Cassandra Portnow Ms. Sparrow History 9 22 October 2013 Department of Children and Family Services Annotations Ball, Angela.

"Bid to privatize care is rejected." Austin American-Statesman. 4 Aug. 2012. U.S. History In Context. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. This article will be useful to work off of because it talks about how the foster parents treat the kids and what punishments are for problems. Also how the DCFS steps in to help, but makes sure that the children can stay if they choose to behave. Commonweal. "Preserving chaos: the right ignores the underclass, the left patronizes it." World History In Context. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. This journal will be good to research off of because it shows you the life of the children in foster care, and how terrible it can be with certain people. This journal has factual evidence proving the abusiveness behavior of the adults caring for them. It includes a before and after scene of when the DCFS steps in, and how it gets worse or better. This is reliable because it has factual evidence from the organization and this is a real case. "Cardinal promises policy change." National Catholic Reporter 17 Feb. 2006: 3. U.S. History In Context. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. This is a reliable source because it tells you about a religious aspect of child abuse. This also talks about the consequences of the abuse. It shows a timeline of the events and how you can be charged within the time.

Fadel, Sana, and Stone Matthew. "AS YOU WERE SAYING . . . Family ties tightened."

Boston Herald 12 June 2010. U.S. History In Context. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. This news article is reliable because it compares the childs life in foster care to what their lives would have been like with their real families. It compares the pros and cons of the two and what the family could do to help each other. Gillin, Joshua. "HEAT'S OFF CAREY FOR GUINNESS INCIDENT." St. Petersburg Times. 28 May 2011. U.S. History In Context. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. This source is reliable because it shows that even well known people have problems. Also how people can help support the children and DCFS. Also how the children react to this treatment. Kennedy, John W. "My two dads? Not in Florida: U.S. Circuit Court upholds ban on gay adoption." Christianity Today Apr. 2004: 23. World History In Context. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. This source is very good for my studies because it shows yet a third view on the DCFS. The DCFS would not let same sex couples adopt any children, which made them angry and they sued. DCFS thought that the kids need two opposite sex parents to grow up properly. This article also has factual evidence from the court and the man and women who testified against this cause with the children. Key, Jenniffer. "Welfare." Teen Health and Wellness. Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2013. Web. 30 Sep. 2013. This source is reliable because it shows the welfare of the children. Their issues with the families. Also how the DCFS steps in to help. McDonald Jess and Bissell Mary . "Better Support for Child Welfare Workers Can Reduce Child Abuse." Greenhaven Press, 2006. Web. 9 Oct. 2013.It is a reliable source because tells how the social workers react towards the children. Also about their low salary for the jobs they have done to help the children. Miller, Carol Marbin, and Klas Mary Ellen . "DCF CHIEF WILKINS STEPS DOWN AS

SCANDAL GROWS; The recent deaths of four children have thrown the state's family welfare agency into turmoil." Tampa Bay Times. 19 July 2013. U.S. History In Context. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. It is a reliable source because tells about the conflicts that the DCFS has and how they solve them. It also says what they do to help the children in need. Thirdly that they do whatever it takes to help these kids. "NEW VIEWS ON WEEK'S TOP TALKERS." USA Today 23 Aug. 2013: 11A. U.S. History In Context. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. I believe that this is a reliable article because it talks about irrisponsibility parenting. Also it tells you about teens and wild ideas. This go to the point where the DCFS steps in because the parents and teens are not in control. Stevenson, Allyson. "Vibrations across a continent: the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act and the politicization of first nations leaders in Saskatchewan." The American Indian Quarterly. U.S. History In Context. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. This is a reliable source because in the text it shows that not all people have equal rights to others. As shown in the text the native children and their directly from the families and children themselves.adoptees had a lesser right. It shows the racism and inequality because of it. Sutton, Jen. "Alcoholic Parent." Teen Health and Wellness. Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2013. Web. 30 Sep. 2013. It is a reliable source because it talks about influences over the parents that determine how the children are treated. It also shows the childs reactions to this. Also it tells how problems are fixed or continue to be problems. Modern' teen taken from mom." New York Post. 8 Nov. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints In Context.

Web. 9 Oct. 2013. This source is reliable because it show the feelings of an older teen, who really knows what they are talking about. Also it is reliable because It talks about the restraints of the mother, towards the child. "NEW VIEWS ON WEEK'S TOP TALKERS." USA Today 23 Aug. 2013: 11A. U.S. History In Context. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. It is reliable because it talks about the children and their foster parents problems. Also how to solve them, and what steps to be taken to fix it. "(5) Future of Catholic foster care uncertain." Christianity Today Oct. 2011: 14. U.S. History In Context. Web. 22 Oct. 2013. This source is reliable (even if it is short) because it talks about the people the DCFS is willing to let care for the children. It talks about how they will not let the children be in a Catholic foster home because they will not let gay people foster or adopt these kids. That is unfair because all they are trying to do is help.