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Re: financial impact of out of home placement on families

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Subject: Re: financial impact of out of home placement on families
From: Toni Cavanagh Johnson <toni@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:30:48 -0700
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<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I would add that in California parents are assessed fees for the out-of-home placement and asked to pay for it.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Toni Cavanagh Johnson, Ph.D.</DIV><DIV>1101 Fremont Avenue, Suite 101</DIV><DIV>South Pasadena, California 91030</DIV><DIV>USA</DIV><DIV>Tel: 626-799-4522</DIV><DIV>FAX: 818-790-0139</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:toni@tcavjohn.com";>toni@tcavjohn.com</A></DIV><DIV>www.tcavjohn.com</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 1, 2007, at 3:42 PM, D F MCMAHON wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">I have seen any number of studies exploring relationships between poverty and child maltreatment. I am wondering if anyone knows of any studies examining the financial impact of out of home placement and/or child welfare involvement on families:</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Depending on states' MA plans, removal of children from the home may equate to loss of MA benefits for parent ( s), including those who require health care for chronic physical or mental conditions (note that even if the condition rises to the level of SSDI/SSI eligibility, many disability applications take a couple of years before a favorable decision is reached, and even when the decision is made logjams in the SSA are delaying delivery of benefits).</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Families may lose housing assistance and become homeless. Other benefits, such as TANF or food stamps, may also be lost.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">States are mandated to seek child support orders from parents who have lost custody, and child support system is increasingly severe with penalties--interest applied to arrears, possibility of jail time or loss of driver's license. It is not uncommon to see parents in child support enforcement hearings whose children have been returned to them but who face legal proceedings for child support during times when children were in custody. Typically, due to the time it takes child support proceedings to get underway, an arrearage already exists at the time the child support order is made.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Parents may risk unemployment when legal proceedings and system requirements conflict with work schedules and expectations. It is also possible that stigma associated with chld welfare involvement can impact employment, depending on workplace culture.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Parents incur costs related to visitation when children are placed a long distance from home, long-distance charges, postage.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Belongings of children in out of home placement are not safe--may be stolen by other foster children or misplaced by caregivers or caseworkers. Frequently there is no reimbursement even when items are expensive.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Legal expenses for families who do not qualify for public defense or who decide public defense is inadequate legal service. This may include additional expenses to obtain evaluations or other evidence in connection with legal or administrative proceedings.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Any studies or proposed studies?</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Sheri McMahon</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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