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Florida criticized for leaving foster kids in motel
CNN ^
| June 29, 2002
| Susan Candiotti
Posted on 07/02/2002 2:08:48 PM PDT by Alan Chapman
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:48 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (CNN) -- Florida's child welfare system, still reeling from the unsolved disappearance of 5-year-old Rilya Wilson, faces new criticism after several underaged, foster children were found, unattended, at a West Palm Beach motel.
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) rented two rooms last month for six girls, between the ages of 11 and 15.
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To: Alan Chapman
Send the kids up to Pittsburgh. I know a foster family who takes in kids like that, thru Catholic Youth Services.
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posted on
07/02/2002 2:12:20 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
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To: summer
Jeb does good once again.
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posted on
07/02/2002 2:43:40 PM PDT
by
Dakmar
To: Alan Chapman
Just be thankful Sasquatch wasn't governor at the time; she would have burned down the motel, with the kids inside, to save them.
To: Dakmar
A private company had been hired to supervise the girls....
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called the incident "outrageous" and said the state's contract with the company that was supposed to be supervising the girls has been suspended.
I think Gov Bush said and did the right thing here.
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posted on
07/02/2002 4:28:10 PM PDT
by
summer
To: summer
I thought so too. That, and canning all those social workers for not doing their jobs. It kind of restores my faith in government, I didn't think it was possible to fire govt employees for something so trivial.
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posted on
07/02/2002 5:06:46 PM PDT
by
Dakmar
To: Paul Atreides
Yesss.... for the chill ren
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posted on
07/02/2002 5:13:12 PM PDT
by
myrabach
To: Dakmar
bttt
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posted on
07/02/2002 5:31:20 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Dakmar
And, Dakmar, those social workers are in fact no longer employed by the state.
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posted on
07/02/2002 5:32:05 PM PDT
by
summer
To: summer
And, Dakmar, those social workers are in fact no longer employed by the state.Was my previous post somehow misleading? I realize their employment has been terminated, and I say "Hurrah!". IMVHO there are far too many social engineers not out of work as it is.
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posted on
07/02/2002 5:41:06 PM PDT
by
Dakmar
To: Alan Chapman
In the two months since Rilya Wilson was discovered missing, almost 140 child welfare workers across the state have been fired for various reasons, including failure to visit children in their care.Sounds like they missed a few.
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posted on
07/02/2002 7:04:36 PM PDT
by
upchuck
To: Dakmar
No problem. :)
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posted on
07/03/2002 5:19:59 PM PDT
by
summer
To: summer
Thanks, sorry if I sounded a little cranky, but I was when I posted that.
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posted on
07/03/2002 5:23:12 PM PDT
by
Dakmar
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