Original reporting written by FUAN Member Oliver Ross. November 22, 2017 Read About The Iowa DHS Epic Fail. With no Reasonable explanations… it almost seems as if they’re doing it on purpose. Talk about an Iowa DHS epic fail… In June of 2017, the State of Iowa settled a lawsuit … Read More
Advocate Intervention Convention October 21, 2017
On Saturday, October 21st, Iowa Family Preservation Project-(IFPP), Families United Action Network-(FUAN), Leading Women For Shared Parenting, Family Forward Project, Paternal Guardians of Iowa, and affiliates hosted the event “Advocate Intervention Convention.” Advocates, medical professionals, national experts, political candidates, and a group of approximately 40 concerned citizens met at the … Read More
Child Welfare Reform Forum 2017
Families United Action Network (FUAN)Iowa Family Preservation Project (IFPP)Leading Women For Shared ParentingFamily Forward Project andPaternal Guardians of Iowa and other affiliates hosted the event “Child Welfare Reform Forum 2017” geared at discussing matters related to child protective services and custodial divisions. Issues such as these have been a highly … Read More
Sabrina Ray – Not a Tragedy… A Pattern
Written By Tanya Myers This case mirrors the high-profile death of Natalie Finn, the teenager who starved to death in foster care on October 24th, 2016. Ray was found unresponsive in the basement of her foster home, and like Finn, she too was homeschooled. Autopsy results are not publicly available … Read More
Charles Palmer – Be Gone!
Families United Action Network (FUAN), Iowa Family Preservation Project (IFPP), and other Iowa advocates have been begging for the removal of DHS Director Charles Palmer for approximately three years… long before the avoidable, tragic deaths of Mason Wycoff, Natalie Finn, and Sabrina Ray. However, replacing one person, the DHS Director, … Read More