 I wanted to wait a bit and really let markwhittam post really sink in and think long and hard about some ideas that we **CAN** do that will actually help some of these families that are torn apart not by their doing but by the over reaching government agency that is known by many names but we all call them CPS (Child Protective Services). So here is a few of my suggestions. Oh and if anyone that has not already read the post that I am referring to you can get there by clicking on the link https://steemit.com/familyprotection/@markwhittam/fight-fire-with-fire-then-we-all-get-burnt-again So Let's begin: 1. From one of my previous post I informed you that CPS is not truly a government agency. They are in fact many different private agencies that are contracted by the state to be responsible for your children. They are business that are more worried about their bottom line dollar than they are about the care your children receive. This is the first thing that needs to stop. I suggest we lobby the government to put an end to these contracted businesses and force them to have ALL CPS ran by one agency. I know what you might be thinking. You might be thinking that this will not fix the problem it will only make the beast bigger. But I want you to keep in mind that by removing the money incentives of these businesses you are cutting out the corruption. If one agency was responsible they could not pass it off on another. And government agencies have a set budget. It is not based on how many children they adopt out or remove from their families. Yes it is **NOT** a perfect answer but it will be a start. And a government agency will be more accountable than a private business that can just change their names and do it all over again. It is not a perfect answer but it would solve so many current issues. Also we can ask that they include things that currently are unavailable to families as part of their budget. Many loose their children because they simply can not afford to do the things on their case plan. 2. We should set up a fund to help families that have had their children removed from their home. I am not saying for parents that abused their children. I am talking about cases that are clearly from non abuse. The leaders of #familyprotection should get together (even if it is on skype) and form a board. They should be open to any cases that are brought to their attention and vote on which ones they feel need our help the most and which ones we can do the most to help. Like I said many times the parents simply can not afford proper representation. Many times they are given an attorney that has hundreds of other cases and they are just a number to them. In this area we could do the most. While we work on my #1 suggestion. 3. Many people are new to Steemit or have never heard of it. So they do not yet know about the cause. We should set up a GoFund me page with the mission statement in the front. Do we even have a proper mission statement yet? Or are we just pulling together? If we do please make it known if not I feel it is time to come up with one. Even if you do not take my first 2 suggestions I really think this one **NEEDS** to be done. Whatever is decided I am honored to be apart of this cause. I can not tell you how good it feels to let this all out.  As I fully support the #familyprotection movement 25% of ALL the SBD generated for this post will be transferred to #familyprotection.  As always Thank you for taking the time to read this post. It means the world to me to finally have a place where I can speak openly and without fear or repercussion. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Definitely not a fan of the first point. I cannot see how giving more power to a government that already isn't doing a great job at all is helpful--if anything, I believe it would make it far, far worse. ------ Recent posts: [Evannaโs Story, Part 1](https://steemit.com/family/@scotters/evanna-s-story-part-1) [Evannaโs Story, Part 2](https://steemit.com/family/@scotters/evanna-s-story-part-2) [Why I've Committed to Steemit...](https://steemit.com/life/@scotters/why-i-ve-committed-to-steemit) [Upcoming New Podcast: Go Rogue!](https://steemit.com/dsound/@scotters/upcoming-new-podcast-go-rogue)
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I am not a fan of it either however there is a need for CPS what is not needed is the businesses actually running it.
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This post has been Resteemed and Upvoted by @familyprotection
<center>Governments around the world,
are using "**Child Protection Agencies**"
to take children away from loving families
and place them in foster care or group homes
or put up for adoption.
**THESE FAMILIES NEED PROTECTING.**</center>
UPVOTE This Comment .. & .. DONATE a Portion of the Liquid Rewards from this post,
TO HELP US HELP FAMILIES IN CRISIS. *** [{ How Do I Donate? }](https://steemit.com/familyprotection/@markwhittam/what-is-familyprotection-what-are-the-rules-how-do-i-donate) **
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This proposition gets down to the serious questions raised in my privacy workshop. A key element to being able to determine whether or not something is true is establishing a perimeter around your own thoughts and equipment. Another board is just as susceptable to co-option as the ones that are failing. Privacy includes resistance to infiltration and subversion, at all levels, starting with your own brain, to your computer, to your house, to your friends. At the present moment, any org such as the board you are proposing is threatened by what is known as 'total information awareness.' You will be infiltrated for simply having the idea that you are trying to create a source of power independant of the ones who currently hold it. Consider the story of Lori Handrahan, I propose she be the first one to get the help she needs to get her daughter back. (or someone convince me her story is not true, but before you try please read my blog post on the subject, privacy workshop #6) If no one here on steemit family protection is interested or informed about Lori's situation, then you have a lot of work to do to catch up to the real score. She had the entire American University as her support group and it wasn't enough to fight someone like Michael Waxman, who still has her child. The only way to have some such board is to have a group of people that is so dedicated to every detail, and investigators capable of actually going anywhere in the united states to examine a situation. Or consider Ms. Calderon in Arizona, who is going to investigate the christian charity service who sent her child to a crazy woman who boiled her alive? Or the director of child services who was the same investigator who says nothing was wrong, or the lawyer who kept her with an abuser despite all the signs. This is really the problem from hell, but if you take seriously the suffering of the children, and I do, then this is the work that must be done. Frankly, I am astounded that there are so many people with wealth in the united states who are afk while this stuff goes on. Cowards. I should not be the one who this falls on. But if it's that or let it continue to go on in silence, well you know where I stand.
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I hope you are talking about the board that I am referring to for familyprotection. so I will respond as if it is. if not than I do not understand what you mean. This board should be a non paid board but a voting board of 5 people or another number but always an odd number this board should be put together to vote on who we can help. With the needs as great as it is surely for now there will be people that we must turn away because we can not help them. In the future we should be able to help more but for now we are limited. this is the sole purpose of this board. And the people that you say needs to have true passion is why I suggested at least the people that started this cause to be the heads of the board. And they choose the other members. The meetings can be held over skype as to not financially burden any member as this board is unpaid. And yes CPS will try to sit in if the meetings are open and listen in. I have experienced this first hand with another group that was started up a few years ago when I was a foster parent. This is all details that need to be worked out and why I would not suggest anyone new to the cause be placed on the board.
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skype is compromised, all windows 10 computers are compromised. all google, amazon and microsoft products are compromised. Most apple products are compromised or compromisable. In family protection posts, I have seen numerous stories and individuals who seem to be either fake or to totally fail to grasp the nature of the problem, as in they take it lightly, as if they in some way are not really convinced children are being systematically abused. I seem to not be able to get, for instance, anyone in familyprotection to consider Lori Handrahan's story or any of the details about the situation in arizona. Further people like yourselves even told me not to post links to privacy workshop in family protection, as if it isn't relevant and i'm just spamming. 90% of the posts I've read in family protection are not anywhere near as dire as Lori's situation. I am extremly puzzled why I can't get anyone here to consider her or the arizona situation even though these are obvious, public, openly available travesties. What I am telling you is that I am not sure you or mark are not police. There are organizations infiltrating Every Single Group that might threaten the power structure or do something unexpected. I can see in your work and your suggestion absolutely no recognition of the problem you are dealing with or the ability to engage the forces you are up against. Reply to me when you fully understand who and what Michael Waxman represents in the Lori Handrahan case, I am tired of having a one sided conversation with people who refuse to look up openly available information. https://soundcloud.com/guns-and-butter-1/americas-traffic-in-child-pornography-lori-handrahan-381
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>by removing the money incentives of these businesses you are cutting out the corruption. True! >If one agency was responsible they could not pass it off on another. True again! We will no doubt set up a fund for families, how that money gets used and to who, is going to be TOUGH! but we are going to be tough enough by then to deal with it I'm sure! Hmmm! mission statement. your right we should have one! I think the only reason we don't is because up until now, this has all happened organically, which has worked well up until now. We are aware of how things are developing with this community and we will be bringing out our A game. Thank you for this post @curlfamilyvlog!
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How the money gets spent was why I suggested putting together a board with 5 members. Their sole purpose is to vote on who we help. The needs are great so there has to be a system in place that way we can help.
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I like the option of leaving steemit, but if you have to put efforts so that those funds are allocated to the correct cause
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I did not mean leave completely it was to create a post that those that are not on steemit can donate to.
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