Gracie

Really a sad story, but most of CPS involvements don't go well. I hope they'll be able to keep the other child. They must be devastate.

That's just horrible, I hope it all works out for them.

Hey Gracie,

I worked in foster care for years and saw first-hand how incompetant the system can be. In Texas, CPS is grossly underfunded and caseworkers get sent straight from the college classroom and into the field with no practical knowledge of what they (caseworkers) are actually doing. Foster parenting is funded by a classification system based on the level of behaviors exhibited by each child, otherwise known as "level of care". What you commonly see are cases of psychological reviews of children being clouded and outright falsified in order to keep level of care considerations to a low level, and correspondingly, cheap for the state. Unfortunately, many foster parents receive psych evaluations and treatment considerations that do not fully explain the true therapeutic and emotional needs of the children that are being accepted into foster homes. The incompetance and corruption of the system not only complicates the difficulties faced by children placed in homes that they should have never been placed in, but also turns compassionate people (such as your neighbors) into victims. Truly sad...

Outrageous when government decides that a marriage is unstable....




Hey Gracie, I've tried to email you -

Txas is not the only state CPS is bad, I think most are, I had an answering service and took calls for CPS, and decided to bevome a reciving Home for them in another state, (Washington) we were licened for 2, and had up to 6. he was seeming a reallly good kid, that had run away from every receiving home he had been in , we asked why, his reply was He shouldn't be in one, He had no problems at home, and didn't know why He couldn't be there, all he wanted was to be able to go Home I rhink by CPS rules there is no way, any parent can possibly raise children by there rules, so no matter how well ya are doing, they can come up with anexcuse to trmove children,and the children are usually the last one to know why they were removed from their home and parents as well, they have to wait for a court hearing to find out, it is a very defunct system , run by unqualified people, that have no experience raising kids , and the onesthat do have kids , usually no best how to work them to get their own way , using the CPS system .

Texan,

I'm sure there are good people working there but that doesn't negate the fact that CPS as an entity is out of control, an extension of government which has no heart or soul, and about to ruin yet another child's life.

Most soc. majors have good hearts and in college want to make a difference. I don't doubt that there are some good people working working for CPS.

Daniel, your email addy didn't transfer with my addresses when I closed out hotmail. Email me at gratefulgrace78@yahoo.com!

That's what I'm thinking One. Even though they did all the right things by 1)reporting it, 2) putting an alarm on his door, 3) constant supervision after the boy began acting out in that way, 4) trying since last spring to get him out of the house. They are the ones not keeping the little girl safe!!!

I hear ya Texan.