Hi Heather et al.,

Thank You. I know that an abysmally small number of sexual predators are ever convicted. But hopefully the fallout from the legal battle will make a big difference.

Hi everyone, especially Sam W, An update after 19 days . . . Don't get a job working for CPS. Now, I don't think that my caseworker was the greatest. But she was made the fall gal for the agency's many failures, most of which predated her involvement in my case. Local police just arrested my grandfa...

Hi SamW, Just knowing that a place like this exists where I'm not censored and can get an empathetic response is a wonderful thing. Thank you. I wanted to clarify something with my foster parents before I posted it. As an addendum to my earlier post of today, as both they and I understand it, CPS (b...

Hi SamW, For the first time in 21-months, a CPS caseworker made an appointment with my foster parents to "see how things are going". It wasn't "my" caseworker. We were told that she is "on vacation". Long story-short, she blamed the police and prosecutor's office for &q...

Hi SamW, Thanks again. I think that you have an excellent point. Whomever is making the decisions at CPS (my guess is the 'Magic 8-Ball' :) ) would have to pretty committed to making a decision that they may still see as "right" -- but that a whole heck of a lot of people who would be hear...

Hi SamW, Thank you. I had a semi-long conversation with my foster parents this morning. It's sort of hard for me to trust that anyone is doing something for another person as opposed to for themselves, but I am at the point of trusting my foster parents. I may not always agree with what they think o...

Hi SamW, My foster parents informed me that they got "an angry phone call" from my CPS caseworker's supervisor. Apparently CPS is angry that I made what they call a "new" allegation ... . On Sunday I spoke to my local PD and gave them a very long and detailed statement -- but it'...

Hi Sam W, Thank you, This is cut and pasted from the (State) Annotated Statutes. Each entry below contains the relevant section number and subsection number, which I have edited out for brevity. In some cases, when I go to the actual statute, I find that the text of the annotated version was edited ...

Hi SamW, Thank you so much for your continuing help, and your kind offer. This morning when I checked my e-mails I had one with several attachments from a lady who describes herself as a "former foster mother who did not have a copasetic relationship with (CPS)". She lives in a nearby stat...

Hi SamW, My bio mom's dad is certainly not wealthy, but he owns a run-down house and a business that, while not prosperous, is a part of the community. Before I was taken into CPS custody we lived with him and my bio mom and her husband worked for him ... well we all worked for him, I was just an un...

Hi SamW, To my knowledge, I was never assigned a GAL. My current caseworker likes to -- in my opinion intentionally -- talk about multiple topics in order to give the impression that she is answering your question when she is not. She told me that here, GAL's work for the court, not the minor, and w...

Hi My foster parents finally got a call from my caseworker. I was not part of the conversation, but I think they are pretty good at separating what is said from how they feel about what is said. Apparently CPS has taken the "easy" route with my case and not followed through with many of th...

Hi SamW and anyone else who'd care to respond, This is a slightly off-topic post, so please take your time if you care to respond to it. You mentioned in a previous post you had a MSW degree. And I was curious about my caseworker's BSW degree. So I looked up both on the state university website. Do ...

Hi SamW,

It's 4 PM on Friday and we haven't heard from my caseworker or anyone at CPS.

Hi SamW and Willa, The idea that was presented to me by an attorney who is a social acquaintance, but who does not have any experience with torts is to file a civil suit against my parents and grandfather. She thinks that there are two easily identifiable causes that would force the police and CPS t...

Hi SamW, My foster parents were a bit perplexed by the caseworker's visit, and they wanted to speak to her and obliquely ask her: "what's going on". So, in based in part on our conversations, I suggested some specific questions. I wasn't part of the call, but so far they tell me that they ...

Hi KierC, The CPS caseworker explained that there was a "hiccup" in the process of "reunifying my f****y". I substituted asterisks because the CPS caseworker used a word that does not apply in this situation. She did not elaborate or specifically say that the timetable had been e...

Hi KierC, This morning I received an email from a moderator at that website outlining all of the specific rules that I violated. If she were making this up it would be funny. ** no discussion of anyone under 14 engaging in sexual activity (because those under 14 can't consent) ** no discussions of i...

Hi, Thanks, This might not be the "right" place to post this but it is something I just wanted to say. Before I learned of the existence of Scarleteen . . .. Because, and I know this will surprise you (sarcasm), you are on page 26 when I Google something like "sexual assault", wa...

Thank you, My caseworker gave me her business card. It says (name)-BSW. It may be an older card, but it does not say -MSW or -LCSW. Glossary items: trauma-informed care, re-traumatization. (When I have a chance, I'm going to look up educational pathways to obtaining a MSW degree.) I have an appointm...

Hi, Thank you for CASDA-***** I will contact them. I would definitely like to lodge a complaint and ask for a transfer. I will ask for assistance, but would also like to be walked through it. I plan to ask EXACTLY what the safety plan is, and would love to have language that we can use to help our a...

Thank you, My social worker has a BSW, not a MSW, but I imagine professional standards are the same. I would like to report her. I think that the plan is for her to come here and drive me to my abusers (I will never call them my "family") and then to check in on me in three days, then a we...

If I send you a zip code will you delete it so it is not posted?

Thanks

Hi, You may want to edit some or all of this. I've tried asking questions at other sites and they were rejected for "violating community standards" (wow! they don't condone rape!) or edited because I was 13 when the man my biological parents bought drugs from raped me in my bed, in my bedr...

I was just informed that after two years (almost 6 months next door to hell, and just over18 months in heaven) that the state has determined that, despite all of the data from every study ever performed by anyone, I would be returned to the custody of my former abusers by the end of the month. My ab...