why do the stories of these kids have to be ignored with no "thanks for this"?

why is it people worship government so much and ignore the gross mistakes of government?

is it just too painful that we cant trust even our government?tax money for bureaucrats -cant do anything but waste our time and money?

an example off the page"14 year old girl taken away from mother, got pregnant in DCF custody while living on the streets as a runaway, no prenatal care given by DCF for expectant mother, infant dies. No legal representation available for the poor."

oh well, guess ill get back to my tv show

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/dec...n/na-missing18

103 Children in State Care Still Missing in Florida

By John-Thor Dahlburg
December 18, 2002 in print edition A-19

Despite nearly four months of searching, Florida authorities have not found 103 missing children who were in the care of the state’s Department of Children & Families, officials announced Tuesday.

Accentuating the positive, Gov. Jeb Bush and members of his administration stressed that most of the missing – 290 of 393 children – had been located because of the creation of regional, multi-agency “strike forces.” But child-care advocates said the statistic was no proof the state’s checkered record in child care, which was a major issue in Bush’s successful reelection battle last month, was now better.

“On the one hand, we’re bringing the forces of law enforcement, technology and four major state departments together because of concerns about 400 children,” said Jack Levine, president of the Center for Florida’s Children, a Tallahassee-based statewide advocacy organization. “Yeah, let’s do that, but what about the 40,000 other children who do not have the level of professional counseling and long-term quality care they should?”

After a scandal over the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl in state-supervised care rocked his administration, Bush ordered the Department of Children & Families and law enforcement agencies last August to cooperate in hunting for other missing children.

“The life of every youngster in our state is precious, and Operation SafeKids is indeed making a difference in the lives of Florida’s families,” Bush said Tuesday. “The partnership between DCF and the law enforcement community has been successful in locating missing kids and has helped to establish a system that will better protect the children in our state.”

Of the children not found, officials said 88 are still being sought by police, including Rilya Wilson, the little girl who was discovered to be missing from her foster home in the Miami area last May. It took DCF officials 15 months to realize she was gone.

Unlike Rilya, most of the missing are teenage runaways, or are believed to have been snatched by a noncustodial parent, DCF spokesman Owen Roach said. Fourteen others were minors when put in the agency’s care but have since turned 18. They are now being sought by police as adult missing persons, officials said.

One 17-year-old girl who had been placed in a juvenile intervention program, Melissa Karp, was apparently murdered. Her body was found in a canal in southwest Florida’s Collier County.



IF THIS DOESNT MAKE YOU ANGRY THEN ITS HOPELESS

I grew up a runaway coz the abuse of the streets was better than the abuse at home. Does kids like me not matter?

No offense but just asking coz nobody cared to look when I was a kid, they rather pretended it didn't really be happening.

No offense again but would folks rather still pretend that and argue about WHO puts the point forward than what the point is???? *tapes mouth and crawls back into hole* :(

Must agree >> it maybe gov. red tape ,, and who is the hurt / victim .... That said .. Children that have been suffocated or beaten and drugged are at risk to become victims of abuse at any rate equal to or more so than the child that is taken from a responsible / irresponsible ,,, parent /guardian .

Bottom line IMO ,, this thread has been bantered about for the purpose as in local agencies and there ineptness.

Please Take Care and rest >> for these are the kind of wars that are won 1 battle at a time ..

WMD.

why do you think i dont care about that either?

i never said abolish agencies run by state totally

i do think THEY ARENT BEING RUN WELL IN SOME STATES

GOOGLE OK BOYS RANCH WA STATE

you started it by making it about Oprah instead of about hurt and abused kids

Cloudz .. errrrrrrrrmmmmm Maybe open your own thread and ask admin to move your posts from here >> and On your way with your own discussion .

Take Care .

WMD.

abused kids don't matter ...just politics etc ...whatever!!!!

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....it hurts when abused kids don't matter!!!! :( :( :(