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Governor’s double standard: Fail a school, pass DCF December 19, 2002 If a Florida school scored less than 75 percent on Gov. Jeb Bush’s favored A Plus program, it would be tagged a "failing" school, qualifying its students for vouchers so they could move away. So, why is the governor pleased that another of his favored programs, Operation Safekids, has found only 305 out of 393 missing children assigned to the care of the state Department of Children and Families? Bush started Operation Safekids in August, ordering DCF and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to find the children missing from state care, most of whom are believed to be runaways or taken by a noncustodial relative. Actually, the statistics are even worse than they already look. Since the 393 DCF children were identified as missing in August, another 423 children "came up" missing. Of those, 211 still haven’t been found. Nevertheless, in a statement released Tuesday to the Associated Press, Bush called Operation Safekids a success, saying that in addition to locating "most" of the missing children, it improved communication between DCF and law enforcement agencies. Operation Safekids "has helped to establish a system that will better protect the children in our state," Bush said. Problems at DCF surfaced with the revelation in April that 5-year-old Rilya Wilson of Miami was missing for 15 months before DCF realized she was gone. And she still hasn’t been found. Nor has anyone a clue as to where she might be. In another case, the body of a 17-year-old in DCF’s care was found in a canal in Collier County. She had been shot to death. When the governor first was elected, he promised to turn DCF around and provide real care for the troubled young people. Now, more than four years later, the department seems as troubled as ever. It has a new director, Jerry Regier, who no doubt is working hard to make a difference. But, even though he’s replaced eight of DCF’s top officials, there’s no sign of a new funding proposal from the governor or a concrete plan to help the state’s overburdened, undertrained workers deal with everyday tragedy. If Bush thinks Safekids is a success, he might want to look at the numbers again 299 missing children. Perhaps then he would consider issuing vouchers to Florida children in trouble. Then they could go to another state where they might receive more attentive care.   http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/the_news_editorials/article/0,1651,TCP_1033… Barbara has one of the best web site for foster parents at http://www.fosterparents.com/ Barbara has all kind of info for foster parents from online training to a chat room there is also a page with links to  with your state agency. http://www.fosterparenting.com/   There also great info on http://www.fosterclub.com/grownups/index.html You can get tons of support/information here. http://www.kuddlekids.com/ There is also a web ring for foster parents if you go to  http://o.webring.com/webring?ring=fostercarering;list there is a list of sites in ring You can do a net search using http://www.yahoo.com/ http://www.google.com/ You can go to http://www.copernic.com/  and get Copernic 2001 basic for free, it will search  obtain fast, relevant results from the greatest number of information sources 18 and categories available on the Internet!

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Wex, apparently the fix is in. Since CPS has LOADS OF UNDOCUMENTED MONIES—they can claim all manner of interventions. Schools have somewhat more oversight with local school boards, etc. And lots of undercover donations to CPS and kickbacks to politicos. DESCRIPTORS; FBI, GAO, AUDIT,MEDICARE, MEDICAID,FRAUD, WHISTLEBLOWER, QUI TAM LAWSUIT, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ACCOUNTANCY, WHITE COLLAR CRIME, CORRUPTION, OFFICIAL CORRUPTION, FAMILY COURT, SOCIAL WORK, FLORIDA, CPS, CHILD PROTECTIVE, EMBEZZLEMENT. Wex discerned: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Subject: Governor’s double standard: Fail a school, pass DCF >From: Wex Wimpy wexwi…@citicom.com >Date: 12/20/2002 10:31 AM Eastern Standard Time >Message-id: <1ud60vs25oo5phtkeuns7ikasvn6qsi…@4ax.com> >Governor’s double standard: Fail a school, pass DCF >December 19, 2002 >If a Florida school scored less than 75 percent on Gov. Jeb Bush’s >favored A Plus program, it would be tagged a "failing" school, >qualifying its students for vouchers so they could move away. So, why >is the governor pleased that another of his favored programs, >Operation Safekids, has found only 305 out of 393 missing children >assigned to the care of the state Department of Children and Families? >Bush started Operation Safekids in August, ordering DCF and the >Florida Department of Law Enforcement to find the children missing >from state care, most of whom are believed to be runaways or taken by >a noncustodial relative. >Actually, the statistics are even worse than they already look. Since >the 393 DCF children were identified as missing in August, another 423 >children "came up" missing. Of those, 211 still haven’t been found. >Nevertheless, in a statement released Tuesday to the Associated Press, >Bush called Operation Safekids a success, saying that in addition to >locating "most" of the missing children, it improved communication >between DCF and law enforcement agencies. >Operation Safekids "has helped to establish a system that will better >protect the children in our state," Bush said. >Problems at DCF surfaced with the revelation in April that 5-year-old >Rilya Wilson of Miami was missing for 15 months before DCF realized >she was gone. And she still hasn’t been found. Nor has anyone a clue >as to where she might be. In another case, the body of a 17-year-old >in DCF’s care was found in a canal in Collier County. She had been >shot to death. >When the governor first was elected, he promised to turn DCF around >and provide real care for the troubled young people. Now, more than >four years later, the department seems as troubled as ever. It has a >new director, Jerry Regier, who no doubt is working hard to make a >difference. But, even though he’s replaced eight of DCF’s top >officials, there’s no sign of a new funding proposal from the governor >or a concrete plan to help the state’s overburdened, undertrained >workers deal with everyday tragedy. >If Bush thinks Safekids is a success, he might want to look at the >numbers again 299 missing children. Perhaps then he would consider >issuing vouchers to Florida children in trouble. Then they could go to >another state where they might receive more attentive care.   >http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/the_news_editorials/article/0,1651,TCP_1033… 9245,00.html >Barbara has one of the best web site for foster parents at >http://www.fosterparents.com/ >Barbara has all kind of info for foster parents from online training to a >chat room there is also a page with links to  with your state agency. >http://www.fosterparenting.com/   >There also great info on http://www.fosterclub.com/grownups/index.html >You can get tons of support/information here. http://www.kuddlekids.com/ >There is also a web ring for foster parents if you go to >http://o.webring.com/webring?ring=fostercarering;list >there is a list of sites in ring >You can do a net search using >http://www.yahoo.com/ >http://www.google.com/ >You can go to http://www.copernic.com/  and get >Copernic 2001 basic for free, it will search  obtain fast, relevant results >from the greatest number of information sources 18 and categories available >on the Internet!

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