No expenditures incurred more than twelve months after first contact with the system should be reimbursed. In fact, the process of attempting to reunify hopelessly dysfunctional families, provides another source of funds for expanding patronage and bureaucracy. Reunification efforts after the first twelve months delays the inevitable and often places children at additional risk. Standing for Foster Parents. Guardian Ad Litems rarely see the children outside of the courthouse.
Caseworkers are frequently so overburdened they can go months without seeing the children.
Only foster parents spend every day with the children at risk. Nevertheless foster parents are frequently threatened with loss of the children and loss of licensure, when they ask to be heard in court. Clarification of Fiduciary Obligations. Third party payees must be put on notice that they have fiduciary obligations and will be punished for violations of those duties. Eliminate Barriers to Interstate Adoption.