DCF covers up abuse "in care." That's ENTIRELY what DCF is all about.
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Subject: DCF covers up abuse "in care." That's ENTIRELY what DCF is
all about.
Date: May 7, 2009 9:35 AM
http://www.topix.net/forum/source/hartford-courant/TSS6ORUUI71BDN78S#lastPost
Well wrote:
I am baffled at the dysfunction in the dept of children and
families. It really boggles my mind. What is equally as frustrating,
is to try and understand why a monster such as this Listro character
would ever work in an agency whose mission is to PROTECT children when
she's got a history of child abuse. Furthermore, why would this louse
of a woman, after being accused of abusing her adopted son, go on to
foster another child? She clearly dislikes children.
@ITCH! Give me a few minutes in a room alone with her and I'd save
the taxpayers of this state alot of money.
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DCF routinely covers up abuse in "care" because they don't want to be
sued:
http://www.actionlyme.org/andersonpenisbiter.htm
That is entirely what DCF is all about- their own liabilities. And if
these secret courts are secret, no one can find out how DCF covers up
the abuses in "care."
They don't to be liable for the brain damage from the
psychotropics:
http://www.actionlyme.org/BRAINDAMAGE.htm
See all those scanned in journal articles about
how all psychotropics are brain damaging. DCF is
in possession of this scientific data, and is the
reason my children were kidnapped and I was thrown
in jail, accused of being a "dangerously intelligent
chemist."
Swear to God, that was the charge. The false
criminal charges against myself were due to
all psychotropics being brain damaging.
Think about it. DCF drugs at least half their
kidnappees. DCF turns them over to Yale for
the psychotropics experiments for BigPharma
since there is no parent around to okay the
kid's participation in the drug trial...
Get it?
DCF is all about their *own* liabilities and
nothing else. It's ALL ABOUT *THEM,* not the
kids.
And that's very, very dangerous because I
have never run across nor imagined that there
could *that* many stupid people (IQs average
around 80) in America much less concentrated
in one dot guv entity.
These people are so stupid, a Yale Psych
says to duh NYT, "We have no idea what
we're doing," and the head of that department,
Ben Bunney, announced on his website that
he specializes in the brain damage caused by
psychotropics:
http://www.actionlyme.org/BUNNEY_YALE_BRAIN_DAMAGE.htm
http://www.actionlyme.org/BRAINDAMAGE.htm
This crazy crap will never cease until parents
are allowed the same protections as plain old
regular accused criminals.
DCF hires private detectives (wiretapping, and
stalking, etc) and then lies to the Corrupticourts
about these private dicks' findings. The "judges"
know about the illegal wiretapping but say nothing.
'Pretend they don't know about DCF's unconstitutional
prosecutions... They earn about $175,000 a year for
sitting on their asses and grinning at the sleazebo
whorey "prosecutors" who are all openly drunks
and have wine-tasting parties RIGHT IN THE COURTHOUSES.
Figure it out.
Kathleen M. Dickson
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-dcf-death-investigation-0507.artmay07,0,4772898.story
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REVIEW OF FOSTER CASE
Review Of Connecticut Foster Child's Death Cites System Failures
By ARIELLE LEVIN BECKER | The Hartford Courant
May 7, 2009
The system meant to protect 7-month-old Michael Brown Jr., who died
last year while in the foster care of a state Department of Children
and Families worker, failed him in numerous ways, according to a
review of the child's death released Wednesday.
Although his foster mother, Suzanne Listro, had twice been the subject
of DCF investigations into allegations that she abused her adopted
son, the DCF workers responsible for determining if Listro was
qualified to be a foster parent were not aware of them because of a
department practice.
Listro was a DCF employee, so cases involving her were kept out of the
agency's computer system. The allegations against Listro were not
substantiated.
The review, conducted by DCF representatives, the Child Welfare League
of America and the Office of the Child Advocate, found that
investigations into abuse and neglect by DCF employees fell below
standards. DCF Commissioner Susan I. Hamilton last July offered a
similar assessment of the investigations of Listro, calling them
"substandard and unacceptable."
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Executive Summary Of Investigation Into Infant's Death
But state Child Advocate Jeanne Milstein said the problems in
investigations extend beyond Listro's case or those of DCF employees.
"It took this tragedy and the commissioner herself reviewing this case
to understand that it wasn't just this case where investigations were
substandard," she said. "There were many other cases as well."
The review also found that the licensing process for the foster home
failed to assess "powerful indicators" for a successful placement,
such as support networks and the potential foster parent's ability to
maintain enduring friendships. DCF released a summary of the report,
but declined to make public the entire document.
Listro was charged with first-degree manslaughter and risk of injury
to a minor in connection with Michael's death last May, just a week
after he was placed in her care. She has pleaded not guilty and has
been fired from DCF. Her lawyer could not be reached for comment.
Listro, 43, told police that Michael fell off a bed in her Mansfield
home while she was ejecting a video and turning off her television.
When she turned around, she said, she saw him lying on his back on the
floor, and when she picked him up, he cried for a moment, then went
limp, according to her arrest warrant affidavit.
But the prosecutor in the case, Matthew C. Gedansky, said in court
last July that Listro's story was not consistent with Michael's head
injuries. Michael was taken to Windham Community Memorial Hospital,
then transferred by Life Star helicopter to Hartford Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead.
Michael's death prompted changes at the agency, including some
recommended by the review. Reports and investigations into DCF
employees, which for a decade were maintained in paper files separate
from the department's electronic database, are now entered into the
database. Gary Kleeblatt, a DCF spokesman, said Wednesday that he did
not know why the employee files had been kept separate.
The specialized unit that conducted the investigations involving
Listro was placed under new management and overhauled, and the staff
was retrained.
And DCF now hires an outside agency to handle the licensing of DCF
employees seeking to become foster parents to avoid conflicts of
interest.
"The death of Michael badly shook the department and me personally,"
Hamilton said in a written statement. "While several notable reforms
have been implemented, I am determined that we learn everything we can
so we can continue to improve the safety and well-being of children in
foster care."
The review also found that "safe foster placements of infants and
children are hampered by a shortage of homes equipped to accommodate
them." It recommended that DCF examine the capacity for accommodating
infants and children and also develop protocol for collecting and
providing caregiving information to foster parents.
Milstein praised the review's recommendations, but noted that some of
them — including putting reports about DCF workers into the electronic
database used by investigators — had been recommended by her office
years ago.
"It took a tragedy to get that implemented," she said.
And Milstein said there is more to be done.
Milstein said that DCF must better monitor the quality of
investigations and suggested that the department's quality improvement
division should review cases randomly on a daily basis to see if they
are meeting the standards.
"It was just a substandard investigation," she said. "But we see that
more often than we'd like to see in other cases as well."
Milstein said the problems do not reflect a lack of money or staffing
in the agency, which has a budget of nearly $900 million and
investigators with what Milstein said are among the lowest caseloads
in the country. Instead, she said, it's a matter of leadership
committing the department to "vigorous quality improvement" and
holding workers to quality practices and standards.
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Review Of Connecticut Foster Child's Death Cites System Failures
By ARIELLE LEVIN BECKER The Hartford Courant May 7, 2009
The system meant to protect 7-month-old Michael Brown Jr., who died
last year while in the foster care of a state Department of Children
and Families worker, failed him in numerous ways, according to a
review of the child's death released Wednesday.
Although his foster mother, Suzanne Listro, had twice been the subject
of DCF investigations into allegations that she abused her adopted
son, the DCF workers responsible for determining if Listro was
qualified to be a foster parent were not aware of them because of a
department practice.
Listro was a DCF employee, so cases involving her were kept out of the
agency's computer system. The allegations against Listro were not
substantiated.
The review, conducted by DCF representatives, the Child Welfare League
of America and the Office of the Child Advocate, found that
investigations into abuse and neglect by DCF employees fell below
standards. DCF Commissioner Susan I. Hamilton last July offered a
similar assessment of the investigations of Listro, calling them
"substandard and unacceptable."
But state Child Advocate Jeanne Milstein said the problems in
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