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HB 612 should give foster children a voice
How important are children to our society? It’s a question I’ve asked repeatedly over the past three years, as I’ve fought to protect and speak up for the most vulnerable among us: children in foster care. These children don’t choose the circumstances they’re born into. They arrive in this world because of adult decisions.
When NC’s courts prioritize race-matching, foster children lose
For over 20 years, federal law has made it illegal to determine a foster child’s placement on the basis of race. Last week a Newsweek article focused a national spotlight on the family courts in Guilford County, North Carolina, for doing just that.
The Government Is Uprooting Children From Loving Homes Because of Woke Views on Race
True was born in Guilford County, North Carolina in January 2020 to a mother with a significant history of child maltreatment. Within a few days, he was placed by the Department of Social Services with veteran foster parents Scott and Ginger Rhoads.
State finds multiple violations regarding Guilford County DSS child- protective cases
Guilford County Social Services has found themselves in hot water after a fire on Grimsley Street that killed three children in Dec. 2022. According to a letter from the state, there were several violations related to an open Child Protective Services case involving one of the children killed in the fire.
County Conducting Damage Control In Wake Of DSS Scandal
Many people expected the Guilford County commissioners to say something about the recent Guilford County Division of Social Services (DSS) scandal in which State of North Carolina investigators discovered that social services workers in Child Protective Services and other DSS workers dealing with kids have been completely ignoring duty, policy and the law in many cases.
