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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 350259" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I basically did what Marg suggested when I wrote my email to the head of Health and Human Services here. And trust me, I didnt just send it to the building, I emailed it to the actual email address of the person who is in charge. I had those email addresses because I worked in county govt and we had access to state email addresses. </p><p></p><p>I kept my email very formal. I asked for help saying what I had been told to do after asking for help at the county level as both a citizen and a county employee. I cited exact examples and gave names and dates. I knew full well what the fallout was going to be and was ready for it. Because I had named names in the email, I cc'd the parties I named. I also cc'd the county attorney and my son's therapist. I knew what help I was asking for and stated that in the email too. </p><p></p><p>I did get fallout almost immediately. Within days I had CPS investigators in my office with that letter in hand. I was ready. I almost laughed. I was being investigated when it was the director who told me to follow the advice of my supervisor who had told me to beat my kid? Oh that was rich! However it wasnt long before I got the call I was waiting on, the call to take my son for assessment for a special mental health program for more severe mentally ill kids who were falling through the cracks. That is what I wanted the whole time and what I was being denied access. He was accepted immediately. This worked for us. This program wasnt perfect and I had to still do a ton of digging to get services for him even in that program but it gave me a leg up from regular mental health. This program was mandated to help build a program around him if one wasnt already in place and boy did I hold them to that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 350259, member: 1514"] I basically did what Marg suggested when I wrote my email to the head of Health and Human Services here. And trust me, I didnt just send it to the building, I emailed it to the actual email address of the person who is in charge. I had those email addresses because I worked in county govt and we had access to state email addresses. I kept my email very formal. I asked for help saying what I had been told to do after asking for help at the county level as both a citizen and a county employee. I cited exact examples and gave names and dates. I knew full well what the fallout was going to be and was ready for it. Because I had named names in the email, I cc'd the parties I named. I also cc'd the county attorney and my son's therapist. I knew what help I was asking for and stated that in the email too. I did get fallout almost immediately. Within days I had CPS investigators in my office with that letter in hand. I was ready. I almost laughed. I was being investigated when it was the director who told me to follow the advice of my supervisor who had told me to beat my kid? Oh that was rich! However it wasnt long before I got the call I was waiting on, the call to take my son for assessment for a special mental health program for more severe mentally ill kids who were falling through the cracks. That is what I wanted the whole time and what I was being denied access. He was accepted immediately. This worked for us. This program wasnt perfect and I had to still do a ton of digging to get services for him even in that program but it gave me a leg up from regular mental health. This program was mandated to help build a program around him if one wasnt already in place and boy did I hold them to that. [/QUOTE]
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