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The Eagle Texas and Region (Free subscription) | yesterday
... News.The $12.4 million does not include the costs associated with the remaining cases, said Patrick Crimmins, a spokesman for Child Protective Services.It doesn't include court costs, either. Last week, Walther signed an order authorizing payments to hundreds of attorneys recruited to represent the children. The judge set a cap of $4,000 for hourly billing and $750 for travel and...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
SALT LAKE CITY — The temporary care and shelter of women and children removed from a polygamous sect's Texas ranch cost the state more than $12.4 million, child welfare authorities said. The amount represents the final cost of the "San Angelo Mass Care Event," said Texas Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins. An accounting of expenses following the raid...
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... including the salaries of caseworkers and attorneys still involved in the case, agency spokesman Patrick Crimmins said."We think this is the final cost of the operation," he said Wednesday.More than $4 million was spent on goods and services at Fort Concho and the San Angelo Coliseum, where FLDS children and some of their mothers were housed immediately following the raid. The "unified...
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MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... them from the risk of future abuse. Only one girl has been returned to foster care.CPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins said the agency is pleased with the case dismissals, because they mean the children can safely remain with their parents and that questions about their safety have been resolved."CPS has taken a lot of criticism for this operation since April, but we've been doing everything...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... them from the risk of future abuse. Only one girl has been returned to foster care.CPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins said the agency is pleased with the case dismissals, because they mean the children can safely remain with their parents and that questions about their safety have been resolved. "CPS has taken a lot of criticism for this operation since April, but we've been doing everything...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... from the risk of future abuse. Only one girl has been returned to foster care.
CPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins said the agency is pleased with the case dismissals, because they mean the children can safely remain with their parents and that questions about their safety have been resolved.
"CPS has taken a lot of criticism for this operation since April, but we've been doing...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... them from the risk of future abuse. Only one girl has been returned to foster care.CPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins said the agency is pleased with the case dismissals, because they mean the children can safely remain with their parents and that questions about their safety have been resolved."CPS has taken a lot of criticism for this operation since April, but we've been doing everything...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... means that CPS can still be involved but there's no reason for an active lawsuit," said Patrick Crimmins, spokesman for Texas Department of Child Protective Services.Still unanswered is whether children were sexually or physically abused at the ranch belonging to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.So far, 174 of the 200 FLDS parents of the 439 children...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... with their parents, that questions about their safety have been resolved, said CPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins. "CPS has taken a lot of criticism for this operation since April, but we've been doing everything we can to work with these families to ensure positive outcomes," he said. Authorities raided the ranch run by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in...
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... they were adults.That leaves only 37 children left with pending lawsuits, agency spokesman Patrick Crimmins said in an E-mail."We're delighted. It's about time," said Mark Ticer, a court-appointed attorney for four children ranging in age from 5 to 10. "And the department lived up to the representations that they made about doing it."CPS has said the reasons for nonsuiting a child...
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The Plural Life (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
I just learned that Texas officials dropped cases involving ANOTHER 29 FLDS children today. So in two days, they have closed cases involving 58 children. Patrick Crimmins, spokesman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, said still pending are cases involving 72 of the 439 children originally removed from the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado. In an email, Crimmins...
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
Texas child welfare authorities are wrapping up their investigation into allegations of abuse within the Fundamentalist LDS Church.Letters declaring if a finding of abuse has been made or not are being sent to FLDS parents and, in some cases, abuse perpetrators, Child Protective Services officials confirmed Thursday."There are findings in the case because letters have gone out," CPS spokesman Patrick...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
Texas child-welfare officials have dropped a cluster of cases involving 29 children from a polygamist church. Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins says the cases were dropped Wednesday. It's the largest number of children's cases to be dropped in a single day. In April, Texas took custody of 440 children from the Yearning for Zion ranch. The Eldorado...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
SALT LAKE CITY — Texas child welfare officials have dropped a cluster of cases involving 29 children from a polygamous church. Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins says the cases were dropped Wednesday. It's the largest number of children dropped in a single day. In April, Texas took custody of 440 children from the Yearning for Zion ranch. The Eldorado...
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The Plural Life (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
... cases are closed after officials determine the children are safe or have turned 18, according to Patrick Crimmins, DFPS spokesman.To date, the state has ended cases of 338 children from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. That leaves cases involving 101 children still pending. Among them: A 14-year-old girl who was returned to foster care in August after...
