Big no-no for the sexes to be sharing one bedroom.

and the
two girls were placed in the home of the foster father's girlfriend.

CPS should be looking for relative or kinship care, rather than *stranger
foster care.*

ASFA (governing Federal Law states relatives have standing).

I suggest you look at NG alt support child protective services, and you might
want to call CPS again.

Backchannel your state and network locally.

The fosters on this NG will tell you that the fosters might have a GAL or CASA
appointed. You could call them up.

The children should have their names and numbers. At ages 14, they are old
enough to have standing in some court.

Thanks for helping.

Angry and sad---wrote:

Subject: What if a foster parent is a bad parent?
From: "angryandsad"
Date: 9/5/2004 3:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: outsupport.com


This person has two biological children and two foster children living
with him. I've ignored a lot of lapses - drug use by the foster parent
with the kids, lack of supervision, truancy being allowed if not
encouraged and more. I had to stop turning my head Thursday when the
older foster child told me that the biological son had sexually assaulted
a visiting child and the foster son had sexually assaulted the biological
daughter. She said her foster father was aware of the assaults and was
indifferent. I called the police after talking with her a while to make
sure she was telling the truth.

The local child welfare agency removed the foster son from the home in
handcuffs. The biological son was allowed to stay in the home, and the
two girls were placed in the home of the foster father's girlfriend. (The
foster father's girlfriend is the mother of the other victim.) The two
girls told me they were staying there for a few months, but were allowed
to come home if the son was not there.

Here's my problem, and I hope someone can help me. The girlfriend did not
report the assault to any authority when her daughter told her about it.
She works nights, so three girls, aged 16, 14, and 12 are alone five
nights a week. The younger two are the victims. The father, who was
furious with me for reporting the abuse, tried to get the firls to recant.
I watched the son and daughter leave together last night at 11 pm when I
was coming home. Clearly, both adults are ignoring the restrictions.

The local child welfare agency seems to be playing fast and loose with the
rules as well. The family lives in a three bedroom house. The father has
one bedroom, the biological son has one, and the two girls and the foster
son shared the third bedroom. The other victim slept there five nights a
week before the assaults - who knows where they put her. The family does
not have sufficient income to care for all these children. Utilities have
been shut off and the children are often hungry.

Can anyone give me advice? I don't want any of these kids to suffer any
more.