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RE: financial impact of out of home placement on families
Having starting as a worker in the early 70s, these policies have always been present but rarely enforced because in "those days" almost all children coming in to care lived in families whose parents were not employed. They always lost their AFDC check which often meant they also lost their housing - in essence leading to the same consequences we see today. With welfare reform, we have a much larger group of working poor parents, therefore child support policies are enforced as they are in custody situations. I have not seen research on this but it definitely sounds like an important area for exploration.
Diane DePanfilis, Ph.D., MSW
Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Research
Director, Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children
University of Maryland School of Social Work
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From: bounce-1974323-7051520@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Chaffin, Mark J. (HSC)
Sent: Tue 10/23/2007 12:05 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: RE: financial impact of out of home placement on families
Peggy,
I first learned of this policy in Kansas, and elsewhere, several years ago. I thought, obviously mistakenly, that the policy would not survive evaluation or court challenges. Have there been impact studies, or have there been any court challenges of which you are aware?
MC
Mark Chaffin, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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From: Taylor, Peggy [mailto:pbillings@ku.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 10:13 AM
Subject: RE: financial impact of out of home placement on families
It's my understanding that most states use their child support enforcement programs to collect parents' monthly share of foster care costs. With a child support enforcement action in place, any and all parent income can be garnished by the state. In this circumstance, the state gets its cut of the parents' already very small income regardless of whether or not the parent can afford the payment and regardless of the impact on other children still in the home.
There is considerable latitude for agencies and caseworkers to apply these child support requirements in punitive ways as well as considerable latitude for agencies and courts to absolve more 'worthy' parents of this responsibility. Low income parents required to pay child support to the state may find it impossible to secure housing adequate to achieve reintegration with their children. On the other hand, a judge can order a very low child support payment to help a middle class family afford to place a 'wayward' youth outside of their home.
Child support payment requirements are not the only barrier to timely family reunification current social policy presents. When children are removed from the home, parents often lose their TANF benefits, creating potentially insurmountable barriers to family reunification. Without Medicaid benefits, parents may not be able to participate in therapeutic services necessary to achieve family reunification. These vulnerabilities are compounded by the difficulties most states experience in providing adequate legal representation for parents in these circumstances.
Peggy Taylor, MSW
Project Coordinator
Office of Child Welfare and Children's Mental Health
Kansas University School of Social Welfare
Twente Hall
1545 Lilac Lane
Lawrence, KS 66044
785 864 3749
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From: bounce-1960382-6834006@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-1960382-6834006@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Sandra J Bishop-Josef
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 1:34 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Re: financial impact of out of home placement on families
Do parents actually pay these costs? Or is it just one of those "on the books" policies that is rarely implemented?
It's difficult to imagine that parents would have the funds available.
At 12:07 PM 10/19/2007, you wrote:
As of a few years ago the cost for residential care for kids in Illinois who were purposely put out of their home by their otherwise competent parents ranged anywhere from $7,000 per month to $14,000 per month (depending upon the level of care provided).
Daniel Fallon, PsyD
www.licensed-psychologists.com <http://www.licensed-psychologists.com/>
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From: ChelleP66@aol.com
To: child-maltreatment-research-l@list.cornell.edu
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: financial impact of out of home placement on families
In Illinois, parents are expected to pay child support to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to offset the cost of the State caring for their children.
Michelle Paisley, MSW, LSW
Foster Care Supervisor
Catholic Charities Diocese of Peoria
In a message dated 10/2/2007 9:03:57 PM Central Daylight Time, toni@tcavjohn.com writes:
would add that in California parents are assessed fees for the out-of-home placement and asked to pay for it.
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