The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: April 3, 2011
FULL STORY
I left a nice comment there-
Regarding "What's needed are constructive ideas on how to improve the welfare of children in the state's foster care system and how to keep them out of the system altogether"-
By an odd coincidence, the tool to do that is Federal Law known as Reasonable Efforts- 42 U.S.C. § 671 (a) (15) and Relative Placement- 42 U.S.C. § 671 (a) (19)
These Federal Laws are universally ignored by CPS.
This is clarified in an article published in DesMoines Register 2 days ago-
"Eighty-one percent of all abuse last year was neglect, a percentage that has changed little in recent years. Neglect refers to a denial of critical care, defined as the failure of a caretaker to provide adequate food, shelter, clothing or other care necessary for the child's health and welfare when the caretaker is financially able to do so or is offered financial or other reasonable means to do so". http://bit.ly/f8kDgc
One of the items of advice found at AFRA "How to Fight CPS" is "The trick is, you gotta ask for the services... They are not going to tell you they have resources. You have to ask them for it." - http://bit.ly/e5h2dG
As the saying goes- "There's your problem".
We do not believe CPS failure to offer and supply Reasonable Efforts is an accidental oversight.
In fact, we believe it's a criminal violation of Federal Law.
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