Hank, way to stay sharp and recognize the scam. service. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!!! Join the club, throw away the letter, carry on. Im glad I searched it thanks!!!! The fee they require is $100 but NYS site states $9. This is ridiculous how they can do this. Thanks, Stephen for starting this alert. Heading was "2021 STATEMENT OF INFORMATION INSTRUCTION FORM (California LLCs)." They want $110 to file paperwork. !PLEASE, DONT ANYBODY FALL FOR THIS!!!! Click the links below to learn more about key services available and contact our office at 916-872-6549 (toll free: 866-293-1940). Sacramento, CA 95831, Your email address will not be published. Im so glad you started this thread to confirm this is a scam. Thank you all so much! Within 72 hours of CPS filing a dependency petition, if the children are not removed from . Louisiana I get a letter from C.P.S every year and the due date on their paperwork is always before the end of March, sneaky bastards. Dont know what that stands for, but its the same scam. 1971 E Beltine ave NE Ste 106 #1052 Grand Rapids, MI 49525. I too received this letter and felt it was not right, because of the timing, the amount due and the statement at the bottom saying This product or service has not been approved or endorsed by any govenmental agencey The way they go about it its not okay. Select your agency from the dropdown to view the contact information. BUT as someone with User Experience and Design behind me they take a page from the magician or prankster and HIDE this discloser right in plain view but at a place in the text where it is well known most reader begin to scan the page (internal yada yada yada). It looked legit. Why waste the electricity on shredding it. Parent's Guide to Foster Care: While Your Child Is in Our Care, Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC), Monthly Statistics About Children in DFPS Care, Necesidad de normalidad: Entrenamiento para padres de acogida temporal, Medical Consent Training for Non-DFPS Employees, Capacitacin sobre el consentimiento mdico, Gua para Padres Sobre el Cuidado Temporal, Gua para Padres Sobre las Investigaciones, Regional Children Statistics in DFPS Care, Find Your Birth Family or Biological Sibling, Providing services to help youth in foster care. Minnesota's policy is to provide safe environments and protective services for vulnerable adults and children. CPS Filing Services LLPS Workplace Compliance Services ANS Inc. Apply Family Preservation and Support Services for some families, Assess or identify problems, gather facts and clarify the problems, Plan and provide services, set goals, identify resources and timeframes, Terminate the case or transfer it to another program. I pay my LLC fees and file my report annually to the Louisiana Secretary of State, so this made me suspicious. Daniel, Thanks for posting this. IS NOT A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND DOES NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.. But you can do this yourself for FREE! LaVelle Chesney. reduce recidivism of child protective services (CPS) reports in a family, to achieve permanency goals for children in out-of-home care (OOHC), and to assist families in developing their own capacities to . A time ago I had a discussion at telephone with clerk from New Jerseys government, and they told me that 90 days before one year since the registration of my business, they will REMIND me that I have to fulfill my report. Thanks for all the warnings yall! basis for action to protect children and to allow intervention by public Our companyrecieved an official looking 2019 Annual Report Instruction Form (Oregon LLCs). Arent these types of information free to place in a break room etc.? https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-ups-store-honolulu-6. Shirley, your research paid off, I wish that CPS would simply go out of business so that we can all focus on running our own businesses. The NYS attorney general should investigate this company. Trenton, NJ a scam ? and here I am ! website, so I knew this was off. Although reports can be made in person or by correspondence, the vast majority of child abuse and neglect reports are made via telephone. Lucky for me this New Yorker didnt fall for their scam right to the shredder the letter went. So, put it on your calendar to remind you in advance and have it repeat as many years as you are in the business or leave it as infinite until you officially close it down. Anyone can sign up for the system which generates messages regarding changes to Mailing looked like a bona fide request for info from a govt agency, and even had a Sacramento address. Well, they are still at it here in California. You can take a photo of the scam letter that shows the C.P.S. I to receive a letter from a C.P.S from Trenton,NJ and this letter came on April 8,2020. giving me 10 days to reply by 4/17/2020 I kind of knew this was bogus but here we are, year end, and Im thinking I forgot something. Many NJ businesses have been receiving a scam form in their regular mail. This is so sad. I just got 2 in the mail from C.P.S. If you send them the money then they just print and laminate the specific OSHA laws and mail them to you all nice and pretty. Form was pre-filled with my Sec of State Entity No, formation date, and business address however it used my name not the business name. Bite me. I am in Hawaii. And of course, not many business owners are aware of this as well as me. Suite E#109 my ass. Thank you again. Mission Statement Keeping Children Safe and Families Strong Statement of Purpose To protect children who have been or are at substantial risk of abuse, neglect or abandonment. Required fields are marked *. The first thing I googled was the CPS Safety plan order form and there is a literal blank sheet like this, Same here Elizabeth.received one for $295 and shredded to pcs. I also had discolved my company over a year ago, so this also gave me concern. When in doubt, call OSHA yourself at 1 (800) 321-6742 and hit 4 for FREE legal/business consultations and theyll transfer you to your region for legal assistance; or visit their website. It looks like CPS is running their rouse all across our great nation, which is sad to see. If you have an emergency or a child is in immediate danger, please call. form provided is not the most current info for our company and this was the 1st tip off as this not being the proper form. This is a free country, so theres no way to stop a scammer from sending you a letter, extorting money. This was similar to a company that was trying to scam me on my student loan. Thank you for this post confirming the SCAM, the form looks so official. I googled them up, turns out CPS stands for Children Protective Services only.How legal are they? A child is subjected to willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment. This is what my state has informed for LLCs. They are super shady. So thankful for this post. commercial entities, non-governmental correspondence, office closures and most i hate this stuff!! Your attorney will file your complaint in the federal district court that has jurisdiction over the county where the CPS agency is located. Washington DC, 20015. I hope that we can spread the word about scams like CPS, and eventually drive them out of business. A month or so later I received an email from the Oklahoma Secretary of State indicating that the fee for the 2020 annual certificate for LLC was due. Says to complete the form and send $160. This company clearly searched the NYS LLC database and mass-mailed this ridiculous form out to try to scam people into paying $100 for absolutely nothing. So glad to find this site, thanks everyone for your input. I just got my LLC and cps-filing sent me a letter to pay $275 for a safety plan from OSHA. This struck me as ODD as I do it annually ONLINE! I got the same letter. The family spent 467 days apart. Form seems credible for those not reading closely, until the last step where it states: "has not been approved or endorsed by any government agency". There is no assistance needed. NEWS RELEASE I know this fee is $9 every two years. It says I must file my annual report by June 30. Existing law provides for services to abused and neglected children and their families. Scammer address is C.P.S. Cant we sue them? I receive an official notice from the State of NJ each year on April 1. At the bottom of the form, just below the signature line was a statement letting us know we could also file directly with the state of Oregon for a $100 fee. You can file a report with the U.S. Thank you for saving me as well on this scam. The form from C.P.S. These need to be posted in your workplace and will be checked when the inspector comes. tyler.brey@sos.la.gov Dont fall for it! is not a government agency. A child is neglected by a parent or caretaker who fails to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or supervision. I think I will utilize their return envelope and send themnothing. Maybe the Better Business Bureau? Why cant more be done to stop this stuff from happening? I never pay anything for my business that I do not know about in advance, so I check them all out. Scam came up frequently! It truly looked like a bill or annual filing requirement, very misleading and a bit threatening. I just got one from Hawaii, Wanting $145.00 Glad I investigated before I paid this. I am in California and received a similar letter from CPS.The layout an print seemed odd and the document a little longer than what I recall it looking. The letter does state this agency is not a Government Agency and does not have a contract with and Government Agency to provide the service. The Oregon Child Abuse reporting Law, ORS 419B.005 to 419B.05D, was enacted in 1971 and has been updated several times. Once subscribed under the Service is still sending out bogus, SCAM mailers to businesses/Owners of LLCs in advance of their Statement of Information renewals. Charging $120.00 for service. Scam even found news articles forewarning people. The hotline transmits all reports to the Westchester Child Protective Services Program Office located at 10 County Center Road, 2nd Floor, White Plains, NY 10607. In their defense, at least they answer the phone though the person who answered couldnt tell me what CPS stands for. Mission, Vision, Guiding Principles and Core Values. Then I read that C.P.S. Thought it looked suspicious so looked up reply address. I called OSHA and they directed me to my regions business care side. and it looked very government official. It showed that its not due yet. Sacramento, CA 95831. The California State Child Abuse Reporting Law provides the legal I also googled the address and it is a UPS Store in Indianapolis. They are calling themselves BCS this time. Child Protective Services Report Child Abuse If you suspect that a child's health or safety is jeopardized due to abuse or neglect by parents or other caretaker who has custody of the child, contact the child protective services complaint line in your county. I still have the return envelope and intend to send it with a snarky letter and some glitter. I just got the C.P.S. Letter and I questioned it because Im no longer an LLC company and I remembered clearly that the cost was only $20 and its due very two years. To insert an useful input, different from the useful things mentioned by others: A. Aitkin County Human Services 218-927-7200. Villeneuve-sur-Lot (French pronunciation: [vilnv sy lt]; in the Languedocien dialect of Occitan language: Vilanuva d'lt [bilanw ult]) is a town and commune in the southwestern French department of Lot-et-Garonne.The commune was formerly named Villeneuve-d'Agen.. Villeneuve-sur-Lot is located 22 km northeast of the commune of Agen and straddles the river Lot. John, glad to help alert business owners of scams out there that look fishy, and are fishy. Thankful for the internet. Unscrupulous companies like CPS Filings are operating legally, but not ethically, so lets help expose their scam to more business owners and help to shut down their business. CPS Filing Services (which doesnt even come up on a Google search) is offering to "assist" in the filing of the form. When a child cannot be returned to a safe home after services have been delivered, the child must be provided with a family-like living arrangement as soon as possible. The 3rd letter from LLCS 3105 S. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd #316 Lansing, MI 48910 telling my as a business it is required to hang a labor law poster which they are charging 98.00 for. Heres the address thats on the letter as well. They wanted me to send them 100.00. CPS FILING SERVICES - 18 Photos & 110 Reviews - 2755 Commercial St SE, Salem, OR - Yelp Restaurants CPS Filing Services 110 reviews Unclaimed Financial Advising Edit Write a review Add photo Save Photos & videos See all 18 photos Add photo You Might Also Consider Sponsored First Tech Federal Credit Union 9 1.9 miles away from CPS Filing Services OK, so now Im 100% certain that this is yet another bogus company trying to collect a fee for something that I already do by myself and for a lot less. It looks quite formal print as the company information is correct. They are scum!! I wonder if they are even filing after people pay them?! fraudulent letters being mailed to businesses indicating an annual report renewal The letter In California, you may do this e-filing up to 6 months prior. 1026 Florin Road #312 I will be extra cautious and diligent going forward!! I appreciate all of it! Ill save their notice for my immediate reference but I aint paying them to do anything for me. Frequently Asked Questions What happens when DFPS removes my child? I received the same letter from C.P.S. We also received a Biennial Statement for NYS LLC. 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Thank you. I received one 4 years ago requesting I mail to them, NOT the Secretary of States office, $120.00 to satisfy my due fees which are only $20.00 every 2 years. scammers. In Hawaii during April, our Annual Report costs $14. I can't find info on it anywhere, it says it's OSHA related and asks for $275 for a safety plan order form. On August 26,2019 received a bill from CPS FILING SERVICES, requesting a payment of $275 FMCSA regulations requirements. We have been sent this letter two years consecutively however, we register our LLC with the Secretary of State for $25. Got my letter from C.P.S. Type in the city name or zip code. You could always contact CPS Filings and request a refund, see if they respond. The Protective Services Hotline, (703) 792-4200 (TTY: 711), screens for allegations of adult and child abuse and/or neglect from the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Wants us to pay $160. They want you to send a check. I too received a letter from C.P.S. At first when I googled the company acronym I was getting child protective services. I got a letter from them This letter is being shredded as I type this. I also received the official looking letter and form to renew my 2022 LLC Statement of Information, and mail in $120 to C.P.S. What CPS does is morally wrong and deceptive, however it must be just shy of a crime. Very official looking document. BIG THANKS EVERYONE!! These 24-hour Hotlines are staffed by trained social workers. sent me a very official-looking letter telling me it was time to pay my biennial NYS LLC filing fee. Form asks for $295.00 Stating that Federal OSHA Laws requires all all employers to provide a place of employees free of hazards. Patrice, so glad to hear that you questioned the CPS bill, and did some checking first. And I notice theres no number to call. To learn more about CPS Intake and Assessments please click on the Video below. I was thinking the same thing about how I want to send them stuff since they wasted so much of my time researching whether this was a scam or not! Child Abuse or Severe Neglect Indexing Form This form is for use by government agencies mandated to . Our signatures were required on the form and we were instructed to mail a check for $185 filing fee. The statement looks pretty legit, so be careful and always do a google search! 2. I have already filed for 2020 and only cost $13.00 on line for this state. Program Manager. Capital View Office Park. Child Protective Services. Phone: (405) 522-1487. Be real careful of these scams. It looks legit but I just needed to clarify. Do not be fooled you dont need them to file for you. The goal of Child Protective Services ( CPS system) is to support parents/caregivers in making necessary changes so children are safe and protected in their homes. So glad that you did that Google search on CPS, and have a Merry Christmas with the extra $185.00 that you saved. situation. I searched using the address and found this website and others listing this as scam but under a different name, C.P.S. You may also contact the police orcounty sheriff. Virginia: 804-786-8536. Lorie, glad that you were able to sense that CPS Filings was not legitimate. I checked the address which led to a UPS store thereI just ripped it up and threw it away. The C.P.S. Filing a motion to modify child support; . Where criminal acts may have taken place, only the police can make arrests. I just got the same thing from cps-filings.com Told me I had to pay $120 now or $250 later in late fees. Child abuse. They are crooks. LOL. The fee of $125 was much higher than prior years. It shows this company is in connection with Workplace Compliance Services in Lansing, Michigan. CPS operates a toll-free hotline (1-800-800-5556) for people to call and report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect. Find your local intake number to report abuse or neglect or use the map below. SECRETARY ARDOIN WARNS BUSINESSES ABOUT POTENTIAL SCAMS we receive one today asking for $160- its looked so officalbe careful. Katya, Good instinct to not pay CPS anything. They are asking $275 for OSHA filing for my business. This is awesome for you to share! It is unsettling how many scams are out there now days. Thanks for the post. We all have enough to deal with now and this scam is immoral to say the least. Just got the letter in the mail today. II suspected it was a scam. I also get a scam letter telling me that I need to send $250 to some company for my IP addresses for website and it is also bogus. If abuse is suspected, a report should be Children's Services. So many must have gotten scammed for this company to remain in business. Will definitely be contacting CA Attorney Generals office. Some might fall for this trick. OMGI had my check written out for $185 and was about to seal the envelope when something told me to read the letter again. I want to find an attorney to file a class action law suit against these scum bags. The team of professionals involved in investigations can include a protective services worker, a doctor, therapist, social worker and law enforcement officials. IN NEW YORK STATE THE FILING FEE IS $9.00 EVERY 2 YEARS FOR AN LLC BIENNIAL STATEMENT. So official looking. I appreciate you writing this SCAM so others can be safe. This letter from the scammer was not for registration it was titled 2020- Safety Plan Order Form in regards to OSHA regulatory requirements. So, where is the Attorney General? Yeah, the schemes to gouge us are just getting more sophisticated. Heres the phone number thats on the letter How can this be stopped? August 26, 2019 By Jason Ackerman. For more information on business registration, visit the Oklahoma Secretary of State 's website. Unfortunately, your filing information is a matter of public record. processing fee. I googled and this site came up immediately. In this article, we will clarify the valid reasons for CPS to remove a child from the parents' care, what you can do to fight a CPS worker's inaccurate report, and the standard procedure to suing Child Protective Services in small claims court. Oral reports should be made immediately. I cant believe how far back your warning message goes, and that theyve been able to get away with this for so many years!!! 225.362.5086 Same deal here, please send check for $160 to CPS Filing Service, 1977 North Olden Avenue Ext #650, Trenton NJ 08618. Just received a notice for NJ annual report asking for $160. $185.00 to file my annual $100.00 report. The person who took care of these things previously left the company, so I had no idea whether we dealt with this company or not. Alameda County's Children and Family Services respond to reports of child abuse or neglect. https://ehome.uspis.gov/fcsexternal/default.aspx. Alan, Technically CPS Filings is acting legally, but morally they are just trying to extort money from business owners that dont read the fine print. I received a letter from C.P.S for a OSHA safety plan asking for 275 to file. . For LLC registration, just go online directly to your state of organization of the entity and file it directly. They clearly state in type face and font that they are an independent company and not in any way related to the agency indicated. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Them all out `` 2021 STATEMENT of information free to place in break. 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