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Human Rights Expert: Why We Need a Foster Child Bill of Rights

Human Rights Expert: Why We Need a Foster Child Bill of Rights

by CCHR Florida | Feb 17, 2022 | Children and Teens, Foster Care, Legislation

Legislation Can Make a Positive Difference For a range of reasons still being explored, the foster care system suffers from mishandling. This problem can be solved mainly by providing more rights to both children and their caregivers, including the parents with whom,...
Watchdog Group Demands Change to Laws Governing the Baker Acting of Children

Watchdog Group Demands Change to Laws Governing the Baker Acting of Children

by CCHR Florida | Mar 10, 2021 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Legislation, Parental Rights

The Baker Act has been a formidable survivor of reformation and according to the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, changes to protect children are needed. Decades of abuse and loss of parental rights follow in the wake of the Baker Act. And despite demands for...
Tens of Thousands of Children Taken into Custody: The Baker Act Must Be Reformed

Tens of Thousands of Children Taken into Custody: The Baker Act Must Be Reformed

by CCHR Florida | Feb 17, 2021 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse

Baker Act abuse runs rampant and calls for reformation are resounding from press to parents. CCHR says it is time for change, one that is a long time coming. Fifty years of Baker Act abuse and maltreatment is more than enough for Florida citizens, practitioners, and...
Report Reveals a Record Number of Children Taken into Custody for Involuntary Psychiatric Examinations

Report Reveals a Record Number of Children Taken into Custody for Involuntary Psychiatric Examinations

by CCHR Florida | Dec 16, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Over 37,000 involuntary examinations, called a Baker Act, were initiated on children in Florida during 2018/2019. According to a report released this week by the Baker Act Reporting Center, there were over 210,000 involuntary psychiatric examinations initiated during...
CCHR Calls Attention to Drugging of Millions of Children on the Heels of ADHD Awareness Month

CCHR Calls Attention to Drugging of Millions of Children on the Heels of ADHD Awareness Month

by CCHR Florida | Nov 2, 2020 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs

There are over 6.7 million US children being prescribed psychiatric drugs with more than 3.3 million of these children prescribed drugs for ADHD. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated the protection of children,...
Almost 410,000 Reached in a Campaign to Protect Children and Parental Rights

Almost 410,000 Reached in a Campaign to Protect Children and Parental Rights

by CCHR Florida | Sep 24, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Viewed as a statewide problem, the number of children sent for involuntary psychiatric examinations, called a Baker Act, has been steadily climbing for almost two decades and with many parents only finding out their child has been taken into custody after the fact, it...
Evidence Points to Misuse of the Baker Act with Devastating Results for Children

Evidence Points to Misuse of the Baker Act with Devastating Results for Children

by CCHR Florida | Sep 9, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Legislation, Parental Rights

As reported in multiple news stories, a recently released 85-page study found that “the Baker Act is increasingly being used on school children who make jokes, act out, exhibit normal manifestations of a known disability, or express ordinary sadness.” This same study...
Watchdog Campaign to Restore Parental Rights Reaches Over 370,000

Watchdog Campaign to Restore Parental Rights Reaches Over 370,000

by CCHR Florida | Aug 25, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights, Rights

Recognized across the state for helping parents whose children have been taken to a psychiatric facility for involuntary examination under Florida’s mental health law, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) launched a public information campaign earlier this...
Mental Health Watchdog Reaches Over 330,000 in Campaign to Protect Parental Rights

Mental Health Watchdog Reaches Over 330,000 in Campaign to Protect Parental Rights

by CCHR Florida | Aug 4, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Recognized across the state for their work in helping parents whose children have been taken to a psychiatric facility for involuntary examination under Florida’s mental health law, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) has launched a social media campaign...
Tens of Thousands of Children Detained for Involuntary Psychiatric Examination Annually

Tens of Thousands of Children Detained for Involuntary Psychiatric Examination Annually

by CCHR Florida | Jul 29, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

The number of children taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination has been steadily increasing in Florida for almost two decades and according to the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), this steady increase is...
Over 260,000 Reached in Campaign to Educate Parents on Their Rights

Over 260,000 Reached in Campaign to Educate Parents on Their Rights

by CCHR Florida | Jul 8, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Earlier this year the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) launched a social media campaign designed to provide summaries of some of the legal concepts, rights, and facts relating to certain important student and parental rights. “We began...
Watchdog Calling for Reform During National Minority Mental Health Month

Watchdog Calling for Reform During National Minority Mental Health Month

by CCHR Florida | Jul 1, 2020 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs

Observed during July every year, National Minority Mental Health Month is supposed to raise awareness on mental health issues and research into the topic reveals numerous articles on how minorities are “underserved”. However, information published by the Citizens...
Florida’s Emergency Psychiatric Hold is a Human Rights Violation

Florida’s Emergency Psychiatric Hold is a Human Rights Violation

by CCHR Florida | Jun 24, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Once again Florida made headlines when Reason, the nation’s leading libertarian magazine, published an investigative report on police in schools. While the story was mostly focused on School Resource Officers it also covered the abusive use of Florida’s...
Mental Health Watchdog Reaches More Than 180,000 Through Parental Rights Campaign

Mental Health Watchdog Reaches More Than 180,000 Through Parental Rights Campaign

by CCHR Florida | Jun 11, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

As part of a campaign to educate parents on their rights, the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a watchdog organization that exposes abuse in the mental health industry, launched a newly revised website earlier this year as part of a...
Report Reveals a Record Number of Children Taken into Custody for Involuntary Psychiatric Examinations

Baker Act Reform is Needed in Order to Protect Parental Rights

by CCHR Florida | Jun 2, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

The number of children being taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination, called a Baker Act, has been steadily climbing across Florida for the past 17 years. And in February of this year, the trauma suffered during a Baker Act and the resultant harm...
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