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Part 3 – To Our ‘Grok Friends in the NH Legislature – Do You Know What Your DCYF Is Doing? Or Rather, NOT Doing?

June 10, 2023June 9, 2023 Skip

Part 1 is here and you can see the Right To Know that I sent to a DCYF worker for a specific manual that I knew existed. Should have been rather simple: Pursuant to the Right to Know Law (RSA. 91-A), I am demanding access, within 5 business days, to the following governmental record: Provide, … Read more

Part 2: To Our ‘Grok Friends in the NH Legislature – Do You Know What Your DCYF Is Doing? Or Rather, NOT Doing?

June 1, 2023 Skip

OK, Part 1 is almost standard fare – a government agency (municipality, school district, water district, regional planning commission) decides that they don’t have to answer to Citizens – that we exist for their benefit and aims and it sucks to be us when we keep trying to remind them that the original intent was … Read more

To Our ‘Grok Friends in the NH Legislature – Do You Know What Your DCYF Is Doing? Or Rather, NOT Doing?

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Skip

Part 1. And this first post is the least egregious but exemplifies the growing attitude of Executive Branch Departments and other subdivisions of the State that they are “above” the Law and can toss it aside. That’s what this post is about. However, I have a second one that will go up later this evening … Read more

Are Schools Flagging DCYF to Intimidate Parents who Get “Too Involved” In Their Child’s Education?

May 25, 2023 Skip

It’s ALWAYS a great time when the Division of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) covers itself with glory and gets media attention as a result. Then they dig the hole deeper. What do I mean? DCYF (last week and again today) threatened to take some Parents to court.

Belknap County Republican Committee – Keynote Speaker: JR Hoell vs DCYF

June 26, 2022June 25, 2022 Skip

A couple of weeks ago was the monthly meeting of the BCRC where former NH State Representative (and has filed to run again) JR Hoell was the main speaker of the night. His topic was his run-in with DCYF that, apparently, wanted to take his children away from him and his wife simply because he … Read more

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The NH House Passed a Bill Protecting Parental Rights if You Refuse to Vaccinate A Child

March 17, 2022 Steve MacDonald

The COVID Cult has a problem. All their ideas are bad. And one of them was to punish parents for refusing to let their child get injected with an experimental pharmaceutical product they don’t need that could kill them.

Dear Attorney General John Formella – It Is beyond Time for a Serious Investigation into What Is Going on in New Hampshire.

September 20, 2024January 20, 2022 Claire Best

Dear Attorney General John Formella,

As a result of the recent news regarding Harmony Montgomery and Elijah Lewis; the report from the Office of Child Advocate regarding the abuse of children under State Care;

JR Hoell and Family – GiveSendGo Status

December 24, 2021 Skip

Steve reminded us of this. Jim Kofalt reminded us of this. Andrew Manuse reminded us of this. Now I am as well.

Weaponizing the State: Does NH DCYF Have a “Bitter Clingers” Problem?

December 20, 2021 Jim Kofalt

The New Hampshire Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) recently made some waves in our state when they attempted to remove two children from their home after learning that the father had administered Ivermectin to his teenage boy a few days earlier.

DCYF Threatened to Take RebuildNH Co-founder Jr Hoell’s Children after He Reported Treating Them with Ivermectin

December 17, 2021 Op-Ed

Imagine: You’ve called Poison Control to find out what to do after your 13-year-old reported taking too much Acetaminophen, and just a few days later police are at your door with state officials ready to kidnap all of your minor children.

PCP and Hospital Staff Want to Take Kids from a Dad Who Gave Them Ivermectin [Updated]

December 15, 2021December 14, 2021 Steve MacDonald

This just in from a local in Manchester, New Hampshire. They overheard the hospital staff or administrators saying they are contacting the state to have a parent’s kids taken from them because they gave them Ivermectin.

Either we allow the government to play god, or the whole of HB 1162 must be vetoed

July 13, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The proposed change in HB 1162 to the “best interest of the child” will further erode family and empower our problematic family court system.

Democrats Fail to Protect Children, Again

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Op-Ed

Democrats in Concord have developed hypocrisy from a hobby into an art-form. On one hand, they claim to defend and fight for vulnerable residents of the Granite State by shouting from the rooftops about public education funding and social welfare spending. Then, when it comes time to actually legislate to protect their constituents’ rights to … Read more

Grandfamilies Study Commission: Second Meeting

October 20, 2019October 19, 2019 Skip

Interesting meeting with an interesting mix of people and organizations (see my previous post here for the mandated list). It was clear that even while I was the appointee from the Department of Education via Commissioner Frank Edelblut, there were three grandparents on the committee.

UPDATE #2: DCYF just can’t stop stepping all over itself, even in CYA mode when trying to close the case.

August 8, 2019 Skip

I wrote about DCYF a while ago (here and here). In trying to get their side of the story, even with permission from the parents, everyone refused to talk “to the media” (being GraniteGrok).

Update 1:Another case of DCYF bullying in Laconia? And CYAing using RSAs that they don’t know?

June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 Skip

Well, it’s been a coupla weeks since I last brought up this incident: Another case of DCYF bullying in Laconia? And CYAing using RSAs that they don’t know? To recap, this was an incursion into a Laconia NH family by a DCYF worker that purportedly was investigating a claim of child abuse. ButTrinity Mulleavey, the … Read more

Another case of DCYF bullying in Laconia? And CYAing using RSAs that they don’t know?

May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 Skip

Once again, I have run into the situation where a DCYF social worker (first time was Jamie Walters, this time, a worker by the name of Trinity Mulleavey) has believed that merely throwing out “because RSA 169 C says I can and you are in violation of something” is sufficient to steamroll some poor schlub … Read more

NH’s DCYF actually DID do this to me: Lawyers Say They Would Report Clients For Legally Owned Gun

May 10, 2019 Skip

The actual title is “Ethics or Bigotry? Lawyers Say They Would Report Clients For Legally Owned Gun”. And yes, I got reported. From the post (reformatted, emphasis mine): Imagine losing your gun rights because your attorney violated attorney-client privilege to report you to police because he/she believes that your carry license makes you “dangerous.” How would … Read more

Lakes Region Community Services Award – A Short Address

April 18, 2019 Skip

A few weeks ago, TMEW and I received an award from the NH Childrens’ Trust “Unsung Heroes”. Gov Sununu gave out the awards, our picture and the nomination piece was in the local paper. All this for simply stepping up and doing the right thing – being grandparents that stepped up and taking in our … Read more