Have you been a victim of Child Protective Services?
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@morrgin I'm not sure. I just know that the abuse was reported by a woman at a department store. I was kept local and was allowed to see my grandmother under supervision, since they wanted to make sure no one was putting things in my head or telling me to lie.
I know a lot of people think CPS is evil and crazy. But they don't typically take kids away from their families, usually, they offer parenting classes and stuff like that. But for me, they had no choices but to take me away since the abuse was very obviously severe.
At least in the area I'm in, they take pride in having a low removal rate because it keeps the children's lives as normal as possible. They really try to keep families together and offer resources.
I know a lot of people think CPS is evil and crazy. But they don't typically take kids away from their families, usually, they offer parenting classes and stuff like that. But for me, they had no choices but to take me away since the abuse was very obviously severe.
At least in the area I'm in, they take pride in having a low removal rate because it keeps the children's lives as normal as possible. They really try to keep families together and offer resources.
morrgin · F
@SW-User That's the way CPS is supposed to work. Many areas do not follow the same example. My area had a program that has worked wonderfully on keeping family together and when that's not possible to work towards reunification. Then they threw the program out last year saying it wasn't showing positive results and it was putting too many children at risk. They only used it for like 3 months.
morrgin · F
@SW-User In oregon they have a removal rate that is 44% higher than the national average.