The Adoption and Safe Families Act, 1997, offers cash “bonuses” to the states for every child they adopt out of foster care. Government funding is not given to Fairbanks Office of Children's Services if the case worker tries to "help" the family... money is only given if the case worker removes the child from the home.
Our Grand Children are victims of;
"Protect the "system" at all costs. The "system" is the only ultimate sacred cow - not any particular law or constitution, but only "the system." Because, ultimately, it is the system which makes certain that the individuals functioning within it - from judges to lawyers, to prosecutors, to politicians, to businessmen - have their places and positions, and opportunities and pecking order, and future."
In 1696, England first used the legal principle ofparens patriae, which gave the royal crown care of "charities, infants, idiots, and lunatics returned to the chancery." This principal of parens patriae has been identified as the statutory basis for U.S. governmental intervention in families' child rearing practices.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." — Preamble of the original "organic" Constitution
"We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." — Excerpted from the Declaration of Independence of the original thirteen united states of America, July 4, 1776
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"The Family Forward Project is intended to inform the public and educate
the law makers regarding the unlawful social engineering financially
incentivized by the Federal government. We are here to support families
and develop resources which will maintain the integrity of the family.
We look forward to your support. This is a PUBLIC GROUP so please DO
NOT post anything about open cases especially those concerning
dependency court. Posting such information can harm your case. We cannot
and will not police posts but would appreciate others making new
members aware of the risk of making such posts especially in public
forums like this one."
*The posts made in this blog are of our opinion only*
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Title IV-E, The Adoption and Safe Families Act authorized by then President Clinton is the act that pays social workers from your Social Security for every kid they take FROM THE HOME and foster out and adopted. Helping the families is not the incentive.
This incentive was reauthorized in 2014 by piggy backing it into:
Title IV-E (The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997) needs to be dumped like a hot potato and rebuilt so it actually does help strengthen families unlike now where it gives every incentive not to. Instead, it is hidden and passed with other programs. Thus making it the oxymoron it is. This makes me wonder if President Trump and the First Lady know about this yet.
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On
Feb. 18, from 12-4 p.m. at the Borough Administrative Center, Rep.
Tammie Wilson alone, with no other representatives or legislators to
accompany her, listened to a packed room full of broken people whose
lives have been shredded to pieces by the state Office of Child
Services. In the seats were family members comforting one another as
they felt completely without hope, but saw this as maybe — just maybe —
an opportunity for someone to hear them.
There
were testimonies coming from parents and grandparents, aunts and
uncles. The stories were so similar that it was sickening. Here’s what
rang out over and over again: “I did everything they told me to do,
jumped through every hoop they instructed, went through every class they
requested, and they still fostered or adopted my kids out.” Here’s
another one common from the grandparents, “I’ve been in and out of the
courts and have spent $30,000 on lawyers (for some reason, $30,000 seems
to be an amount of money to expect to pay when fighting OCS, because a
lot of people mentioned it), and I haven’t ever done anything wrong and
yet they won’t let me have my grandchild.”
Then
there’s the damaged children, who are not only separated from their
parents or grandparents or aunts or uncles, but also from their own
siblings as well. Night terrors and emotional trauma that last a
lifetime are just another day in their obliterated worlds. As a matter
of fact, there was a very unique twist to the testimonies in that one of
those speaking out was an adult who was taken from her mom as a child.
This is a very significant event, because what we have now are the next
generation of OCS-damaged people coming forward telling their stories
from a child’s point of view. These children are growing up and telling
their perspective and anyone listening to what they say will never
forget the pain in their voice. As I listened to one of these adult
kids, tears ran down my face.
OCS
isn’t always evil. I admit they have saved and do save lives. There is
intervention on their part that gives children a second chance at life
when parents are violent, vicious, cold-hearted monsters who neglect and
abuse their babies. They deserve recognition for those shining moments
and those moments are heroic. So why is it we have this tree that bears
fruit and thorns? Could the culprit be poor training, financial gain or
just so many horror stories that some of the workers become hardened?
One
thing is for sure: Once OCS has begun targeting a family, there’s no
shaking them off and no recourse. There’s no politician or ombudsman,
governor or anyone who’s going to fly in and save the day, anywhere. If
somebody alerts OCS to a family and that particular caseworker has it
out for them for whatever reason, life will never be the same again for
them and they will live in and out of court. They may spend every dime
they have for the remainder of that child’s years till 18, and nothing
will be private again. Everything will be under the microscope. The
children will be bounced from foster home to foster home, and if they
are molested or abused, many times their cries are ignored because it’s
assumed they are trying to “make stuff up” to get back to their birth
families.
Will
Rep. Wilson succeed in changing the system and create a new and
improved OCS that will follow guidelines and work to restore the family
unit every chance it gets? I don’t know. I do know she needs our
support. She is carrying a heavy cross and has to lift it over many
barriers. She flies to Juneau to listen to five hours of testimony for
one issue, then flies to Fairbanks the next day to listen to four hours
of distraught mothers and fathers and family members begging for help to
have their children back. I’ve never seen anyone in her position do
more to represent and listen to the people. Let me be very clear: These
devastated parents and grandparents have proof, proof and more proof.
They are prepared, they are obedient and they are fighters.
Where
are you, Gov. Bill Walker? Have you listened to these people? Where are
you? We have ignored the guardians, but no one can ignore the future
generation of children. They will grow up and they will start running
for office and making decisions and this era and system will change one
way or the other. Praise God that children grow up. They will have the
final say.
Pamela Samash is a Nenana resident and community activist.
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