Totally whacked!
Give them a dollar and they will find 20 new things to spend it on.
They’re worse than crack whores.
I disagree. If they are going to basically ‘house’ these young people in stranger homes then they need to transition them to work and new home. They have no ‘family’ home they need a support system to keep them in school or job training instead of dumping them on the street.
The state creates a lot of these problems by replacing the family, so the state becomes the family. Otherwise they need to stay the heck out of family problems and leave the kids with blood relations.
This is a problem generated by the meddling of the State in other problems. If the kids are taken from drug homes, then even more the reason they should be transitioned to job and creating a home for themselves. I would more willingly help this type of young person than the generational welfare Moms.
The problem I do have would be the State putting an age range on this. The help should come in the form of six to twelve months of placement assistance in a job, school and residence. Throw in a mentor program partnering with private business for tax breaks and I think we have a program that will truly help to impact a young person’s life.