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Lawsuit Claims Inadequate Care of Foster Children by Welfare Agencies
Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 14, 2010, By Brian Haynes
A national child advocacy group has filed a new federal lawsuit in hopes of revamping a child welfare system it says has failed in caring for Southern Nevada's abused and neglected children.
Federal Class Action Suit Filed Against County Child Welfare System
Las Vegas Sun, April 14, 2010, By Steve Kanigher
A federal class action lawsuit filed Tuesday night in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas accuses state and Clark County officials of overseeing a child welfare system that violates state and federal law.
LA Times, Feb. 13, 2010, By Garrett Therolf
Los Angeles -- County's embattled child welfare agency has clamped down on the release of information about 12 recent deaths among children who have passed through the child welfare system. The decision follows a series of articles in The Times last year that detailed flawed casework. The cases prompted some reforms at the county's Department of Children and Family Services, including enhanced training for social workers.
Getting 'downstream' treatment dollars diverted 'upstream'
Crosscut.com, Dec. 1, 2009, By Judy Lightfoot
A class-action lawsuit would force Washington to provide "evidence-based treatment" for children with mental illnesses. The goal is to head off big problems by letting families remain together.
New Murder Trial Denied for Riverside Woman Supported by Demi Moore
The Press-Enterprise, Feb. 16, 2010, By Paul Larocco
A judge has quickly rejected a petition seeking a new trial for a woman who killed her former pimp inside a Riverside motel room nearly 16 years ago and now says she had no chance to show she was the victim of "intimate partner battering."
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