[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: DRG's and Child Welfare

 
--
Has anyone addressed an equally important issue of addressing in consistent form along the same lines of deterrent policies to address the black market of children not only in the US but in the other countries where different systems may be harboring black market cases in their foster care systems and these children may be displaced and keeping the black market alive so that the subsystems may prosper as a result and associated result of the black market of these children as well?

On Wed, 12 May 1999 17:40:41   Julie Forman Jones wrote:
>I urge you to do as you have asked us to do - take a look at the law.  As
>an agency attorney, I can assure you that we are not setting out to make
>legal orphans - but we are also not assuming that a 15 year old boy cannot
>be adopted.  This legislation has forced us to take a long, hard, and
>serious look at cases - from a child's perspectvie.  Try it - it's a little
>different than what most of the system is used to, but it sure looks
>different and makes a lot of sense.  
>
>It starts with taking children into care only as a last resort.  We then
>work openly and honestly with parents, letting them know that the days of
>floating in and out of their child's life are over.  They must make a
>commitment and make some changes - TODAY.  It's the parent's decision.  If
>they are not willing to provide a safe home for their child within 12
>months - then a determination is made on a case by case basis.  If there
>are grounds for tpr, and if it is in the child's best interests, then we
>file.  If there are no grounds, or if it is not in the child's best
>interests, we don't file.  It's really not rocket science, but it has
>turned some heads and moved a lot of cases (many kids have been adopted,
>and many have returned home - most importantly, many have been placed in a
>permanent home as opposed to foster care!)
>
>


Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com
Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com