Omg I don't think I've ever seen a case where a parent told people the child died months before she actually died.
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Just tried to search court dockets for Waldo County in Maine, and I can't find anything....
:gaah:
Anyone??
TIA! :wave:
Amen to that! I'm also following the Lucas case out of KS.It is when I read cases like this that I have no problem in understanding why I prefer animals over humans.
And I am so sick of hearing over and over that DHHS dropped the ball. Hire more people and the people that are already there need to do their jobs. This is not only Maine but just about every state. Dropping the ball is NO excuse!!!
It just makes me sick. :tears:
Same here -- I have never been nor have I ever known a case worker for DHHS/CPS/etc., but I would really like to know why this type of thing is so damm common in so many areas.
-- Are the laws so restrictive that a negative finding is nearly impossible to make?
-- Does DHHS mgmt. load up caseworkers with so many cases that they cannot spend enuff time to inspect, follow-up or write-up their findings sufficiently?
-- Is the pay so low that the job attracts and keeps only the less competent case workers? Is the attrition factor that large so as to lose promising workers?
-- Are DHHS case workers not trained well enuff to know that something bad is going on in a home?
-- Is it that the case work is so disturbing or near-impossible that they can't keep the good ones or that the good ones cannot do their jobs as they should?
-- Is the emphasis to leave the child with the family so strong that only the very worst cases are more closely investigated?
These are truly honest questions, and they are from someone who does not know enuff about it so I have asked them. Please know that I am not trying to be accusatory or insulting. I just don't understand how DHHS/CPS things work. We see this time after time, county after county, state after state, and dead child after dead child.
From an article from today (click on hyperlink).
Some people have reached out to NEWS CENTER Maine asking where they can send money raised through Go Fund Me or through other fundraising efforts to help with Marissa's burial or to go toward the needs of her family, but Kennedy asked that any money raised in Marissa's name be donated to organizations that respond to and prevent child abuse.
More in depth article with the grandfather. It appears Marissa lived with her grandparents for seven years, sounds like it may have been without her mother? It's really vague. I wonder how long the Carillos have been in Maine?
Thanks for posting the links. This one didn’t work for me, can you maybe try reposting?
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Same here -- I have never been nor have I ever known a case worker for DHHS/CPS/etc., but I would really like to know why this type of thing is so damm common in so many areas.
-- Are the laws so restrictive that a negative finding is nearly impossible to make?
-- Does DHHS mgmt. load up caseworkers with so many cases that they cannot spend enuff time to inspect, follow-up or write-up their findings sufficiently?
-- Is the pay so low that the job attracts and keeps only the less competent case workers? Is the attrition factor that large so as to lose promising workers?
-- Are DHHS case workers not trained well enuff to know that something bad is going on in a home?
-- Is it that the case work is so disturbing or near-impossible that they can't keep the good ones or that the good ones cannot do their jobs as they should?
-- Is the emphasis to leave the child with the family so strong that only the very worst cases are more closely investigated?
These are truly honest questions, and they are from someone who does not know enuff about it so I have asked them. Please know that I am not trying to be accusatory or insulting. I just don't understand how DHHS/CPS things work. We see this time after time, county after county, state after state, and dead child after dead child.
CPS/DFCS staff are routinely overloaded with cases and underpaid. There are requirements to see each child/family frequently. If your caseload is 40-50 cases that requires working many nights and weekends. In addition there are new reports every day that must be managed within a certain time frame. Rather than visualizing the staff as not doing their jobs or uninspired, most workers go overboard and contribute their own money and resources to see that needs are met. It's an overwhelming job with too many cases, too few workers, constant staff turnover, very low pay, and set up to fail. Please keep in mind that a Judge must sign an order for children to be removed. Sometimes they won't.
Man accused of beating stepdaughter to death is assaulted in jail
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/03...-step-daughter-to-death-is-assaulted-in-jail/
Julio Carrillo, 51, was assaulted Saturday by another inmate, who now faces two misdemeanor charges for the alleged confrontation.
Julio Carrillo, 51, was assaulted Saturday in the facility’s maximum security unit, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Detective Ron Rollins said. He refused to say how the men came into contact, but said no weapons were involved.
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Carrillo was transported to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick where he was treated for minor, non-life threatening injuries before he was returned to the jail.