Lawsuit Says State's DCS System Has Worsened Since Federal Court Oversight Ended in 2017, 'Warehousing' Children

Lawsuit says state's DCS system has worsened since federal court oversight ended in 2017, 'warehousing' children

The lawsuit said children in the state's care are kept in spaces that may lack adequate food, bedding, soap and potable water.

Lawsuit: ‘Tennessee’s foster care system is failing children it is intended to protect’

Margie Quin, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Children's Services, is now named as a defendant in two proposed class action lawsuits alleging DCS warehouses and mistreats children (Photo: John Partipilo)Foster kids in Tennessee are being denied the basic right to education, healthcare and stable homes and instead kept in unsafe institutions or bounced through multiple foster families for years at time, a lawsuit filed Monday on behalf…

Lawsuit: ‘Tennessee's Foster Care System Is Failing Children It Is Intended To Protect’

Filed by a team of national child welfare attorneys, the federal suit seeks a court-ordered overhaul of the $1.2B agency. Image: Margie Quin, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, is now named as a defendant in two proposed class action lawsuits alleging DCS warehouses and mistreats children. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Anita Wadhwani [The Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Foster kids in Tennessee are being den…

Fostering in Essex 'under threat' amid warning of declining numbers of carers

The number of children going to care has been increasing but recruitment of foster carers has been difficult for the council

Social Services – Child protective proceeding – Immunity

Where a plaintiff filed suit against the defendant Child Protective Services for the damages caused to him and his children during a child protective proceeding, the defendant is entitled to summary disposition because the plaintiff failed to timely notify the state of his claim, his claim is barred by governmental immunity and the complaint fails