tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31848825.post6679735559297128335..comments2023-09-20T21:32:56.122-05:00Comments on Michelle Sherwood: A nationwide hotline number may have saved a MO childMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302836596826180681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31848825.post-40784139629203459392009-02-12T11:25:00.000-06:002009-02-12T11:25:00.000-06:00I have contacted Missouri helpline a number of tim...I have contacted Missouri helpline a number of times recently about a seriously abusive foster home, all they do is visit the house take the child into another room talk to the child and leave.<BR/><BR/>This is a travesty and an excuse, these people more endanger a child by their very stupidity and actions on both occasions the child has suffered as a result.<BR/><BR/>I am still fighting now but am using a different method.<BR/><BR/>I am sorry but I have renamed Missouri CPS the Child Prostitution Service see my channel sliepnir2006 <BR/>on you tube.<BR/><BR/>Missouri is a corrupt deceitful dishonest state that has no credibility in terms of child protection left whatsoever.<BR/><BR/>This state would not have done anything anyway and as appears so actually did not. <BR/><BR/>This is typical, call the police not the hotline these people that run this hotline are just liars, they endanger the child further.<BR/><BR/>I am currently trying to still do something for this child through Claire McCaskill - Senator, Jay Nixon - Governor and the Acting Director of Social Services Celesta Hartgraves. <BR/><BR/>Yet still this state ignores the abuse that is going on as regards this child.<BR/><BR/>God help me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31848825.post-52718824744147829742006-11-16T09:34:00.000-06:002006-11-16T09:34:00.000-06:00This is such a sad situation, but unfortunately ev...This is such a sad situation, but unfortunately even if this woman had been able to reach hotline workers in a more timely manner there is no real assurance that anything would or could have been done. Caseworkers are limited in what they can accomplish, and cases of abuse or neglect that seem obvious to the mandated reporter are "unsubstantiated" because the caseworker sees no obvious physical signs of abuse at the time of the investigation. <br /><br />This system is broken. Just this morning I was told by a mandated reporter that she felt humilitated by a hotline worker who did not take her concerns seriously. Mandated reporters are subject to prosecution if they don't call, (and Greene County has certainly done this recently) but they often worry that their calls are not going to be substantiated and the situation may be made worse by the call. <br /><br />That said, if someone is seriously concerned that a child is in immediate danger of being abused, they should not hesitate to call 911.thinkingthingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03186631821048302056noreply@blogger.com