It seems like the more reasonable the public policy is for foster care children, the more outrageous the reaction is in carrying it out. Just last week, a child we have had in placement for four years had a Team Decision Making Meeting. The upshot of the meeting was that this girl was in placement too long and needed to move. So Department of Children and Family Services decided to move her the next day, without any thoughtful planning for a transition, determining school placement, and identifying what supportive services she and her placement caregivers might need.
As the executive director of a foster care children’s charity in Los Angeles County, I have seen too many of these thoughtless reactions. I guarantee that she will be replaced before the end of the year. This is a very difficult child who will probably be in some sort of “placement “ for the rest of her life.
This is no way to move children out of placement.
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