I read this article today. The comments are absolutely horrifying. We as a group of adoptees, natural and adoptive parents have a lot of work to do. I can't believe the negativity of some people. I will post the article and link to the article as well. It is always men who decide how and when a woman can get pregnant. How and when she can and receive help. It sometimes never ceases to amaze me. Can anyone tell me if Indiana is a abstinence state or not? I wish women and children had automony of their own. Sadly our society will never allow that to happen until changes are made.
A federal court judge today lifted a 1992 order imposed in response to a lawsuit alleging child welfare workers in Marion County had failed to provide minimal services to abused, neglected and other children and their families.
U.S. District Court Judge John Tinder agreed to dismiss the consent decree after receiving assurances that the Indiana Department of Child Services has made progress in addressing deficiencies in the system.
The department administers child support, child protection, adoption and foster case throughout the state.It has taken a number of steps in recent years to fix its problems, including hiring hundreds of additional family case managers and expanding training.The Indiana Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit in 1989 on behalf of wards of Marion County and their parents.Under the consent decree, improvements in training for supervisors and caseworkers were required. Today, according to the Daniels administration, the department exceeds the stipulations established by the consent decree.A federal court judge today lifted a 1992 order imposed in response to a lawsuit alleging child welfare workers had failed to provide minimal services to abused, neglected and other children and their families.U.S. District Court Judge John Tinder agreed to dismiss the consent decree after receiving assurances that the Indiana Department of Child Services has made progress in addressing deficiencies in the system.The department administers child support, child protection, adoption and foster case throughout the state.It has taken a number of steps in recent years to fix its problems, including hiring hundreds of additional family case managers and expanding training.The Indiana Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit in 1989 because the state’s “crushing caseloads and inadequate standards” had left children injured or dead in Marion County — the state’s most populous county.Under the consent decree, improvements in training for supervisors and caseworkers were required. Today, according to the Mitch Daniels administration, the department exceeds the stipulations established by the consent decree.“Obviously the system is not perfect, but it’s clear that the state is working to correct all of the problems that gave rise to this case,” said Ken Falk, legal director of the ICLU.Susan Tielking, a spokeswoman for child services, said about 60,000 allegations involving abuse or neglect of children are made each year in Indiana, and about a third of those cases are substantiated.Currently, about 2,300 children in Marion County are involved in the child welfare system, she said.Tielking said that over the past two years, the agency had hired 400 additional child welfare caseworkers and is expected to have hired an additional 400 caseworkers by next July. Those additions will boost to about 1,600 the number of state caseworkers, she said.
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HA! Indiana SUCKS at child welfare.
When I was on food stamps and medicaid, I was made to feel like a criminal every single time I went into the office to renew my eligibility.
And one month I made $10 dollars more than the "allowed" amount (because of some stupid holiday pay), so I was cut off from $150 work of grocery money.
My daughter's daughter can't be sent to jail for child support until he has 6 months of consecutive non-payment--which means that he can NOT work/pay for 5 months, work for a month, and then go back to NOT working/paying.
Is that not the stupidest thing ever?
And yes, I think Indiana is an abstinance-only state. I never got any sex-ed.
I live in Texas, and on March 8th of this year had 2 relative children placed with me through Catholic Charities of Ft Wayne. The 3 year wait did finally come to an end, but the problems only got worse... they've refused to provide a case summary, medical history and most importantly are under the microscope because there was neglect, lack of medical care and sexual abuse in a foster home the agency refused to remove them from. I am one month away from finalizing and they are wanting to do things under the table because they're already loosing the state contract for adoptions, but most importantly they're afraid I'm going to slap them and the county with a lawsuit. Things have not bettered in Indiana's DCF, they're just not telling anyone how screwed up they are.
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