DHS-CSD Expose Part II

Considering the shining public reputation of DHS as “THE CHILD PROTECTION AGENCY”, and the portrayal of every client as a “monster”, the answers are not hard to predict.

Child being removed from a home by authorities; sometimes the right thing to do but not always. Photo: Salvation Army

(SALEM., Ore.) - Due to the large response I received to my guest opinion regarding wrongdoing by DHS-CSD, (see: Expose` - DHS Children`s Protective Services Division) and many requests that I write more on the subject, I have agreed to do follow up pieces as time allows.

Before I go any further, let me be very clear about my opinion regarding DHS-CSD.

I DO NOT support the presumption that DHS is all bad, or has no place in our society. If you are a child abuser, you deserve to have your children removed from your custody. If you are a parent that needs education to improve your parenting skills, I want you to get that education. If you are so ill that you can not adequately parent, I want you to get the help you need and deserve (which does not include punishment by DHS, but help).

DHS has saved countless children from the debilitating effects of abuse imposed by the very people children look to for nurturing and guidance. This is the DHS at its best, and I both support and applaud them for the children they have saved.

It is their much too frequent failure to perform adequate investigations of the allegations bringing a family to their attention that I want to address. Their willingness to believe reports of abuse by parties with an axe to grind, a spouse wanting custody as a form of revenge, or even a teacher who leans toward being fanatical over every small incident (it happens…I’ve seen it) is a huge problem.

Blatant violations of civil rights begin with the parent(s) being charged with some crime, but never having the right to know where the allegations came from, let alone face their accusers in court.

Then there are the caseworkers who lie to both the client and the judge, and who too often side with family members or former friends of the client who seek permanent custody of the child. They commit further violations and are sometimes willing do or say anything toward that end.

The pool of court appointed DHS-CSD lawyers most often seem disinterested in defending their clients. In the majority of cases, these appointed legal representatives are, in reality, in support of DHS.

One male attorney was overheard to say, “Don’t make waves. They’re vindictive”. In my own case, when faced with completely false allegations, my attorney suggested that I “plead to numbers 2 and 4”. I replied that I had no intention of pleading to anything, as the all of the allegations were completely false. Her reply to me was, “Well, you have to plead to something!” I will never forget that statement as long as I live. Since then, I carry a voice activated recorder to all important meetings.

The Citizens Review Board, a panel essentially appointed as DHS “watchdogs”, to oversee the actions of DHS in each clients’ case, appears to have “jumped the fence”, and are now barking in the wrong direction. I have been told repeatedly “they were useless”. That they “cross examine” and “criticize” clients as if they were prosecutors for the State.

One might wonder how any of this could be true, and rightly so, because it certainly is unbelievable.

Unbelievable... unless one takes into account the existence of certain circumstances that are neither new, nor unfamiliar, if you remember your history and sociology.

Here is the patent formula:

Start with a group of people who have been through trauma. Be it military invasion, threats of harm, anything that instills fear will do. If you can, add a good dose of guilt, all the better. Then you bind them by taking what matters most to them, then sooth them with false promises that “all will be well if you do as you are told.” These tactics are known to result in the “Stockholm Syndrome”, not only guaranteeing docile, compliant hostages, but willing hostages. I have always thought of this as “grooming”.

In fact, I have heard many DHS clients say that DHS “has different laws”. They are so convinced of the truth of this, that they will argue the fact, against themselves!

Too many DHS clients are groomed to the point that guilt, shame, remorse, and fear, reinforced by client attorneys and the citizens review board, remove their "fighting chance" as a human being to rise up and demand fairness for themselves. These tactics are so effective that DHS has come to see themselves as “untouchable”. So much so, that they regularly include their violations in their own written reports.

Add to all this, the shining public reputation of DHS as “THE CHILD PROTECTION AGENCY”, and the portrayal of every client as a “monster”, and what do you get? CARTE BLANCHE.

An ever growing number of angry, embittered citizens does not bode well for any part of any government, and it seems implausible that DHS could be unaware of their growing number of detractors, but unaware and unconcerned is what they seem to be.

This cannot continue indefinitely, if we remember our history.

I have spent the last 12 years of my life preparing to do something that I did not believe I had in me, that I do not possess the ability to do, requiring I express feelings that I am reported to not have,

The goal is to inform people who are predisposed not to believe me, to help people who don’t deserve it, for reasons beyond my documented ability to reason.

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Jenifer Saroian thinks that when we see something we believe to be dangerously toxic growing and flourishing in our society, it is our moral responsibility to try to do something. We wouldn't let a stranger step on a downed power line if we knew it was there...this isn't any different. It's about pointing out a problem, examining it, and finding a solution. The issue with DHS has been of growing concern to Jenifer for years, but recently, shes says she has come to feel that it's her personal and social responsibility to speak for the people who can't speak for themselves on this issue.

She says she is looking for an up and coming attorney, who has the brass to take on a State Agency on contingency. You can email Jenifer at j.saroian@comcast.net

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Email me at the address shown above. I will show you where and how to get help.

What can I do?Where do I start?My daughter is caught up with DHS and our life is a complete nightmare with no help..I feel like I'm in the twilight zone..please..give me some advice

heres a good one I am a disable Native Ameican I was raisning my son the day he was born my child has Opitz BBB syn.what never heard of this well DHS never heard of it at all yes I being fighting for my son for almost 3 years,but I won't go in to it,ok had a attorney on my case he did nothing for me.well I was diging around on my attorney we behold look what poped up his wife works for DHS in salem or.mmm funny right well when I wrote him a letter asking him about at he told me that it was not true.ok then I go back to court he go's in the back with DHS and the other attorney's and the judge 15mins later he comes out and tells the judge I fired him.over a year in a half well heres some more so they get me a new attorney so I did some diging up on this attorney ooop's looked what poped up on him he worked for DHS as there attorney then thats not all both of these attorney's are best friends with my case worker and get this she state that she only works with Native people mmmm this is funny there were 6 native women in court same tribe as me she did'nt work with them..lets talk about my sons attorney oopp's what popped up on him Nope I better not tell on this one yet ok back to the judge she has 3 nieces the work for DHS get good a thats not all I had my old foster sister come and help me in come oop's I find out she good friend with her.theres more to it I have never got a fair trial in court and I never will as for my paper work the they give u I have never got anything they tell me they can't give it to me? well then get this one the foster parents are abusing my son I do have pic's of him and so on well today I lose my son later in time u will here about the foster parents GOD help us

Anonymous....One more big reason to expose DHS for what they are. They knowingly leave a child in an enviornment as you describe and take them away from clean, loving homes where they are fed well, kept clean,taught to be good citizens and loved more than you can imagine. As the person who worked for them shared with me "they don't want those children because they are too hard to place. They want "normal" kids that are easy to adopt out". That is what makes them appear "successful".

While some family's may be treated unfairly by DHS. There are also children that need to be taken away from their family and are in a toxic environment and are just left there. After years with drug addict parents the most prefect child was finally taken away from her parents. She was 4 years old and couldn't even walk due to being left in a crib. Her parents had a caseworker since the day she was born and yet nothing was done.

Jenifer, I am not familiar with you before now but thanks for what you are doing. You are a good writer and you deliver an important message, plus you have the credibility of surviving the system, in spite of what any state employee implies. I agree some are great people and some are just animals lapping at the public trough and they need to be brought under control while the emphases shifts back to not overloading the foster care system with more kids to receive new abuse at the hands of yet another family. Sorry, but when foster parenting has to be presented as a 'money making opportunity' to attract participants, you are sailing in dangerous waters, to say the least. Glad Salem-News.com has the guts to carry your message, no big surprise, again thanks.

I recognise some of your who have left comments, but to those of you I have not heard from personally, EMAIL ME!

DHS may have a place, but let me tell you from experience they are despicable liars and they will say and do anything to justify wrongfully removing children from loving and caring parents. I also know someone who once worked for them who confirmed that what they did to my grandchildren is common practice. They did absolutely NOTHING to help my daughter get her children back and did EVERYTHING possible to see that she didn't. They would not return her calls. The attorney she was appointed showed up late to court, had not cracked the file, didn't even know their names much less anything about the case. Only he was allowed to speak in the hearing and of course he said nothing because he knew nothing. So....only the lying, conniving case worker had anything to say and they got temporary custody. It only got worse from there. I lost part of my family because of their tactics and can only hope that someday when they are grown they will find us. If I sound a little bitter, it's because I damn well am and always will be!

Please note the ideological background of this organization, it really is the antecedent for this type of government abuse on the American family. In fact it's very easy to compare other states that have a more pro-family approach and see the difference. You get what you vote for people!

DHS "grooming" as she calls it, is part of their policy. Most DHS caseworkers are trained to believe that most parents don't know how to raise and child, and that most children are better off in the hands of the state. Nothing is farther from the truth. One must also keep in mind the huge financial incentives involved in the child protection industry.

I agree DHS is needed,But DHS also needs to be put in there place when it comes to the wrong full taking of children.Understanding from experience.

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