Topic: Social Work
AP News | 2010-03-10 18:38:44
Ohio children forced to sleep in cages by adoptive parents will share $1.2M settlement
Eleven adopted and foster children forced to sleep in cages by their adoptive parents have reached a $1.2 million settlement with the Ohio county where they once lived. Lawyers for the children contended that Huron County children's services workers should have discovered what ...
AP News | 2010-02-16 23:25:23
<div id="subtitle">ND officials scramble to save statewide social services hot line ahead of flood season</div><div><p>When the Red River burst its banks last spring, flooding dozens of surrounding towns and cities, thousands of worried or displaced residents called a statewide 211 hot line to help find shelter ...
AP News | 2010-02-16 22:32:39
<div id="subtitle">Budget ax hits Mo. social services as House committees look to trim state spending</div><div><p>The budget ax fell hard on Missouri's social services Tuesday as House lawmakers began the long and painful process of crafting a state spending plan amid slumping tax revenues.</p ...
AP News | 2010-02-03 21:26:59
<div id="subtitle">Philly social workers on trial for fraud after 2006 starvation death of disabled teen client</div><div><p>Four Philadelphia social workers charged with fraud in a case linked to the starvation death of a disabled teenager defended their work as their trial opened Wednesday, saying they were not ...
