Tag Archives: dshs

Little Girl Poca And Our Foster Care System: Why Public Outcry May Not Help Her (5 of 5)

May 15, 2009 – 10:22 am

In the first four parts of this five-part series, I have discussed 1) The fight between DSHS and Poca’s foster family; 2) Some vital questions the media is mostly ignoring on this case; 3) Why DSHS and the Courts usually prefer reunification with biological parents; and 4) An attorney’s perspective on dealing…

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Little Girl Poca And Our Foster Care System: An Attorney’s Perspective (4 of 5)

May 14, 2009 – 10:06 am

In the first three parts of this five-part series, I discussed 1) The fight between DSHS and Poca’s foster family; 2) Some vital questions the media is mostly ignoring on this case; and 3) Why DSHS and the Courts usually prefer reunification with biological parents.

Today, in part four, I offer an attorney’s…

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Little Girl Poca And Our Foster Care System: Why DSHS & The Courts Favor Reunification (3 of 5)

May 13, 2009 – 12:06 pm

In the first two parts of this five-part series, I discussed 1) The fight between DSHS and Poca’s foster family; and 2) Some vital questions the media is mostly ignoring on this case.

Today, in part three, I explain why DSHS and the courts tend to prefer reunification with biological parents.

Nationwide statistics show that…

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Little Girl Poca And Our Foster Care System: Questions The Media Doesn’t Ask (2 of 5)

May 12, 2009 – 11:20 am

In the first part of this five-part series, I discussed the fight between DSHS and Poca’s foster family.

Today, in part two, I go over some vital questions the media are mostly ignoring on this case.

Not Poca – Yet another cute kid

All the articles I’ve found on this case minimize the…

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Little Girl Poca And Our Foster Care System: Foster Parents Vs. DSHS (1 of 5)

May 11, 2009 – 10:06 am

Another DSHS (Department of Social and Health Services) scandal is bubbling over in Snohomish County, this involving foster parents Amy and Dick Langley and their foster daughter Poca. Poca was apparently born a very sick preemie to drug addicted parents, and has been living with the Langleys from the age of four months to almost four years old. Now DSHS…

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