.... the concerns are legitimate in this testimony?
Are all of them based on accurate information and logical premise?
Kane
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:37:54 -0700, fx wrote:
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearin...iendly&id=1350
House Committee on Ways and Means
Statement of Kandy Helson, Racine, Wisconsin
Here is my statement. I am dismayed. I am an American citizen and I
have voted in every election. The system of Child Welfare is out of
control. Children are being taken from good families. The states
receive adoption bonuses, this bonus system had a place but now it is no
longer necessary. It is being abused. Here is why, a high percentage
of child abuse cases are some form of neglect. The parents are very
poorly represented in court. The child welfare workers have a money
incentive to terminate parents rights. A HIGH percentage of these
parents are having their rights terminated with no criminal charges. If
criminal charges are not being filed a hardly see a reason enough to
terminate parents rights. A serious child abuse crime should of been
committed for parents to lose all rights. Not only do parents lose
their rights but the rest of the extended family do as well. I believe
this violates the civil rights of those relatives to see and continue a
relationship with their blood relative. Another serious problem is the
child welfare system receives more money if they can label the child
with a mental disorder. They classify children who throw tantrums as
behavior disorders. The children are being mentally abused by the
separation from their families. Then they are drugged because that
leads to more funding for the system. What child never throws a
tantrum? How is there valid enough reason to terminate parents rights
but not valid enough reason to file charges criminally. The funding
should provide a way to prevent the neglect that led to the child being
in the system. As neglect is the largest single reason children are
removed from their families. A free government should not interfere
with the family so harshly as what is being done now. A convicted
murderer behind bars has more rights to visit, phone calls and letters
from their children. The American public would be outraged if they knew
exactly what the system that is supposed to protect children has turned
into. It is a money making industry. It need a complete overhaul with
an investigation and criminal charges brought against any worker at all
levels who ripped apart families and abused their power. To continue to
let it happen should lead to all government officials who were contacted
and or notified of the abuses perpetrated on American families to be
investigated who did not take action to investigate and correct this
horrible tragedy.