tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785226775741273846.post3386826453818902903..comments2023-03-09T06:47:36.014-06:00Comments on Talking foster care and adoption with Iowa KidsNet: 5 Things You'll Like About PS-MAPPIowa KidsNethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07392352938568557605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785226775741273846.post-60633603644543563782010-06-14T08:21:13.847-05:002010-06-14T08:21:13.847-05:00I embrace your position but am sadden with your la...I embrace your position but am sadden with your lack of information expressed in this opinion.<br /><br />It is not suggested that original guardians lose custody due to poverty, it is mandated through statutory codification and eligibility criteria of social assistance programming.<br /><br />Please review the federal and state supportive audits and reports I have taken the time to collect. <br /><br />Anything I state is supported with <a href="http://www.scribd.com/beverlytran" rel="nofollow">finding of fact and conclusion of law.</a><br /><br />This is the <a href="http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region7/70202099.htm" rel="nofollow">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Audit of 2004 finding questionable and improper costs of administration.</a><br /><br />If you do not understand the levels of child welfare fraud demonstrated in the federal audit for Iowa, here are <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/33012231/HHS-OIG-Iowa-Medicaid-Payments-for-Targeted-Case-Management-2007" rel="nofollow">$2,495,948</a> reasons to disprove your opinion. Please keep in mind that this is only a small sample of state activities in child welfare.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/2001/232/68.html" rel="nofollow">Iowa code 232.68(d)</a> explicitly states in part:<br /><br /><b><i>d. The failure on the part of a person responsible for the care of a child to provide for the adequate food, shelter, clothing or other care necessary for the child's health and welfare when financially able to do so or when offered financial or other reasonable means to do so. </i></b> <br /><br />The application of the code is left to the practioner's interpretation, universally accepted as poverty.<br /><br />It is my mission to educate "society at large" by <a href="http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Hearings/Testimony.aspx?TID=8208" rel="nofollow">lifting the iron veil of child welfare.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://beverlytran.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Beverly Tran</a><br />An Original SourceBEVERLY TRANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09142254377583513542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785226775741273846.post-20941936259711269682010-05-19T13:49:08.214-05:002010-05-19T13:49:08.214-05:00I must respectfully disagree with Beverly. PS/MAP...I must respectfully disagree with Beverly. PS/MAPP teaches resource families that the goal of foster parenting is first and foremost to reunite the family. PS/MAPP also teaches folks that partnering with birthparents when possible is the best for everyone involved, especially the children.<br />Through the licensing process (PS/MAPP, meeting with a social worker, etc.) families learn the reasons why children are removed from their parents. They have discussions about risk and safety. Never is it suggested that birthfamilies lose custody due to poverty.<br />I agree that in society at large people often have misperceptions about why children come into care. However, the classes are designed to challenge these perceptions and teach families the reality.joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431135463126120727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785226775741273846.post-89973106831711105872010-04-20T11:22:52.443-05:002010-04-20T11:22:52.443-05:00I have found that foster parent classes, typically...I have found that foster parent classes, typically funded through the Annie Cassey Foundation, are presented through false research and perceptions.<br /><br />Foster parenting classes promote the concept that parents of children under the care of the state are "not good people" because they are poor or have medical needs, formulating the reason why children are in care as poverty is considered child abuse.<br /><br />I have seen, first hand experience that foster parenting classes prepare the prospective foster parent for adoption instead of reunification.<br /><br />Until I see a balance and open participation in the development and facilitation of foster parenting classes, including full disclosure to the funding source (i.e. Annie Casey Foundation) I question the entire legitimacy of all operations of the child placing agency holding foster parenting classes.<br /><br /><a href="http://beverlytran.com" rel="nofollow">Beverly Tran</a><br />An Original SourceBEVERLY TRANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09142254377583513542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785226775741273846.post-82102112526135760082010-04-20T11:14:01.465-05:002010-04-20T11:14:01.465-05:00Don't believe everything they tell you either....Don't believe everything they tell you either. These people steal children and lie through their teeth. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.LegallyKidnapped.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Legally Kidnapped</a>PRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165690505842821974noreply@blogger.com