tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949272793553548917.post5015209345707907945..comments2023-07-23T04:38:55.832-07:00Comments on Pam Roach Report: DSHS Get It Wrong?...DSHS Doesn't Care And Is Not Held AccountableState Senator Pam Roachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18192817037938680418noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949272793553548917.post-54751475181312891792009-07-16T23:34:08.062-07:002009-07-16T23:34:08.062-07:00Laws do need to be changed! What we really need to...Laws do need to be changed! What we really need to address is congress in Washington D.C., and put a STOP to the federal funding that goes to dshs for EVERY child they keep in foster care. dshs doesn't get federal funding if that child remains with a family member. Last year alone Washington State recieved roughly fifteen million dollars in federal funding. That doesn't include the social security dshs files for these kids as well. If the federal funding was in place to support family members over foster care, you would see alot more of these kids and families preserved. It's no wonder children in foster care has increased 350% since this federal bill was passed in 1998. This bill was passed to HELP the children! NOT to help a corupt state agency supplement their spending habits with OUR children!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949272793553548917.post-91410813230176869862009-07-16T16:25:28.232-07:002009-07-16T16:25:28.232-07:00Laws need to be changed.....how do we go about it?...Laws need to be changed.....how do we go about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949272793553548917.post-30968653392329260202009-07-16T14:33:40.415-07:002009-07-16T14:33:40.415-07:00Dear Senator, It does sound like you have others f...Dear Senator, It does sound like you have others following your lead with trying to get things changed. We can only pray that Secretary Susan Dreyfus will make these people start following the laws. I think if they are found to be the cause of a situation like ours, they should lose their job and never be able to work with children again. There were no policies or procedures followed with us from the time the girls came to us starting with no relative home study or placement agreement. For me to realize they basically have a list of foster-adopt families waiting for a child to come along meeting their specifications is disgusting and how much do they really care when there is no regard to the child`s feeling from the beginning? I`m surprised that dshs hasn`t come up with a child shelter like choosing a puppy from a pound. Oh yeah, just a heads up, there may possibly be another child taken tomorrow from the only family he`s ever known. What a surprise!! From the Everett Dept. and oh yeah, the child is 3 years old.Stacy Trussellnoreply@blogger.com