By: Julianna Walo, Esquire Vulnerable Children Overlooked in Residential Treatment Facilities Every day across America, thousands of children suffer in residential treatment facilities – out of sight and often out of mind. For many of these children, DCFS negligence and placement in these facilities follows years of trauma, multiple failed... View Article
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The Epidemic of Sexual Abuse in Foster Care is a Pipeline to Juvenile Delinquency, Prison and Death Row
The complex relationship between foster care and the criminal justice system, particularly regarding the alarming incidence of children in foster care experiencing sexual abuse, compels a further examination of its long-term effects. Research indicates that approximately **30%** of children in foster care experience sexual abuse, a figure significantly higher than... View Article
ProPublica: We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a wide-ranging investigation into abuse and neglect of people with developmental disabilities at Illinois treatment facilities. Read more here.
By: Julianna Walo, Esquire The child welfare attorneys at Justice for Kids, a division of Kelley Kronenberg, regularly review cases where DCFS negligence claims arise from institutional failures in Illinois child advocacy. This particular case exemplifies why legal intervention is sometimes necessary to protect foster care rights and hold agencies... View Article
Palm Beach County Health Officials Issue Emergency Order Against Treatment Center for Kids After a Child’s Death for Negligence and Failure to Follow Critical Mental Health Procedures
A residential mental health treatment facility in Palm Beach County, Florida can’t admit new clients with a “history of self-harm, suicidal ideations or suicide attempts” according to an order issued by the state. As reported by WFLX Fox 29, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) claims that employees at... View Article
By: Julianna Walo, Esquire As an attorney in Kelley Kronenberg’s Justice for Kids Division, I’ve seen firsthand how critical early recognition of child abuse can be. The statistics are stark and sobering: 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men were sexually abused before the age of 18 (Centers... View Article
As reported by WFSU, Franklin County Sheriff A. J. Smith is again calling out the Florida Department of Children and Families for failing to serve abused children and neglected kids in his jurisdiction. Read the full story here.
ABC News: Foster parents of several Turpin siblings sentenced on child abuse charges
Foster parents who took in several children after they were rescued from previous abuse were sentenced on child abuse charges on October 18. It’s been an unimaginable, tragic course of events for the Turpin children whose parents severely abused them. The siblings were rescued from their home only to face... View Article
The mother of a 4-year-old boy, Antwan Hope Jr., who was suffocated in his bed in 2013 has been arrested on one count of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated child abuse in her son’s death, Coral Springs Police announced on August 26. 11 years ago, child advocate... View Article
As reported by WPEC, a South Florida mother accused of keeping her adoptive son locked in an 8×8 box in the garage pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated child abuse, false imprisonment and neglect of a child. She was sentenced to 10 years of probation with one year of house... View Article