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A former child protective services worker who took kids from parents, a woman who was abused as a child, and a wrongly accused father tell their stories.
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In the reader correspondence that follows, a former child protective services worker shares her perspective on the system, the difficulty of working within it, and its paternalistic excesses. A woman who says the system saved her from an abusive father doubts the narrative that CPS is overaggressive at protecting kids. And a father investigated for child abuse says that the experienceradicalized him.
First, the experiences of a woman whose job included taking kids away from their parents:
Opinions usually fell into one of two predictable camps: as a CPS worker you were either accused of doing too little to protect the children involved, or of being too invasive, at best another mindless bureaucrat and at worst a power-happy sadist that got off on telling others how to raise their kids. In truth, both are often correct. Ive seen them personally. And its a problem. Most workers, however, fall somewhere along the wide spectrum in between, and where they fall will be influenced more by their local inter-and-intra-agency culture than any statute.
Thinking of the mother of the 9-year-old, I realize I am not privy to the details of the case. I understand there is a lot I dont know. Things like, does this mom have a history of abusing or neglecting this child or other children? Did the child have any special needs that made her especially vulnerable to being unsupervised? Did the child have any other signs of abuse like severe bruising or physical injuries, or of neglect such as obvious malnutrition or chronic head lice, or any other incalculable number of things? These would no doubt make a huge impact on my opinion of the situation, but as it stands what I read is this: a 9-year-old girl was left with a cellular phone at a playground near her mothers workplace with adequate shade and access to water. Upon learning that her mother was not present, an adult called the police. So far, I vilify neither the caller for calling nor the police for responding. It is what happens next that I strongly question.
Apparently, the best answer to this case was to remove the child from her mothers custody, put her in foster care, and arrest the mother. Ill be blunt: this is insane.
I agree that an investigation to ensure the child is being cared for adequately isnt an entirely bad idea, and I would even agree that other arrangements for the daughters care while mom is at work would be better. This, however, can be accomplished without removing the child from her home and certainly without arresting the mother (which, honestly, just seems asinine to me). In fact, depending on whether any other signs of abuse or neglect were present, it might not be strictly necessary to carry out a full investigation. CPS (dependent on that specific states statutes) may have been able to warn the mother and offer her help in finding affordable or even subsidized childcare. CPS workers generally have some latitude. Depending on the state, however, this is not always an option.
Yet even when an investigation is opened, if a parent says that they have no access to childcare while they are at work, guess who can help? Childrens Services. Or did we forget that they are, in fact, services? That workers are Social Service Workers, not mini-cops or pseudo-judges. Its a lot of power, to be able to remove a child from their home and family, to prohibit or require supervision of contact between family members,tolegally terminate a parents right to their child.
CPS workers and their supervisors have a staggering breadth of power, power that must be wielded with the utmost care, judiciousness, and perhaps most importantly, humility. My old boss, a man wiser than his chronological mid-thirties, laid it out for me the first week on the job. He told me that removing a child from their home is the juvenile justice systems equivalent of the death penalty, the most extreme thing a worker can do. Its true. There is no higher sanction in family law.
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Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa presided when Parliament met at 1 pm yesterday. After the presentation of papers and oral questions, the House took up the adjournment motion moved by UPFA MP Shantha Bandara on July 80 workers.
UNP Govt. treated July '80 strikers ruthlessly
Shantha Bandara (UPFA):
The UNP Governments crackdown on the July 1980 strike by public workers, was the most ruthless action by taken by a government in the countrys State sector history. We condemn the way the UNP government handled this situation. It is shocking to recall what the UNP did after coming to power by promising the masses a just society to obtain a 5/6th majority in Parliament. Around 100,000 public sector workers were sacked overnight for agitating for a better salary. The masses were suffering from the ills of open economic policies introduced by the UNP Government at that time. They were only demanding a ten rupee salary increase per day. But the government by imposing emergency laws sacked the strikers declaring that the strikers belonged to the essential services category. As a result, the jobs of 100,000 public servants were lost.
While thirty-eight state employees committed suicide, the families of those who lost their jobs had to face severe difficulties and their childrens education disrupted. It was under Chandrika Kumaratungas Government which came to power in 1994, the then Labour Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa reinstated most of them. Those who were above 65 years of age was provided with a cost of living allowance of Rs. 5,000 per month by the last budget.
Ranjith Zoysa (UPFA): I second the motion. The people of this country have still not forgotten how the J.R. Jayewardene - led UNP Government treated the 1980 July strikers. They were sacked in toto, throwing thousands of poor families into a state of penury.
It was President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was genuinely interested in solving the problem of the July strikers from its inception. As a former Labour Minister under former President Chandrika Bandaranaikes government, President Mahinda Rajapaksa was able to pay their salary arrears and even reinstated most of the July strikers.
Grievances not addressed so far
Joseph Michael Perera (UNP): The July strikers had been cheated by the present Government by hoodwinking them with various promises. Their grievances were not addressed 30 years after they lost their jobs. It is reported that payment of compensation to the July strikers would cost less than Rs.150 million, a triple when compared to the wastage of public money by the government when it came to power in 2005. President Mahinda Rajapaksa promised to solve the July strikers unemployment problems, but nothing has happened so far.
Introduction of open economy resulted in collapse of industries
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San Francisco's transit agency is rolling out the figurative red carpet for Muni lines on Market Street between Fifth and 12th streets beginning tonight through November in an ongoing effort to signal the transit-only lanes to motorists.
The red-carpet treatment that involves bonding red thermoplastic to existing lanes requires a partial closure on the eastbound transit-only lane on Market Street between Fifth and Mason streets from 10:30 p.m. today to 5 a.m. Saturday. Barring special events, parts of the Market Street stretch of the project will be closed between those hours Fridays and Saturdays to minimize traffic impacts through completion.
"These lanes are already legislated as transit-only lanes," said Kristen Holland, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. "But we had found through the pilot [program] that having a clear indication for this space really helps motorists understand that it's special and different."
Red-colored lanes first appeared in the spring as part of a pilot project on Church Street between 16th Street and Duboce Avenue, designed to improve travel time on J-Church trains and 22-Fillmore buses.
The installation has resulted in strong improvements in transit speed, reliability and the Muni passenger experience, according to transit agency officials, who expect the same for the F-Market and Wharves, 6-Parnassus, 9-San Bruno, 9L-San Bruno Limited, 71-Haight-Noriega and 71L-Haight-Noriega Limited lines.
During the $1.8 million work on Market Street, all buses will operate in the curb lane and use Muni stops along the street, while the F-Market and Wharves line will operate through the installation area. Red lanes have been painted in sections of Third and Geary streets and are near completion on O'Farrell Street.
The red lanes on Market Street are designated for only buses and taxis at all times, unlike on some other corridors where signage will indicate restriction times.
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