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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.
Lawsuit Against County Claims Inadequate Foster Child Care
8 News Now, April 14, 2010
A young woman who says she suffered in foster care is speaking out. Linda, not her real name, is one of 13 children pursuing a class action lawsuit against the Clark County child welfare system.
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against County Child Welfare System
13 Action News, April 14, 2010
Questions and scrutiny surround the Clark County Department of Family Services following a federal class action lawsuit filed by a youth advocacy group. The National Center for Youth Law is pointing the finger at its child welfare system for not protecting the children in its care.
Shocking Allegations Against Clark County’s Child Welfare System
My News 3, April 15, 2010
A big federal lawsuit is casting an unflattering light on child welfare agencies in Southern Nevada.
Lawsuit Claims Abuse Within Foster System
Fox 5 News, April 14, 2010
Clark County’s foster care system is the target of a lawsuit by the National Center for Youth Law, which claims officials are putting children at risk.
Child Welfare Suit Filed
KDWN Las Vegas News Radio, April 14, 2010
Clark County and Nevada child welfare agencies are being sued in federal court for failing to look out for the best interests of children in the foster care system
Lawsuit Filed Over County Foster Care
KXNT Newsradio Las Vegas, April 14, 2010
The Clark County Department of Family Services is facing a lawsuit over the treatment of 13 foster children in its care. The suit, filed this week in federal court by the National Center for Youth Law, seeks class-action status for all foster children in the county.
State Limits Foster Homes to 6 Children
Sacramento Bee, March 30, 2010, By Marjie Lundstrom
By any parent's standards, Tracy Dossman had a full house. When 4 1/2-year-old Amariana Crenshaw died in her care in January 2008, the single foster mother had nine children, ages 4 to 19 living in her North Natomas home – plus an assortment of young adults and other kids drifting in and out.
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.
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