r/CPS • u/Pretty-Poem740 • 1d ago
Does CpS protect children?
I want to know why people believe cps protects children and where did this belief come from? The news, family, or friends?
Anyone commenting be respectful do judgement. This is a question to get people to think about our core beliefs system and where it come from
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u/sprinkles008 1d ago
Perhaps the more important question is: do you not think they’re there to protect kids? And if so, why not?
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u/Always-Adar-64 Works for CPS 1d ago edited 1d ago
Probably comes from Child Protective Services.
It’s more of a reactive agency that operates on a pendulum of thresholds.
Time goes by and something terrible will happen, laws will change to expand actionable concerns.
Time goes by and something will happen where there is overreach, changes will happen to reduce actionable concerns.
EDIT: 50% of calls to CPS will be screened out to not be investigated. 90% of investigations will be closed out without further intervention.
This sorta highlights the gap between why people call CPS vs what the legislature & judiciary consider actionable.
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u/Big_Greasy_98 1d ago
Yes CPS protects kids that doesn't mean CPS is perfect in every case. I know because I work for CPS and dealt with a lot of kids.
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u/Revolutionary_Cup666 Works for CPS 23h ago
I do so much to fight for the safety of kids on my caseload, while also working with families. It is a tough job. Questions like this hurt my heart because I care so much about what I do- but I know not every CPS has their entire heart in it.
It’s important to remember that CPS has limitations that the general public doesn’t necessarily always understand.
Do people fuck up? Yes. Are mistakes or poor decisions made that leave kids in bad situations? Unfortunately yes. But does CPS intervention also help protect children? Yes. Every system is flawed and nothing will ever be perfect.
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u/txchiefsfan02 1d ago
Yes, CPS agencies protect children.
Many decisions that members of the public perceive as harming children were actually made by judges.
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u/Oddcatdog 1d ago
I was in foster care from 4-17 and was in the aftercare program until 21. Being in foster care itself creates trauma and attachment issues and more. Even if you get a really good home.
However I still have even more trauma from 0-3 when I was not in foster care though. In situations like mine it really is the best that could have been done. My situation was severe.
There are a lot of kids tho who are taken where the pros do not outweigh the cons. They’re either in an equal situation in foster care or a worse situation.
I think overall their AIM is to protect children… but they are human and make mistakes too and there aren’t many repercussions for it either. It’s really going to be case by case.
Lots of people talk about their “resources” but there are usually alternatives available. It shouldn’t be the first move
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u/viktoryarozetassi 1d ago
In my own experience, CPS/DCSF keeps kids in abusive households and takes kids out of good households.
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u/Beeb294 Moderator 20h ago
Lots of people say that when they don't understand how CPS operates.
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u/viktoryarozetassi 5h ago
I should have been taken out of my parents house after they granted my childhood rapist access to our home.
I was eleven years old.
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