11 May 2008
Mental health staff rips CPS over handling of polygamist sect | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
Mental health workers sent to emergency shelters in San Angelo last month to help care for the hundreds of women and children removed from a polygamist sect’s West Texas ranch have sharply criticized the Child Protective Services operation, telling their governing board it unnecessarily traumatized the kids.
8 May 2008
Alleged pedophile was beloved Santa – CNN.com
A computer file called “Thai—Luv,” seized in Norway and packed with child pornography, had frustrated Interpol investigators for more than two years.
7 May 2008
Attempts to 'Sue' Child Advocates Mouth Shut
Hearing Scheduled May 15, 2008
A child protection organization will be taken to court by student exchange placement agencies due to efforts to protect foreign exchange students.
6 May 2008
Software Helps Agencies Manage Foster Care For Texas Kids — SaaS — InformationWeek
When Texas authorities raided a polygamous religious sect’s ranch last month, it spotlighted a complex tangle of issues, including finding foster care for 463 kids removed from the compound.
However, the processes involved in placing and tracking these children — as well as the tens of thousands of kids nationally each year that are placed in foster care — are also very complicated, and for the most part, are still typically handled through burdensome and error-prone paper-based procedures.