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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 481218" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>When our daughter was in jjs custody, she did get medical card and our insurance was primary. Anything not covered by our insurance was to be paid by medicaid. We paid dearly each month while she was in state Residential Treatment Center (RTC). They tried to keep us at arms length and di not like our involvement because most of the kids there didn't even have parents. The few that did had parents in jail or foster parents that were not involved. We were told by our jjs worker(only sane person we worked with), that we had parental rights as any other parent. The Residential Treatment Center (RTC) continually violated those. They also neglected medical needs etc. etc. Seeing a lawyer noe is a good idea. We did not until it was too late. I have not one good story to pass on to you about state RTCs or group homes. In my NAMI group and as a teacher, I have heard only nightmares. The people who were armed with legal knowledge have faired the best. The relationships are a bit tough with the professionals(they don't like the extra work it takes to contact and keep you in the loop), but these people get what they want and your kid is better cared for. There is some risk of retaliation against your child. We did have this when we insisted on weekly updates on progress (which they were supposed to give to the jjs worker and never did either). Good luck-this is so hard. Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 481218, member: 11001"] When our daughter was in jjs custody, she did get medical card and our insurance was primary. Anything not covered by our insurance was to be paid by medicaid. We paid dearly each month while she was in state Residential Treatment Center (RTC). They tried to keep us at arms length and di not like our involvement because most of the kids there didn't even have parents. The few that did had parents in jail or foster parents that were not involved. We were told by our jjs worker(only sane person we worked with), that we had parental rights as any other parent. The Residential Treatment Center (RTC) continually violated those. They also neglected medical needs etc. etc. Seeing a lawyer noe is a good idea. We did not until it was too late. I have not one good story to pass on to you about state RTCs or group homes. In my NAMI group and as a teacher, I have heard only nightmares. The people who were armed with legal knowledge have faired the best. The relationships are a bit tough with the professionals(they don't like the extra work it takes to contact and keep you in the loop), but these people get what they want and your kid is better cared for. There is some risk of retaliation against your child. We did have this when we insisted on weekly updates on progress (which they were supposed to give to the jjs worker and never did either). Good luck-this is so hard. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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