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Just Got the "Official" Call... LOL!
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 507111" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Well it makes you wonder how much taxpayer money has been wasted on this entire system - money that COULD have been used to actually help children.</p><p></p><p>I was trying to tally it up in my head today...the number of meetings, and sessions and phone calls...</p><p></p><p>To get on the waiting list - a state person drove 2 hours round trip THREE TIMES to interview us about difficult child. (2 hours x 2 hour meeting x 3 = 12 hours)</p><p></p><p>To get off the waiting list a year later - a state person drove 2 hours round trip THREE TIMES to re-interview us about difficult child. (2 hours x 2 hour meeting x 3 = 12 hours)</p><p></p><p>We have had FIVE multi-agency meetings (2 hours x 5= 10). We have had at least TEN face-to-face parent meetings with caseworker (2 hours x 10). difficult child has had at least SIX face-to-face client meetings with caseworker (1 hour x 6). There have been gosh-only-knows how many telephone conferences (1 hour each). Mountains of paperwork, text messages, emails (gosh only knows). </p><p></p><p>I've put in at least 100 hours. Between the meetings and the mileage for all these agencies they've probably billed at least 300 hours for all their activities.</p><p></p><p>And yet, in the more than two years since starting this project - difficult child has received only 12 weeks of actual "services". 120 therapy hours. And those "therapy hours" (if you can even call them that) consisted of the BT taking difficult child to open bank accounts and such...</p><p></p><p>What a waste!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 507111, member: 6546"] Well it makes you wonder how much taxpayer money has been wasted on this entire system - money that COULD have been used to actually help children. I was trying to tally it up in my head today...the number of meetings, and sessions and phone calls... To get on the waiting list - a state person drove 2 hours round trip THREE TIMES to interview us about difficult child. (2 hours x 2 hour meeting x 3 = 12 hours) To get off the waiting list a year later - a state person drove 2 hours round trip THREE TIMES to re-interview us about difficult child. (2 hours x 2 hour meeting x 3 = 12 hours) We have had FIVE multi-agency meetings (2 hours x 5= 10). We have had at least TEN face-to-face parent meetings with caseworker (2 hours x 10). difficult child has had at least SIX face-to-face client meetings with caseworker (1 hour x 6). There have been gosh-only-knows how many telephone conferences (1 hour each). Mountains of paperwork, text messages, emails (gosh only knows). I've put in at least 100 hours. Between the meetings and the mileage for all these agencies they've probably billed at least 300 hours for all their activities. And yet, in the more than two years since starting this project - difficult child has received only 12 weeks of actual "services". 120 therapy hours. And those "therapy hours" (if you can even call them that) consisted of the BT taking difficult child to open bank accounts and such... What a waste! [/QUOTE]
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