Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 20:57:13 -0700 From: spooner@doitnow.com (Rick Tompkins/Kathy Harrer) Subject: [lpaz-repost] Michigan Runs Background Checks On New Parents To: lpaz-repost@yahoogroups.com
And grows...
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>Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 19:23:13 -0500
>To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
>From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
>Subject: Michigan Runs Background Checks On New Parents
>
>[Note from Matthew Gaylor: Whatever happened to innocent until
>proven guilty? This is another bold departure in a move toward the
>totalitarian state, more reminiscent of a Communist China than the
>United States.]
>
>
>Source:
>Detroit Free Press
>http://www.freep.com/
>
>State running background checks on new parents
>http://www.freep.com/news/childrenfirst/paren23_20010323.htm
>
>March 23, 2001
>
>ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
>LANSING -- A new state program intended to protect newborn babies
>uns background checks on their parents to determine whether they
>have a history of child abuse that resulted in termination of their
>parental rights.
>
>"The whole idea here is prevention," said Mark Jasonowicz, deputy
>director of the state Family Independence Agency. "We want to
>identify those parents who have been abusive in the past and try to
>head off any possible incidents of future abuse."
>
>The program, which has been in place since March
>7, is designed to fill gaps in the state's child protection system.
>
>"Say a parent has his or her rights terminated and then moves to
>another county and has another child. There's no way for the local
>authorities to know the history," said Michael Foley, executive
>director of the Children's Charter of the Courts of Michigan, a child
>and family advocacy group.
>
>The FIA will gather information on about 144,000 newborns per year
>from the Department of Community Health and search for matches weekly
>against its own database of 34,000 parents whose rights have been
>terminated.
>
> From there, the information will be forwarded to local FIA offices,
>which will make sure that the matches are legitimate. If they are,
>case workers will go out to investigate; in extreme cases, the
>newborn baby will be removed.
>
>But some critics worry about the ability of large state agencies to
>keep their information up-to-date.
>Others say the entire idea sounds as if Big Brother is now looking
>into homes and hospitals.
>
>MORE CHILDREN FIRST STORIES
>http://www.freep.com/news/childrenfirst/index.htm
>
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