01-03-2011, 03:25 AM
These are all state run programs, not county, all though that sounds like a typical response by our county law enforcement. Part of the problem is the bulk of the support personnel and administration for these programs are on Oahu (like everything else here) so there isn't a person here on this Island with the right title, power, and connections who can pick up the phone and get the cops to respond effectively in this situation. I have had a lot of foster kids as students and most of the parents are very dedicated, but often are very frustrated with dealing with the way the system is set up here.
It is also decades since the per child rate has gone up. Just thinking about food, shoes, clothes and utilities for a teenager makes me think the <$600 families get paid per kid wouldn't go very far.
Carol
It is also decades since the per child rate has gone up. Just thinking about food, shoes, clothes and utilities for a teenager makes me think the <$600 families get paid per kid wouldn't go very far.
Carol
Carol
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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