What is failure to protect a child?

Failure to protect means failure to take reasonable action to remedy or prevent child abuse or neglect.

What is it like to be a CPS worker?

Flexible work schedule Flexibility at CPS helps maintain a great life/ work balance. The benefits are excellent, but the pay is below average. It is stressful to see the abuse of children, but at the same time rewarding to help and get to know the children.

What is the punishment for abusing a child?

Any person who shall commit any other act of child abuse, cruelty, or exploitation or be responsible for the conditions prejudicial to the child’s development, shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment from 12 years and 1 day to 14 years and 8 months.

Why is there a debate over Child Protective Services?

“Since the late 1970s, the debate over child protective services has been driven by horror stories that have become a meta-narrative: social workers screw up by missing the telltale signs of abuse, kids get hurt, laws are reformed, and thus more at-risk children are taken out of their homes and given to loving adoptive families.

Is there no responsibility and no accountability in Child Protective Services?

She shares heart-breaking stories of CPS corruption, including how children are being taken away unnecessarily and put in very abusive situations. Her conclusion is that “there is no responsibility and no accountability in Child Protective Services.” Help Stop the Corruption!

What happens when charges are made against Child Protective Services?

However, when charges are made against Child Protective Services, the charges are ignored; that Child Protective Services and Juvenile Court can always hide behind a confidentiality clause in order to protect their decisions and keep the funds flowing. There should be open records and “court watches”!

Is the Minnesota child protection system unjust and harmful to children?

“The child protection system in Minnesota is unjust and harmful to children, an advocacy group argued Tuesday, and as evidence, pointed to the decision by a state judge last week to return a 1-year-old boy to his mother….Erick Kaardal said the child protection system is a ‘public health abuse’ because counties can remove children before a trial.”