On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > So, families who care for foster children get more money for those children > than the actual parents who may be getting government assistance? I see an > issue with that. >
If you factor in the cost of all the caseworkers and court folks involved once a kid gets into foster care, then, yes - it costs the system more to have a kid in foster care than it does to provide the birth family with support. That does not mean that foster families see that money. Each kid is different, but I know for a fact that my previous foster kiddo's mom's SSI supplement for her son was more than what we were paid to care for him for the majority of the time he was with us. The foster families that get large payments are caring for kids with multiple issues - some of them fairly frightening. We don't take kids with major violence or sex issues - so our payments will always be relatively low ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291012 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
