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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 507244" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm not writing anymore letters to anyone in this state but will write one to fed doj. I just don't have the same faith you do that these people are trying to do what is in difficult child's best interest. I think they are in CYA mode, at the central office, and covering POs rear for their own reputation instead of holding him accountable for messing this up. I also think they are just trying to hold things up to buy time. Also I want to point out- there was only 1 letter sent to Department of Juvenile Justice, a few legislators, youth commission, aclu, and reentry program director. I have not written letter after letter, or even a 2nd letter, to Department of Juvenile Justice or anyone.</p><p></p><p>These are some questions I asked central office to review in my letter to them, sent in Jan.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(The copy-clip was from my notes and not trul;y reflective of how this was presented in the letter but all those questions/requests were included in the letter.)</p><p></p><p>If these questions were stupid ones and adversarial, then why is it that this is exactly what that turned out to be- a post d program that PO didn't have sole authority to put difficult child into. The letter wasa sent to try to get all this worked out prior to difficult child's release, which is po's job but he wasn't doing it.</p><p></p><p>Now, first, the PO should have been able to tell me those things and should have told me, 90 days prior to difficult child's release because the law requires him to. Secondly, he misrepresented the whole "plan" (which was really only a placement decision, not a complete parole plan) by insisting it wasn't a post-d program and that he could place difficult child in there himself. Thirdly, he apparently thought I wouldn't notice the parental agreement he expected me to sign until he had no choice but to send to me- this past Monday, which clearly stated that it was a post-d progrm and required court order or parental agreement, unless kid was in custody of dss. Ok, so if he didn't know any better, shouldn't central office have come down on PO instead of me/difficult child for not looking into it? His job is to look into these things and have them in place. Now the central office is ordering a different type, which would be 'not so bad' if it can pan out but everything I'm reading tells me otherwise- so just due to this that and lack of info about GH until the 11th hour, I'm not confident they have this available in a way they can legally put difficult child in there, either. It appears central office scrambled to find something to bide time and if by chance difficult child went to a detention reentry, that probably is for them to bide more time. Doesn't it seem odd that the placement decision from central office didn't come in until the late afternoon before difficult child was supposed to be released, yet they had my letter for 3 weeks? And they don't know if it can be funded or if there's one available, where is it? Why don't the people in central office know anymore about this stuff of stuff than PO? That is their job, on the csu side. On the Department of Juvenile Justice facility side, they are sympathetic but can't do much given that they are in the different "chain" of Department of Juvenile Justice. They have said that PO should have had all this resolved long before now. I don't even understand why they haven't changed the PO for difficult child to someone else. Really, the whole things points to all of the csu side just trying to manipulate me and now use more incarceration for ggfg to force my hand. But I still don't see why they just aren't getting it before a judge to show reason why they think difficult child shouldn't come home. It looks like they are too busy playing games then just pursuing this in a legal, timely manner. I haven't rec'd anything from Department of Juvenile Justice central office justifying any of this- I mean letting me know a response to my letter and giving legal justification.</p><p></p><p>difficult child has asked to speak to an attny- he brought that last night, too.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if fed gov can step in when a state doesn't hold state employees' accountable for complying with state law but if nothing else, they can add one more person to their statistics showing complaints against this state's Department of Juvenile Justice- and they can take a look at where fed funding is going and what the state is actually doing with it.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I agree with you to a certain extent but I think establishing that paper trail was extremely important. And I really like the football analogy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 507244, member: 3699"] I'm not writing anymore letters to anyone in this state but will write one to fed doj. I just don't have the same faith you do that these people are trying to do what is in difficult child's best interest. I think they are in CYA mode, at the central office, and covering POs rear for their own reputation instead of holding him accountable for messing this up. I also think they are just trying to hold things up to buy time. Also I want to point out- there was only 1 letter sent to Department of Juvenile Justice, a few legislators, youth commission, aclu, and reentry program director. I have not written letter after letter, or even a 2nd letter, to Department of Juvenile Justice or anyone. These are some questions I asked central office to review in my letter to them, sent in Jan. (The copy-clip was from my notes and not trul;y reflective of how this was presented in the letter but all those questions/requests were included in the letter.) If these questions were stupid ones and adversarial, then why is it that this is exactly what that turned out to be- a post d program that PO didn't have sole authority to put difficult child into. The letter wasa sent to try to get all this worked out prior to difficult child's release, which is po's job but he wasn't doing it. Now, first, the PO should have been able to tell me those things and should have told me, 90 days prior to difficult child's release because the law requires him to. Secondly, he misrepresented the whole "plan" (which was really only a placement decision, not a complete parole plan) by insisting it wasn't a post-d program and that he could place difficult child in there himself. Thirdly, he apparently thought I wouldn't notice the parental agreement he expected me to sign until he had no choice but to send to me- this past Monday, which clearly stated that it was a post-d progrm and required court order or parental agreement, unless kid was in custody of dss. Ok, so if he didn't know any better, shouldn't central office have come down on PO instead of me/difficult child for not looking into it? His job is to look into these things and have them in place. Now the central office is ordering a different type, which would be 'not so bad' if it can pan out but everything I'm reading tells me otherwise- so just due to this that and lack of info about GH until the 11th hour, I'm not confident they have this available in a way they can legally put difficult child in there, either. It appears central office scrambled to find something to bide time and if by chance difficult child went to a detention reentry, that probably is for them to bide more time. Doesn't it seem odd that the placement decision from central office didn't come in until the late afternoon before difficult child was supposed to be released, yet they had my letter for 3 weeks? And they don't know if it can be funded or if there's one available, where is it? Why don't the people in central office know anymore about this stuff of stuff than PO? That is their job, on the csu side. On the Department of Juvenile Justice facility side, they are sympathetic but can't do much given that they are in the different "chain" of Department of Juvenile Justice. They have said that PO should have had all this resolved long before now. I don't even understand why they haven't changed the PO for difficult child to someone else. Really, the whole things points to all of the csu side just trying to manipulate me and now use more incarceration for ggfg to force my hand. But I still don't see why they just aren't getting it before a judge to show reason why they think difficult child shouldn't come home. It looks like they are too busy playing games then just pursuing this in a legal, timely manner. I haven't rec'd anything from Department of Juvenile Justice central office justifying any of this- I mean letting me know a response to my letter and giving legal justification. difficult child has asked to speak to an attny- he brought that last night, too. I don't know if fed gov can step in when a state doesn't hold state employees' accountable for complying with state law but if nothing else, they can add one more person to their statistics showing complaints against this state's Department of Juvenile Justice- and they can take a look at where fed funding is going and what the state is actually doing with it. Anyway, I agree with you to a certain extent but I think establishing that paper trail was extremely important. And I really like the football analogy! [/QUOTE]
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