UNSEEN SCARS

Sometimes They Never Heal When Child Welfare Goes Wrong

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This website shares with you the worst experience of our lives.  Fayette County DFCS created a case against me which set the stage for my four children to be taken away in the night.  The lies that were told in the case file, on the stand in the court room, and to the press were all the reasons that child welfare can be a nightmare for families.   
 
Unseen scars refers to the emotional roller coaster my children and I have been riding since this ordeal began.  When children are abused by the system that should protect them it leaves scars that nobody can really see.  It is abusive, intolerant and even criminal when children are torn away from their parents at the whim of people who call themselves child welfare professionals. 


The Children Were Taken Away in  March of  2007 
The Clark children were removed from their mother's care after she was accused of spanking her daughter and leaving marks. 
 
The subjectivity of child welfare allows social workers to make decisions about a families welfare based on their mood for the day; and sometimes their incompetence.  The worker in this case has past performance evaluations that support not only the fact that their were problems with her performance in the past; but she had been demoted at least once... and continued recommendations for more training.  So why is she still allowed to do a job her record clearly indicates she cannot.  
 
As my parents dealt with Fayette County DFCS there was more of teh same confusion, misinformation,  and conflicting information.  All from the same worker and supervisor.
 
During the entire investigation there were numerous variances to policy and many actions contrary to best practice.
 
It's Not Just About Me
The Clark children were removed from their mother's care like many other children in Fayette County.  It is a system of genocide that somone better begin looking into soon.  The children of minorities are taken away in this county for the most outrageous reasons:
caseworkers don't agree with what you feed a child...fecal matter is found in your toilet (where else should it be?)...your child looks too little!!!  I have spoken to other parents and I am outraged that anyone's children can be taken so easily. 
 
 
This County Removes More Children fromTheir Parents Than Any Other in The Nation

A study completed by Richard Wexler of the NCCPR in May 2007 revealed that Fayette County Georgia is the removal capital of the nation.  This county disportionately removes more children than any other county in the United States.  Fayette County DFCS removes higher numbers of minorities (70%) and inpoverished children from their parents than any other county in the United States.