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oregongrannie (Anonymous) says…

It seems that while these nice girl scouts are making 'buddy bags' for the “poor foster children” — an important piece is missing.

Many of these “poor foster chidlren” have nice relatives - loving grandparents - who would gladly care for them — if the state would permit it. i live in Oregon. I am such a grandmother. There are no laws to support me in Oregon. My grandsons have been legally kidnapped and removed from me because I cannot pay a ranson. That the kidnappers are the State Dept. of Human Services - and the ransom is a “big pile of money” to pay a lawyer … is only a sidebar.

imbalance of Federal DHS funding creates corruption

S3038 - was renewed on 9.30.08 —
The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, has an attractive title but in reality destroys the lives of children and their families, to the financial benefit of DHS”
foster care funding represents 65% of federal funds dedicated to child welfare purposes, and adoption assistance makes up another 22%.
family reunification funding represent only 11% of federal child welfare program funds.

The major appeal of the title IV-E program has always been that, as an entitlement, funding levels were supposed to adjust automatically to respond to changes in “need,” as represented by State claims. This well intentioned legislation is now out of control out of balance and unstoppable. Children are taken and placed and torn from their families every day.

Department of Human Services is broken. Out of Control.
It is a vehicle plunging down the mountain with no brakes:

Children are referred to as being marketable in the Adoption Market. DHS Workers want to keep their jobs and their good benefits so they “join in”(and shut up) or quit.

Studies have shown that 75% of the children in DHS foster care do not need to be there. (This statistic from Coos Bay OR Social Worker Rich Rigney).

Foster Care and Adoption bring in funding dollars. This is an indisputable fact. Children die in their own homes. Children die in foster homes. Children die in Adoptive homes. These are also facts.

DHS does NOT do a good job they just move the children around. They break up families where the children were not in life threatening situations. And they cash their paychecks. The workers use their subjective, biased opinions as a “reason” and there is no oversight. What goes on in “family court” would shock any nice respectable citizen. It sure shocked me.

No matter what The Agency does they are doing it wrong. The Agency has no oversight. They are like the WWII Gestapo taking children and there is no way to stop them. If someone knows of a way to stop them - please inform me. oregon_grannie@yahoo.com

I am sure the little girl scouts are well intentioned - yet - somehow, I know that MY grandsons would rather have ME - than a nice bag of “stuff.”