It’s laudable that the state law focuses on preventing family separations, but is it enough?
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Left: Washington state s capital building is seen in Olympia, Washington on Thursday, June 14, 2017.
(Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut) Right: Paula Bryant, mother of Ma Khia Bryant, the 16-year-old girl shot and killed by a Columbus police officer on April 20, holds a photo of her daughter while talking about her during a news conference Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Attorney Michelle Martin representing the family has called for full investigations into the teen’s fatal shooting by a Columbus police officer. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Last month, on the same day that 16-year-old foster child Ma’Khia Bryant was shot to death by police in Ohio while attacking a young woman, lawmakers 2,500 miles away in Olympia officially acknowledged that foster care is a disastrous system in need of top-to-bottom reform.
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Iza Hehre, center, was presented her latest humanitarian honor from Prodigy Bureau Global by Her Highness Jawaher Bint Khalifa Al Khalif of Dubai and inspirational podcaster Bertrand Steven St Louis.
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Iza Hehre and her daughter Lily pose with Mickey and Minnie Mouse during the Festival of Wonders held locally in July 2019 to raise awareness for OVI Children s Hospital in Kenya.
A woman who grew up in Pulaski County is making her name known throughout the world with her social and health initiatives.
Iza Hehre, born Amy Elizabeth to Charles and Elizabeth Correll of Somerset, recently celebrated her 29th birthday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by accepting the Champion in Global Humanitarian Service Award at the Prodigy Bureau Global Gala.
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Poverty, disability, homelessness wouldn’t qualify as sole reason to take kids away
With tears in her eyes, Karen Osborne recalled the day in 2014 when police showed up to take away her 6-week-old daughter. Osborne hadn’t been accused of abuse nor neglect. Instead, social workers were concerned about Osborne’s “mental capacity.” They had already removed seven of Osborne’s previous children and made plans to remove her new baby before she was even born.
Social workers and a doctor who examined the baby didn’t find any evidence that the child was maltreated, according to case notes obtained by Disability Rights Washington. Rather than actual observations of Osborne’s parenting skills, state officials deemed her unfit to parent based on IQ tests. They moved to terminate her parental rights 18 months after removing the child, before Osborne had even completed parent
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