Dearly Beloved Readers
Here is a handbook written by the Child Protective Industry. This particular handbook is one that they give to foster children.
http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/docs/CFS%201050-70%20Putting%20it%20all%20Together.pdf
Notice there is a lot of bullshit here.
The following is a translation of the Children's Bureau Express Foster Child Resource Book published by the State of Illinois was brought to you by Blancheflour, the Goddess of Comprehensive Child Welfare Reform.
ReplyDelete* Why was I removed from my home?
Because you bring in more federal dollars.
* What will happen to me?
Hopefully, you will be kept in the foster care system until you will be adopted out for more federal dollars.
* How long will I be away from my home?
For as long as the federal dollars keep flowing in.
* The courts and court decisions
The courts do whatever they are told to do by child welfare workers to keep the federal dollars flowing in.
* What are my rights?
You have the right to shut up and bring in more federal dollars. A child has no rights, unless you are a law firm who sues to bring in big attorney fee settlements and helps the States bring in more federal dollars to keep doing what they were sued for.
* What are the rights of my family, DCFS care provider, and caseworker?
You and your family have no rights because you are poor.
DCFS and caseworkers have the right to sovereign immunity and the right to do whatever it takes to keep the federal dollars coming in.
* Living in DCFS care
Shut up, keep bringing in federal dollars and age out to produce another baby to go into the system to bring in more federal dollars.
* Family and friends
Family and friends do not bring in federal dollars, therefore, you shall have none. To ensure this, you will be moved over and over to keep the federal dollars coming in with studies on why you were moved over and over.
* Personal stuff
Whatever you have will fit in your personal garbage bag. If your personal stuff is of any value, it will be take by your case workers and other foster care children. Your best option is to sell all your personal stuff and save it for when you age out for you will more than likely be living on the streets.
* School and special activities
You will go to school but will probably never graduate to ensure that you have no skills once you age out to have a child so it can be taken into custody and continue the flow of federal dollars.
* Will I get to visit my family?
Family visitations will be limited as possible to prepare you of a life of foster care. We understand how emotionally and psychologically devastating this will be for you therefor you have been scheduled to see a psychiatrist to prescribe you medication to put you in a complete stupor until you age out and go through violent withdrawls, only to put you in the prison system because there will be no help for you.
* Beyond DCFS care
If you are one of the lucky ones, upon your release of age out, you can go find your family.