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catholic charities to drop foster care
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<blockquote data-quote="judi" data-source="post: 37057" data-attributes="member: 148"><p>I live in downstate IL (near Peoria). I worked in the ER here for 10 years and came in contact with many kids in Catholic Charities care. The biggie for me was the lack of ability to reach someone who had the authority to authorize treatment. The office only ran Mon-Fri 0800-1600 and no one was on call. When you called DCFS, they would say that the child was actually in Catholic Charities' custody so they couldn't authorize treatment either. It was ridiculous. We did of course treat these kids. However, when a death or serious injury was involved, we always tried to reach the birth parents (if they had any involvement at all). </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry, but the entire DCFS and foster care system in IL is in big trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="judi, post: 37057, member: 148"] I live in downstate IL (near Peoria). I worked in the ER here for 10 years and came in contact with many kids in Catholic Charities care. The biggie for me was the lack of ability to reach someone who had the authority to authorize treatment. The office only ran Mon-Fri 0800-1600 and no one was on call. When you called DCFS, they would say that the child was actually in Catholic Charities' custody so they couldn't authorize treatment either. It was ridiculous. We did of course treat these kids. However, when a death or serious injury was involved, we always tried to reach the birth parents (if they had any involvement at all). I'm sorry, but the entire DCFS and foster care system in IL is in big trouble. [/QUOTE]
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