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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 476255" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>UGH! The juvenile justice system just does not seem to realize that their goals for reunification, and/or letting the parents "handle" it, don't always work.</p><p></p><p>Is she on medications for the bipolar? Does she take them?</p><p></p><p>I've been up-and-down with my SD (my babygirl... Regardless of who gave birth to her) for several years. Found this place out of sheer desperation when she was 13 - vandalism, emotional/verbal abuse, promiscuity, drug use, theft, lying, violence... husband finally refused to bring her home in June; she went to a runaway shelter for 3 weeks and foster care (privately found since the court wouldn't help us) since. She was the final straw that made the foster mom retire, and at the end of this week she'll be going to juvie till the behavioral Residential Treatment Center (RTC) can get her in early next week.</p><p></p><p>All too well I know the fear, the longing for treatment, the feeling that nothing you can do will ever be good enough because you have to sleep sometime. Having another child in the house who has been abused as well.</p><p></p><p>No, I know you don't want to "dump" her on the state. We don't either - but we are just not equipped to handle her. And it sounds like you're in the same boat we are, there.</p><p></p><p>One of the things we looked at was therapeutic Residential Treatment Center (RTC). The one we could afford (HA! With my parents' help) was around $55K/year - and no openings. The only other possibility we could find would run about $100K/year. Even with help, that's a no can do.</p><p></p><p>You said she's been out of the house - where? Court ordered? Can you call CPS and beg? Pride is a nasty thing, and I've had to swallow mine whole. husband pitched a fit to Onyxx's PO... I begged... We got lucky in that we have a decent PO, but it was very close.</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 476255, member: 6705"] UGH! The juvenile justice system just does not seem to realize that their goals for reunification, and/or letting the parents "handle" it, don't always work. Is she on medications for the bipolar? Does she take them? I've been up-and-down with my SD (my babygirl... Regardless of who gave birth to her) for several years. Found this place out of sheer desperation when she was 13 - vandalism, emotional/verbal abuse, promiscuity, drug use, theft, lying, violence... husband finally refused to bring her home in June; she went to a runaway shelter for 3 weeks and foster care (privately found since the court wouldn't help us) since. She was the final straw that made the foster mom retire, and at the end of this week she'll be going to juvie till the behavioral Residential Treatment Center (RTC) can get her in early next week. All too well I know the fear, the longing for treatment, the feeling that nothing you can do will ever be good enough because you have to sleep sometime. Having another child in the house who has been abused as well. No, I know you don't want to "dump" her on the state. We don't either - but we are just not equipped to handle her. And it sounds like you're in the same boat we are, there. One of the things we looked at was therapeutic Residential Treatment Center (RTC). The one we could afford (HA! With my parents' help) was around $55K/year - and no openings. The only other possibility we could find would run about $100K/year. Even with help, that's a no can do. You said she's been out of the house - where? Court ordered? Can you call CPS and beg? Pride is a nasty thing, and I've had to swallow mine whole. husband pitched a fit to Onyxx's PO... I begged... We got lucky in that we have a decent PO, but it was very close. :hugs: [/QUOTE]
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