When are children allowed to use their rights that our government gave them? That’s the question I will be looking to get answered in the near future. I have had to ask myself that question many times in this past year. It is a question I want at least one of the presidential candidates to answer. Every year all I hear from them is what they are going to do to get us out of debt. Okay, blah,blah,blah. It is the crap we hear every election time. What I want to hear is when our government will stop allowing the Department of Children and Family services to illegally kidnap our children and allow them to be adopted out to anyone so their agency can make money. It turned into a money making scheme and the government is aware of it.

I have never seen an election where they talked and debated about the safety of our children. Please correct me if I am wrong,but that is based on what I have seen personally. Did you ever hear them talk about the children that they have institutionalized because they have no homes for them? Have you heard them talk about the emotional and physical abuse they are put through while in the states custody? And when they reach the age of 18 they say they are not responsible anymore and good luck to you! They send them out into a world having had no love, only fear, no hope, only confused and it can go on. I want a candidate to speak up about this agency. Maybe if they did they would get a hell of a lot more voters. I know that they would get my vote.

Due process, okay does this mean that everyone is protected by this law or is there a age that you have to be for this to take effect? Unless someone can prove otherwise, then I’m guessing that it protects our children from birth. So it’s a fact that the Department of Children and Family services has broken our law thousands of times.

The studies that have been conducted to show how dcf really affects our children will astound you. One study that was done shows just how much danger our children are in when in the custody of DCF.
CT DCF Safety Stats:

The following statistics represent the number of cases per 100,000 children in the United States and includes DCF in Connecticut. This information is from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) in Washington.

Physical Abuse Sexual Abuse Neglect Medical Neglect Fatalities
DCF / CPS 160 112 410 14 6.4
Parents 59 13 241 12 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. This disturbs me as it should everyone who just read those statitics. Those are innocent children who’s rights were violated by DCF. And it is happening in the United States of America! This is the topic that I want addressed in this election. But why should they, they are making good money from this agency.

All these children are making money at their young age for this agency and have to suffer to provide them with it. The one law that we must educate all parents from day one is : “Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation for them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation; and if the order in the warrant to a civil officer, to make search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation of the persons or objects of search, arrest, or seizure: and no warrant ought to be issued but in cases, and with the formalities prescribed by the laws.” This simply put means that they cannot come into your home and take your children without the proper legal documents stating from a judge that they have custody of your child. If they do not provide you with those papers, then they are committing a crime punishable by law! They cannot even put their hands on your children at that point. The police officers that they are required to bring with them are also breaking the law because they do not ask to see the legal papers that allows them to remove the children. I thought that their job required them to uphold the law not break it.

I would hope that one of the candidates for president will put on his agenda to stop all the crimes committed against our children whose rights are not recognized by the Department of Children and Family services here in the United States of America. I will make a promise to all our children that I will never stop fighting for their rights and will do my best to hold this government responsible for all the crimes allowed to be committed by this agency. Until this issue is addressed I will never vote for a president. So they can keep debating on our debts and pushing our future leaders rights aside but its falling on my deaf ears. I will vote when a candidate states I will fix the issues concerning our children because we owe them that much since we are the ones that screwed it up! Whoever you are you have my vote!

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HOW TO DISCIPLINE YOUR CHILD
How do you keep a 1-year-old from heading toward the VCR? What should you do when your preschooler
throws a fit?  How can you get your adolescent to respect your authority?  Find out here how to
vary your approach to discipline to best fit your family.

Whatever the age of your child, it’s important to be consistent in disciplining your child.  If you
don’t stick to the rules and consequences that you set up, your child isn’t likely to either.

Ages 0 to 2
Knowing that babies and toddlers are naturally curious, it’s a good idea to eliminate any
temptations for your young child to act out. Keep your young child’s environment relatively free of
no-no’s – items such as VCRs, stereos, jewelry, and especially cleaning supplies and medications
should be kept well out of his reach. When your crawling baby or roving toddler heads toward an
unacceptable or dangerous play object, calmly say, “No,” and redirect your child by either removing
him or her from
the area or engaging your child’s attention with an appropriate activity.

Timeouts can be effective discipline for toddlers.  A child who has been hitting, biting, or
throwing food, for example, should be told why that behavior is unacceptable and taken to a
designated timeout area – a kitchen chair or bottom stair – for a minute or two to calm down
(longer timeouts are not effective for toddlers).

It’s important to not spank, hit, or slap a child of any age.  Babies and toddlers are especially
unlikely to be able to make any connection between their behavior and physical punishment.  They
will only feel the pain of the hit.

And don’t forget, kids learn by watching adults, particularly their parents.  Make sure your
behavior is role-model material.  You will make a much stronger impact on your child if he sees you
putting your belongings away, too, rather than if you just tell him or her to pick up the toys
while you leave your stuff strewn across the kitchen counter.

Ages 3 to 5
As your child grows and can begin to understand the connection between actions and consequences,
make sure you begin to communicate the rules of your family’s home.  It’s important to explain to
kids what you expect of them before you punish them for a certain behavior.  For instance, the
first time your 3-year-old uses crayons to decorate the living room wall, you should discuss why
that is not allowed and what will happen if your child does this again.  Explain to your child that
he or she will have to help clean the wall and will not be able to use the crayons for the rest of
the afternoon.  If
your child draws on the walls again a few days later, it’s a good idea to remind your child that
crayons
are for paper only and then enforce the consequences.

The earlier parents can set up this kind of “I set the rules and you’re expected to listen or
accept the consequences,” the better for everyone.  Although it’s sometimes easier for parents to
ignore occasional bad behavior or fail to follow through on some threatened punishment, this risks
setting a bad precedent. Consistency is the key to effective discipline.  It’s important for
parents to decide together what the rules are and then be consistent in upholding them.

At the same time you become clear on what behaviors will be punished, don’t forget to reward good
behaviors. And don’t underestimate the positive effect that your praise can have on your
child. Discipline is not just about punishment.  Parents need to remember to recognize good
behavior. For example, you could say, “I’m proud of you for sharing your toys at playgroup.”  This
is usually

more effective than punishing a child for the opposite behavior – not sharing. And be specific when
praising your child; don’t just say, “Good job!”

If your child is displaying an unacceptable behavior that just won’t go away no matter what you do,
consider setting up a chart system. Put up a chart with a box for each day of the week on the
refrigerator and decide how many chances you’ll give your child to display the unacceptable
behavior before some punishment kicks in or how long the proper behavior must be displayed before
it is rewarded. Then simply keep track by monitoring on a daily basis. This will give your child
(and you) a concrete look at how he or she doing. Once this begins to work, don’t forget to praise
your child for learning to control misbehavior (see bottom of article for additional information on
controlling misbehavior) and especially for overcoming any stubborn problem.

Timeouts also can work well for children at this stage. Establish a suitable timeout place that is
free of distractions and will force your child to think about how he or she has behaved. Remember,
getting sent to your room may have meant something in the days before computers, TVs, and video
games were stored there. Don’t forget to consider the length of time that will best suit your
child. Experts say
1 minute for each year of age is a good rule of thumb to follow; others recommend using the timeout
until the child is calmed down (to teach self-regulation).

It’s important to tell your child what the right thing to do is, not just to tell your child what
not to do. For example, instead of telling your child: “Don’t jump on the couch,” you may want to
say: “Please sit on the furniture and put your feet on the floor.”

Ages 6 to 8
Timeouts and consequences are also effective discipline strategies with this age group.

Again, consistency is crucial, as is following through. Make good on any promises of discipline or
else you will risk undermining your authority. Kids have to believe that you mean what you say.
This is not to say you can’t give second chances or allow your child a certain margin of error, but
for the most part, you should follow through with what you say.

Be careful not to make unrealistic threats of punishment (“Slam that door and you’ll never watch TV
again!”) in anger, since not following through could weaken all your threats. If you threaten to
turn the car around and go home if the squabbling in the backseat doesn’t stop, make sure you do
exactly that. The lost day at the beach is much less valuable than the credibility you’ll gain with
your kids.

Huge punishments may take away your power as a parent. If you ground your son or daughter for a
month, your child may not feel motivated to change his or her behavior because everything has
already been taken away.

Ages 9 to 12
Kids in this age group – just as with all ages – can be disciplined with natural consequences. As
they mature and request more independence and responsibility, teaching them to deal with the
consequences of their behavior is an effective and appropriate method of discipline.

For example, if your fifth grader has not done his or her homework before bedtime, should you make
him or her stay up or help him finish? Probably not, since you’ll be missing an opportunity to
teach your child something about life. If he or she doesn’t do homework earlier, your child will go
to school without it the next day and suffer the resulting bad grade.

It’s natural for you to want to rescue your child from any mistakes, but in the long run you’ll be
doing your child more of a favor if you let him or her fail sometimes. Your child will see what
behaving
improperly can mean, and will probably not make those mistakes again. However, if your child does
not seem to be learning from natural consequences, you should set up your own consequences to help
him modify his behavior more effectively.

Ages 13 and Up
By now you’ve laid the groundwork. Your child knows what’s expected of him or her and knows that
you mean what you say about the consequences of bad behavior. Don’t let down your guard now -
discipline is just as important for teens as it is for younger children. Just like the 4-year-old
who needs you to set a bedtime and stick to it, no matter how much he or she whines, your teen
needs to know
boundaries, too.

Make sure to set up rules regarding homework, visits by friends, curfews, and dating and discuss
them beforehand with your teenager so there will be no misunderstandings. Your teen, although he or
she will probably complain from time to time, will realize that you are in control. Believe it or
not, teens still want and need you to set limits and enforce order in their lives, even as you
grant them greater freedom and responsibility.

When your teen does break a rule, taking away privileges may seem to be the best plan of action.
While it’s fine to take away the car for a week, for example, be sure to discuss with your child
why coming home an hour past curfew is unacceptable and worrisome.

It’s also important to give a teenager some control over life. Not only will this limit the number
of power struggles you may have, it will help your teen to respect the decisions you must make for
him or her. With a younger teen, you could allow him or her to make his or her own decisions
concerning school clothes, hair styles, or even the condition of his or her room. As your teen gets
older, that realm of control might be extended to include an occasional relaxed curfew.

It’s also important to focus on the positives. For example, have your child earn a later curfew by
demonstrating positive behavior, rather than giving your teen an earlier curfew as punishment for
irresponsible behavior.

A Word About Spanking
There is perhaps no more controversial form of discipline than spanking. Here are some reasons why
the American Academy of Pediatrics encourages parents to avoid spanking:

•    Spanking teaches children that it’s OK to hit when they’re angry.
•    Spanking can physically harm children.
•    Rather than teaching children how to change their behavior, spanking makes them fearful of
their parents and teaches them merely to avoid getting caught.
•    In the case of children who are looking for attention by acting out, spanking may
inadvertently
“reward” children by giving them attention – negative attention is better than no attention at all.

source: http://www.ct.gov/dcf/lib/dcf/child_welfare_services/pdf/misbehavior.pdf

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Klingberg Family Centers, which has been treating troubled children for 108 years, said Tuesday it will reduce its residential program from 68 to 26 beds to concentrate on in-home and neighborhood services.

The move dovetails with a major push by the state Department of Children and Families to decrease the number of kids in residential centers and increase the number of foster and adoptive families. There were more than 1,400 children in residential programs on any given day last year, nearly 30 percent less than in 2004. The number of kids 12 and under in the residential programs went from 201 in January 2011 to 123 last month.  This also means that Klingberg will be forced to lay off 400 of it’s employees.

Mark Johnson, the center’s vice president, said Tuesday that every effort will be made to plug residential staffers into jobs in the community-based programs. Some of those programs may expand.

Thirty of the children now in residential care at Klingberg will be moved to other settings, including returning to their biological families or being placed with foster families. Klingberg and DCF are working together on the transition. The children who live at Klingberg are referred to the center by DCF.

DCF Commissioner Joette Katz said that despite the progress over the last few years in getting kids into less restrictive settings, “too many children and youth are not growing up with family and community ties.”

She said Klingberg’s action “is going to be instrumental in accelerating that movement.”

Katz has said that troubled children can succeed in family settings along as there are sufficient support services.

Johnson said Klingberg “saw the writing on the wall” and thought it wise to move in the direction DCF was going.

He said Klingberg already has 18 programs in the community, including intensive in-home therapy designed to keep families together.

“We also do foster and adoptive care, and that could very well be among the programs that we increase,” Johnson said.

Steven A. Girelli, Klingberg’s president and CEO said the center’s in-home, outpatient and foster-care programs can handle issues ranging from “moderate family programs to serious behavioral-health needs and traumatization.”

Klingberg also runs three group homes, two for girls, one for boys, with five children each.

Asked if those would increase, Johnson said DCF is steering away from group homes in favor of families that could take in several children.

The center opened in 1903 and served as an orphanage until 1970, when it opened its residential program with a focus on treatment. In 1988, the center started its intensive in-home therapy program.

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That is a question I hear a lot of parents asking and a good question indeed.  When it comes to CT DCF their answer is not quite an answer, they basically tell you to use your best judgement so they can then use it against you at a later time, but for the people who would like to see what the DCF has to sayLEAVING your child home alone…

Deciding when your child is ready to stay home alone is a difficult decision for parents. There is
no set age, either prescribed by law or by child development experts. It comes down to a judgment
call on the part of parents.

Fortunately, there are some guidelines and certain factors to consider, as well as things to do if
you decide to leave your children home alone.

To decide if your child can take care of himself, consider:

His age.  Experts believe a child should be at least 12 before he is left alone, and at least 15
before he can care for a younger brother or sister. These are the minimum ages. Not every child is
ready then
His maturity.  Can he think things through, plan ahead, make good decisions.
His ability to handle urgent situations.  Your child should show good judgment and follow your
rules. He should know how to get help, what to do in a fire, how to deal with visitors and callers,
etc.
The environment.  Is it safe? Are there people nearby who can be trusted to watch out for your
child?
How long he will be alone. An hour or two might be fine; a day may be too long.
His feelings. If he’s nervous about being alone or isn’t sure he can handle certain situations,
he’s not ready.
If you feel your child can stay alone, give him what he needs to be safe, including: The house key.
Have him keep it in a safe, but hidden place, like a zippered part of his
backpack.
Phone numbers. Next to the phone, post a number where you can be reached (or you might want to get
a pager if you’re not always near a phone) and numbers of two neighbors who are likely to be home
and who have agreed to look out for your child. Tell them what time he comes home from school.

Safety rules. When your child is home alone, he should:

•    not enter the house if he sees something suspicious (e.g. an open door, broken window, strange
people).He should go to a neighbor’s house, call 911, then you. Not let anyone in. Delivery people
can be told to go to a neighbor’s house and repair people can come back.
•    not tell anyone he is home alone. If someone calls, your child can say, “My mother (father)
can’t come to the phone right now. Can I take a message?”
•    not go to anyone’s house without your permission.
•    Schedule a time each day to check in with one another.
Teach your child:

•    When to call 911 and what to say.
•    How to prevent fires and what to do if one breaks out (E.g. get out of the house fast and call
911 from a neighbor’s house).
•    Basic first aid (some towns offer courses for children). Some towns and employers offer a
“home alone” class for children; ask your town recreation department, school or employer.

Try leaving your child home alone for an hour or two and see how he does before you do it long
term. Each day, talk to your child about what he did during the day. Ask him often how he feels
about staying home alone. Review safety rules.

If you, or your child have any doubts, it is best to make other arrangements. Maybe another parent,
college student, or local after-school program can help out.

If you need to find care for your child, check with INFOLINE (211), your relatives, neighbors and
friends, your child’s school, your city or town parks and recreation department, or a local
YMCA/YWCA.
your child’s school, your city or town parks and recreation department, or a local YMCA/YWCA.

Source: http://www.ct.gov/dcf/lib/dcf/child_welfare_services/pdf/leaving_your_child_alone.pdf

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CALL OUT! EXPERIENCES WITH ATTORNEY LEO DIANA!

I have had a recent inquiry from a reader asking for information about dealing with neglect cases and DCF in the State of Connecticut.

Does anyone reading this blog have personal experience as a parent dealing with neglect charges from DCF?  Does anyone have information regarding any good attorneys experienced in this area?  If so, please contact me at:  Slopercathy@gmail.com and let me know.  I will refer whatever information you can provide to this reader.

Everyone, this is an emergency situation.  We have good Moms losing custody of their children every single day as the result of corruption in the court system and in DCF.  Your help is vital to our efforts to reach out and help one another.

So, if you have any information, ANY INFORMATION AT ALL, please contact me. Thanks very much.

CALL OUT! EXPERIENCES WITH ATTORNEY LEO DIANA!

I have had a recent inquiry from a reader asking for information about dealing with neglect cases and DCF in the State of Connecticut.

Does anyone reading this blog have personal experience as a parent dealing with neglect charges from DCF?  Does anyone have information regarding any good attorneys experienced in this area?  If so, please contact me at:  Slopercathy@gmail.com and let me know.  I will refer whatever information you can provide to this reader.

Everyone, this is an emergency situation.  We have good Moms losing custody of their children every single day as the result of corruption in the court system and in DCF.  Your help is vital to our efforts to reach out and help one another.

So, if you have any information, ANY INFORMATION AT ALL, please contact me. Thanks very much.

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Class Action Lawsuits Against CPS

It is time to network together to get class action lawsuits against CPS going in all fifty states, and in other countries too. Today at the FightCPS Message Board Forum the topic came up again. So many people want to be involved in class action lawsuits, but most don’t know how to get them started.

We can and must coordinate our efforts! Today I created a new section on the message board especially for class action lawsuit information. I’m asking for at least fifty volunteer coordinators, one for each state in the USA. Each state needs their own class action lawsuit going against CPS injustice.

We need to fight back on issues like the destruction of families so states can qualify for adoption bonuses, and the drugging of children so adopters and foster parents can get more money out of the system. We need to tell them that “reasonable efforts” means REAL reasonable efforts to keep families together!

Are you with me on this?

Today I created a new page at Squidoo.Com about this: How to Start a Class Action Lawsuit. Please read it and if you can, watch the video that explains how to get these lawsuits started.

If you’re moved to volunteer, let us know at the message board forum… in both the class action lawsuits message area, and in your state’s section of the message board. (Or country, if you’re outside of the USA.) This is to help you find others who want to participate to PUT CPS IN ITS PLACE.

These government agents need to stand down and LEAVE FAMILIES ALONE and LET US LIVE IN PEACE INSTEAD OF FEAR.

If you’re ready to help make this happen in every state, especially yours, let us know!

Some of the steps to creating a class action lawsuit against CPS for your state are:

1. Clarify what your specific issues are.

2. Find others in your state with the exact same issues in recent years.

3. Choose someone to be the lead litigant against CPS.

4. Interview lawyers and identify one with a zeal to make CPS stop persecuting and destroying families.

The lawyer, once you choose him or her, should be able to guide you from there.

I will order and read this book on Class Actions and Other Multi-Party Litigation and I hope you’ll get a copy and read along with me. Let’s find out what it really takes the stop the USA’s evil and unjust child welfare laws from hurting any more families.

We have to be the ones to take on the beast and wrestle it to the ground – because seriously, do you see anyone else available to do it? We are apparently chosen to do this work, and I’m dedicated to letting the FightCPS website (and all the traffic it gets) be used to coordinate these efforts to find justice seekers who have been victimized by CPS child welfare services agents, cruel laws, ignorant legislators who won’t help stop the horror, and social services agencies around the world.

Again, most of the networking has to take place on our Message Board Forum. If you haven’t registered there yet, please do so! We need everyone’s help to make the CPS traumatization of children and their families end. Start or join a class action lawsuit against CPS today!

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Order of Temporary Custody

Connecticut Department of Children and Families                                  Effective Date: October 1, 1996 (Revised)

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Ideas Offered To Cut State’s Annual $250 Million Overtime Bill

October 30, 2011|Jon Lender, Government Watch

The first ideas by top state officials on how to shovel out from under Connecticut’s $250 million annual overtime-pay avalanche include proposals to book overtime shifts only 24 hours in advance, instead of two weeks — and to formally evaluate government managers on how well they cut down on subordinates’ overtime pay.

A month ago Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget director, Ben Barnes, ordered six agencies that pay the most overtime to submit plans on how to cut 10 percent from their OT totals between now and June 30, 2012 — and thus help achieve a $25 million statewide reduction.

The plans, turned in by Oct. 21, were obtained by The Courant last week via a Freedom of Information Act request.

They can hardly be considered a detailed road map to a 10 percent across-the-board reduction. Some officials even wrote about facing imperatives that could increase their overtime expenditures for a time. Others offered a solution for eliminating overtime that Barnes’ office that might not completely accept: hire more full-timers to reduce the need to fill shifts via OT. After looking at them for the first time last week, Barnes didn’t sound quite as confident about meeting his first-year reduction goal.

However, a few of the plans showed some new ideas, whether or not they’ll pan out. Here, for example, are a couple of excerpts from the Department of Children and Families’ plan, which drew the most praise from Barnes last week:

•Managers will only “book each day’s overtime shifts 24 hours in advance” at DCF’s round-the-clock operations, such as the Riverview psychological hospital for youths and the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, both in Middletown, according to the plan prepared by DCF’s fiscal services director, Cindy Butterfield. Previously, managers would schedule employees to fill empty shifts by use of “rotation lists,” but “this practice is now changing … because it is believed that there are many variables that can occur in a two-week period that might make a shift [of] overtime unnecessary when the day actually arrives on the schedule.”

•In DCF’s area office system, “all overtime assignments will be filled by the appropriate job class,” and “employees at a higher job class will not be filling in for lower-paid employees,” according to Butterfield’s report. “Individual managers [will be] accountable for the use of overtime within their unit,” and, statewide, “managers have been notified that overtime usage will be considered to be a general performance indicator.”

DCF’s annual overtime bill of $17.7 million ranked sixth among state agencies in the 12-month budget year that ended June 30. That was nearly $48 million behind the highest OT total of $65.3 million spent by the Department of Correction. The four departments in between were: Mental Health and Addiction Services, $44.3 million; Developmental Services, $39.7 million; Emergency Services and Public Protection, $25.2 million; and Transportation, $23 million.

“What I liked about DCF’s plan is that they’re trying to be creative within the rules and constraints that they have,” Barnes said in an interview Friday. He praised the “attention to detail” in the report, including “accountability provisions” that say “people will be evaluated based on their performance relative to these overtime goals, in addition to all the other things they get evaluated for.”

Asked if the plans give him confidence that the Malloy administration can reach its goal of cutting overtime by $25 million between now and the end of this fiscal year, June 30, 2012, Barnes hedged and said, “I don’t know whether we get to our 10 percent,” considering that the OT-cutting effort is gearing up more than three months after the July 1 start of the budget year, but, if not, he said he hopes the goal can be reached over a full year.

Some of the agencies’ proposals for overtime reduction depend heavily on hiring new employees to fill numerous vacancies that have lasted since the Rell administration’s retirement incentive program and hiring freeze.

The mental health department, for example, said in its overtime-reduction plan that it has already “received approval … to hire 95 critical positions, of which 40 were specifically targeted to reduce overtime” at its huge Connecticut Valley Hospital complex in Middletown, and is now “in the recruitment process to hire these staff.”

“CVH last fiscal year accounted for 95% of the Department’s mandatory overtime and 74% of the Department’s total overtime expenditures,” said the plan submitted by agency Commissioner Pat Rehmer. “It is estimated that [an] additional 56 positions will reduce overtime by an additional $1.2 million … [and] the complete DMHAS Overtime Reduction Plan if approved will reduce overtime expenditures by $3.8 million” for the 12-month period ending next June 30.

Balancing Act

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Lets all thank Dani McEvoy for this link…

http://www.ratemycaseworker.net/

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