WORKING FOR YOU TO BREAK DOWN WHAT THE JURY DECIDED IN THE CASE, IT’S BETWEEN JOHNNY DEPP
AND AMBER HEARD.
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MCGRAW JOHN CARLIN HAS THE
NIGHT OFF.
>>THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN
AT RISK, SOCIAL
SERVICES IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT
THEM BUT A 10 NEWS
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THAT’S
NOT ALWAYS THE CASE THOUSANDS
OF KIDS ARE BEING DIVERTED FROM
FOSTER CARE SICK TIME AND WITH
FAMILY OR FRIENDS.
COPPER BACKGROUND CHECKS AS ANCHOR JENNA ZIBTON FOUND OUT IT’S ENDING IN DISASTER AND
HEARTBREAK.
>>WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SYSTEM.
>>BUT IT MAY BE MORE FLAWED THAN WE REALIZE. >>RIGHT NOW WE’VE GOT ABOUT
4900 KIDS IN FOSTER CARE AND I
WOULD SAY REALLY OUT OF
HOME CARE THAT’S A SCYLLA
TAINTED BY
SOCIAL SERVICES, I WOULD SAY
IT’S DOUBLE THAT AGENCIES
ARE TRYING TO AVOID PUTTING
KIDS THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
BUT THEY’RE
MAKING THE DETERMINATION THAT
THE CHILD IS NOT SAFE TO BE A
HOME GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT
FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.
>>HIDDEN FOSTER CARE, FOSTER
CARE DIVERSION.
KINSHIP DIVERSION SHADOW
FOSTER CARE.
THOSE ARE THE MANY NAMES FOR
WHAT’S HAPPENING ACROSS
VIRGINIA, ACCORDING TO ERIC
REYNOLDS, THE OFFICE OF THE
CHILDREN’S
OMBUDSMAN DIRECTOR.
>>I THINK TRYING TO KEEP THE
KIDS OFF THE BOOKS AND IN TURN
KEEP THE PACE SLOWS DOWN OR
THEY ARE.
>>IT COULD BE ALL THE ABOVE
THAT I I CAN’T.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE REASONING
IS
I MEAN YOU KNOW WE WE VIRGINIA
IS ONE OF THE STATES HAS
THE LOWEST FOSTER KERRY.
WE HAVE THE LOWEST NUMBER OF
KIDS IN FOSTER CARE.
BUT I WOULD
ARGUE THAT WE’RE NOT COUNTING
ALL THESE KIDS THAT ARE IN
THESE ALTERNATIVE CAREGIVING
ARRANGEMENTS WHEN YOU HEAR THAT
THIS IS HAPPENING.
REALLY FRUSTRATING. IT MAKES US REALLY FRUSTRATED THERE REALLY IS NOT MUCH
GUIDANCE OUT THERE
ABOUT IT AND SO ONCE THE CHILD
IS SAFE FOR THE ALTERNATIVE
CAREGIVER’S HOME.
A LOT OF THINGS SHE’S JUST SORT
OF.
LEAVE IT ALONE CLOSE THE CASE.
WELL ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN, I MEAN IT BUT AGAIN THE SAFETY OF THE CHILD IS AT RISK WITH THAT
WE’VE GOT VARYING LEVELS OF
VETTING GOING ON OTHER
RELATIVES.
>>REYNOLDS TOLD 10 NEWS THAT IN
ONE CASE A RELATIVE WAS
CONTACTED ABOUT SOME OF HER
FAMILY GOING INTO
FOSTER CARE.
SHE DROVE 5 HOURS FROM OUT OF
STATE TO PICK
THEM UP.
>>THE AGENCY HAS DID NOTHING TO
VET THIS ALL THEY DID WAS A
CALDERON THE FOUND AND SAID HEY
DO YOU HAVE ANY CRIMINAL.
CONVICTIONS
NOW THE CPS
FINDINGS NOW THAT’S ALL THEY
DID THIS AS THE FOR THE
RELATIVE AND SHE
WAS LIKE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING
MORE THAN THAT YOU NEED TO SIGN
ANY
PAPERS NOW.
>>HE SAYS WHEN SHE GOT HOME,
THE WOMAN HAD NOTHING THAT SAID
SHE HAD LEGAL CUSTODY.
SO SHE COULDN’T EVEN ENROLL
THEM
IN SCHOOL.
>>THE AGENCY DID FACILITATE
GETTING THE MOTHER TO SIGN A
HAND WRITTEN POWER OF THE
TOURNEY.
>>THE KIDS HAD SPECIAL NEEDS SHE HAD TO STOP WORKING TO GET THEM ADJUSTED.
BUT SHE WASN’T GETTING ANY
MONETARY OR MEDICAL SUPPORT A
FOSTER OR KINSHIP FAMILY WOULD
GET.
SO A FEW MONTHS LATER.
SHE HAD TO RETURN
THE KITS.
>>THAT’S LIKE ONE OF THE WORST
SITUATIONS RIGHT.
NOT EVERY SITUATIONS LIKE THAT,
BUT THAT I MEAN EVEN WORSE HAS
HAPPENED.
2 CHILDREN BECAUSE THE
PROCESS DIDN’T WASN’T THERE TO
SUPPORT THE TRIAL.
THE
CHILDREN OR THE
RELATIVE CAREGIVERS OR THE
PARENTS YOU’LL HEAR THE LOCAL
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES SAY.
WELL IT’S NOT OUR CONTROL
BECAUSE THIS IS A VOLUNTARY
PLACEMENT YOU’RE TAKING THE
CONTROL AWAY FROM THE PARENTS.
>>AND GIVING IT TO ALL THESE
OTHER PEOPLE.
WELL I BEG TO DIFFER AGAIN,
THERE’S THAT
COERCION PIECES.
WELL PARENTS IF YOU DON’T DO
THIS WE’RE GOING TO GO THIS
ROUTE
IN SO THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE
WHAT KIND OF THE CHOICES THAT
YOU KNOW
THAT IT’S THE UN SAYS
VOLUNTARY,
BUT IT’S COERCED VOLUNTARY MESS
LIKE US.
LIKE US. >>SINCE JUDGES ARE INVOLVED KIDS CAN BE IN THESE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR YEARS AND
PARENTS CAN LOSE CUSTODY,
PERMANENTLY BECAUSE THERE’S NOT
A PLAN FOR THEM TO GET THEIR
KIDS BACK.
REYNOLDS TELLS ME VIRGINIA HAS
BEEN TRYING TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS BUT NEW
POLICIES OR LAWS HAVEN’T BEEN
ABLE TO STICK IF YOU HAVE
AN ISSUE
WE HAVE CONTACT INFO FOR THE