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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 411897" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Hi Carolinablonde. I have been off the boards for a couple of days due to a monitor issue. I cant remember if I have responded to you before or not. I probably would have if I had seen your name because I also live in the Carolina's. North to be exact. Because I dont know if you are dealing with North or South I will give you some tips on NC from my days dealing with them. Because I have been out of the loop for almost - gosh...its been 7 years now since I had to do battle to get my son in to his last placement! - I am a bit rusty with CPS, mental health Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s placements, and forcing issues with medicaid. I can tell you how I forced the issue though. </p><p></p><p>I got absolutely nowhere with local DSS and CPS and you would have thought I would have considering I would have had the inside track considering I worked for them! I went to dozens of CPS workers and even threw myself on the Director's feet sobbing on bended knee pleading my case as not only a citizen of the county but an employee who was losing work and productivity dealing with a mentally ill child. It did absolutely no good. I kept getting told I was doing all they could think to do. They had no interest in taking my other kids because my difficult child was my youngest child. Finally, I gave up on my local county and sent an email to the top of the chain. I emailed (and called) the Head of Health and Human Services and CC'd my county director because I quoted him in the email. I figured that was only fair...lol. Well that got a whole lot of attention. I did happen to mention that if I didnt get some help I intended to send the email up the chain to the federal level and the media. I dont think they liked that too much. Money does flow from somewhere when Medicaid is involved. Because I worked in the system I knew how much they had already spent on my son and it had done zero to help him. I felt that the taxpayers had a right to know. Well my little threats got attention...some not so nice attention. I was investigated up the wazoo. But....it didnt take maybe a month before my son was placed in a special program that I had been begging for and had been turned down for so many times I cant remember. It was worth it. However I got myself blacklisted at DSS and as soon as they could get rid of me they did and they will never hire me back. Thats a shame. I loved my job and I was very good at it. I dont know if I could ever work again or not because right now Im disabled but I do think often how badly I would love to go back to working there but I know its just a pipe dream. </p><p></p><p>For someone who doesnt work there, I would do what I did...go to the top. Call and email the Head of Health and Human Services and make as much noise as you can possibly make. Call your local congressman, both US and State. Heck, call every community action group you can. I called every Catholic Charities, Lutheran Charities, Methodist Childrens Home, Boystown Hotline, If they could offer me another rock to turn over, I called them. I know I spent days upon days calling people. In NC, I called NC Baptist Childrens Homes. We actually got services through them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 411897, member: 1514"] Hi Carolinablonde. I have been off the boards for a couple of days due to a monitor issue. I cant remember if I have responded to you before or not. I probably would have if I had seen your name because I also live in the Carolina's. North to be exact. Because I dont know if you are dealing with North or South I will give you some tips on NC from my days dealing with them. Because I have been out of the loop for almost - gosh...its been 7 years now since I had to do battle to get my son in to his last placement! - I am a bit rusty with CPS, mental health Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s placements, and forcing issues with medicaid. I can tell you how I forced the issue though. I got absolutely nowhere with local DSS and CPS and you would have thought I would have considering I would have had the inside track considering I worked for them! I went to dozens of CPS workers and even threw myself on the Director's feet sobbing on bended knee pleading my case as not only a citizen of the county but an employee who was losing work and productivity dealing with a mentally ill child. It did absolutely no good. I kept getting told I was doing all they could think to do. They had no interest in taking my other kids because my difficult child was my youngest child. Finally, I gave up on my local county and sent an email to the top of the chain. I emailed (and called) the Head of Health and Human Services and CC'd my county director because I quoted him in the email. I figured that was only fair...lol. Well that got a whole lot of attention. I did happen to mention that if I didnt get some help I intended to send the email up the chain to the federal level and the media. I dont think they liked that too much. Money does flow from somewhere when Medicaid is involved. Because I worked in the system I knew how much they had already spent on my son and it had done zero to help him. I felt that the taxpayers had a right to know. Well my little threats got attention...some not so nice attention. I was investigated up the wazoo. But....it didnt take maybe a month before my son was placed in a special program that I had been begging for and had been turned down for so many times I cant remember. It was worth it. However I got myself blacklisted at DSS and as soon as they could get rid of me they did and they will never hire me back. Thats a shame. I loved my job and I was very good at it. I dont know if I could ever work again or not because right now Im disabled but I do think often how badly I would love to go back to working there but I know its just a pipe dream. For someone who doesnt work there, I would do what I did...go to the top. Call and email the Head of Health and Human Services and make as much noise as you can possibly make. Call your local congressman, both US and State. Heck, call every community action group you can. I called every Catholic Charities, Lutheran Charities, Methodist Childrens Home, Boystown Hotline, If they could offer me another rock to turn over, I called them. I know I spent days upon days calling people. In NC, I called NC Baptist Childrens Homes. We actually got services through them. [/QUOTE]
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