their families in Britain.

Brown's office said officials would consult with representatives of the surviving children before making a formal apology next year.

Associated Press writer Jill Lawless reported from London.

Apology for Kids Shipped From Britain

My two cents-

Yaanno - I have so much to say about this article that I'd have to address each sentence and well- that would ruin the gist of the story. So I'll make this as short as possible.

THIS IS A FUCKING DISGRACE!!!! NOT JUST A DISGRACE- A FUCKING DISGRACE!

And... ya wanna know what makes it even worse?

THE CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTRY ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING-
Only difference is our children are being kept IN our Country while they are being abused!!

OUR CHILDREN -how many years later? YEAH over 50 years later are being abused and ripped from loving families- at the hands of our own people in power!

In closing I'll say it once again- WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CHILDREN IN THIS STORY IS A MOTHERFUCKIN DISGRACE!

THE SAME MOTHERFUCKIN DIGRACE THAT IS DESTROYING OUR CHILDREN TODAY!

Now before anyone accuses me of hating my Country- fuck you! I love my Country- it's the people that are in power within this wonderful Country, and are abusing that power- that I question!

No! "Sorry" just doesn't motherfuckin- cut it!

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