foster care sex abuse

SMG v SCO 2014

September 12, 2014 SMG v. SCO - Abused in Foster Care - 7 year old Child Sex Abuse in foster care - Damages Settlement with SCO Family of Services and NYC ACSbefore Magistrate Netburn in USDC, SDNY - Federal Court compensation that will provide enrichment for his life from now age 9 until 29 to make up for the damages from sexual abuse due to improper supervision and delayed trauma treatment in foster care, and failed delayed documentation.
ARE WE LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES?-
SMG vs. SCO and NYC ACS 14 Civ. 815 Manhattan Federal Court Judge Broderick USDJ and Magistrate Netburn - plaintiffs’ assert foster care agency SCO and ACS same systemic failures were present in Fall 2012 when 7 year old boy SMG placed in a SCO foster care by ACS was repeatedly sexually abused, where the same revolving door of multiple social workers
inconsistently saw SMG but did not establish consistent care to listen for SMG's cries out from danger; while abuse was ongoing they improperly cut off communication from his mother whose instinctual ability to protect could have stopped the harm. Once reported SCO minimized their role. 4 month delay instead of prompt Sex abuse trauma therapy. SCO gross deviation of record keeping. Instead of 5 days required entries, they delayed record entries 30 up to 54 days after the events, thereby minimizing the recorded details of their failures and prevented monitoring supervision. Foster care agency SCO Family of Services and ACS, acknowledge the sexual abuse took place in their foster home, but contested the causes of liability in the Federal lawsuit brought by SMG 's attorney Bruce A Young, Esq. 646-775-8994 BruceAYoung181

CK v. Little Flower 2014

SEX ABUSE DAMAGES IN FOSTER CARE
Damage action filed in Federal Court against City of New York Administration for Children’s Services and Little Flower Children's Services for failure to protect a young girl while age 12- 14 while in protective foster care from sexual abuse.
Ck, now a young woman, who works hard to build emotional and physical stability in her life has brought suit against Little Flower Children's Services LFCS for repeated acts of sexual abuse and harm while placed in over 10 foster homes during a one year period while she was in foster care to protect for the purpose of protecting her from harm. ACS and Little Flower failed to provide an appropriate placement with appropriate therapeutic services and counseling so that instead of protecting her from harm, she was repeatedly sexually retraumatized at age 12 -13.
CK whose name is confidential by Court order brings her action for damages against the social workers and officials whose deliberate indifference to her care allowed her to be repeatedly abused and placed in multiple foster homes and whose neglect of her medical care has resulted in her immediate and long term consequences
Defendant were aware that the young girl had been sexually traumatized when she was taken in to foster care and failed to provide a secure therapeutic environment for her.
The 42 USC 1983 civil rights action seeks damages for defendants failure to protect in her while in State protective custody. Her claim echos a pattern of lawsuits against Little Flower who recently almost lost all 50 million foster care funding and the City ACS who recently paid out 14 million to person harmed through lack of foster care oversight.
The complaint CK v. Little Flower et al. 13 CIV 8589 in Manhattan seeks 3 million in damages against the City of New York and Little Flower for failure to properly inspect license and supervise the foster homes provided by Little Flower.
CK’s case is another case in the pattern of sexual abuse claims brought against Little Flower Children and Family Services and ACS from the lack of proper care to these vulnerable children that have exposed the
http://longisland.news12.com/news/authorities-probe-rape-claim-at-little-flower-children-and-family-services-in-wading-river-1.5362670 and
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For further information contact Plaintiff’s attorney Bruce A Young, Esq