This # shouldn't shock anyone. This is the # of kids we have in foster care nationally. 507,000 children. That is an alarming amount of children in foster care. The reason behind it is there is not enough investigation going on and when there is there is in one state 27% error rate in false allegations of child abuse.
That is a very high percentage for familys being investigated. Below is the state I found.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=64364
When are people going to realize what is going on around us. If there is an estimated 27% error rate in one state how much error are in other states?Do people even pay attention to these kind of things?
Of course not, because it is not made public as to what is going on around us, to many questions would be asked. So what do we do as a state or the U.S.A. Fight like HELL and get rid of HHS< CPS>AND DSS. DO we really need them or do we go back to the way it was when our grandparents were alive. We as kids then didn't and don't act like kids do today.
Kids today use, I am going to turn you in for abuse, or I hate you, or I am going to run away. To much freedom for kids today and to much involvement with the system. We are no longer a free country, our kids run the country and if our kids say we abuse them, then according to the courts we do, and there is nothing we can do about it besides spend our dollars we didn't have to begin with to fight the county attorneys and the courts, while the real abusers are still on the loose.
While unwarranted interventions occur, the lives of children who are in genuine need for intervention are endangered. As the overburdened child protective (CP) worker allocates time to investigate an unfounded case, a child in serious danger is left waiting. In addition, unsubstantiated accusations, with the traumatic investigations that accompany them, cause much harm to innocent families. The number of families who have undergone these unfounded and intrusive investigations is much too high. According to the United States Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, 60% of all reports of suspected child maltreatment turn out to be unfounded (Besharov, 1985). In addition to the traumatic investigation, families are often ordered to accept treatment under threat of court action. About 50% of these cases are later found to be unsubstantiated (Besharov, 1985).
http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume3/j3_2_5.htm
