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The Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) Just Ain't Cuttin' It
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<blockquote data-quote="C.J." data-source="post: 73674" data-attributes="member: 1987"><p>Janna,</p><p></p><p>I don't know your whole story, but I don't think your expectations for a licensed, accredited Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) to provide for your son's basic personal hygiene, safety, medical and therapeutic needs is expecting too much. I imagine you spent HOURS filling out forms, recalling every detail that you thought might help with his situation so that the staff and his team stood a decent chance to bring about the changes you know he needs.</p><p></p><p>However, he was most likely placed in a facility that must spend a great deal of time with fundraising and grant writing. To top that off, they are up to their ears in bureaucratic red tape from the federal, state, and local governments. Then there is the internal processes, house rules, etc. that all manage to get in the way of the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)'s mission statement, which is probably something like, "Working together toward a bright future for at risk children." These places are not used to dealing with good parents. Period.</p><p></p><p>I spent over 90 days batting my head against the wall to get the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) that N* was placed at (court ordered) to listen to me. All of these places have Boards of Directors. Call one of them. Keep calling until someone listens to you and takes you seriously. I was one more incident away from calling a newspaper reporter I know to do a little investigative work on this facility. I knew a little bad publicity would go farther than a civil court case that could have taken years.</p><p></p><p>Fight the good fight!</p><p></p><p>CJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C.J., post: 73674, member: 1987"] Janna, I don't know your whole story, but I don't think your expectations for a licensed, accredited Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) to provide for your son's basic personal hygiene, safety, medical and therapeutic needs is expecting too much. I imagine you spent HOURS filling out forms, recalling every detail that you thought might help with his situation so that the staff and his team stood a decent chance to bring about the changes you know he needs. However, he was most likely placed in a facility that must spend a great deal of time with fundraising and grant writing. To top that off, they are up to their ears in bureaucratic red tape from the federal, state, and local governments. Then there is the internal processes, house rules, etc. that all manage to get in the way of the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)'s mission statement, which is probably something like, "Working together toward a bright future for at risk children." These places are not used to dealing with good parents. Period. I spent over 90 days batting my head against the wall to get the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) that N* was placed at (court ordered) to listen to me. All of these places have Boards of Directors. Call one of them. Keep calling until someone listens to you and takes you seriously. I was one more incident away from calling a newspaper reporter I know to do a little investigative work on this facility. I knew a little bad publicity would go farther than a civil court case that could have taken years. Fight the good fight! CJ [/QUOTE]
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