This child had red curly hair that coverd his ears. His loving foster mother had it all cut off and sent him to the pool without sun screen. She then held him down and broke the blisters with a needle and poured peroxide on it. This picture was taken the day after he came to us. When he came to us his ears were bleeding and the Youthville worker blamed it on the child.Sunday, June 22, 2008
Child after Youthville Foster care
This child had red curly hair that coverd his ears. His loving foster mother had it all cut off and sent him to the pool without sun screen. She then held him down and broke the blisters with a needle and poured peroxide on it. This picture was taken the day after he came to us. When he came to us his ears were bleeding and the Youthville worker blamed it on the child.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Family Consultation Service
This is an organization owned by Youthville which is owned by the United Methodist Church and stocked with Therapists of questionable ability. Most children in Youthville custody have been ordered to have counseling. Since most are on Medicaid they are sent to Family Consulation Service. The bill is paid by the tax payers. Beats the collection plate. Since our grandkids have been going there I have started to question the value of counseling.
Friday, June 20, 2008
The boys are taken
On May 4, 2007 , the same night as the Greensburg tornado, our 2 youngest grand children were picked up by the Wichita police because they were being abused by their father, and taken to the children's home. The week before the oldest one had asked us if they could come live us with so we just assumed SRS would recommend they come to us. That was our first mistake. You must never think SRS will do anything. We were notified the next Monday that a hearing would be held on Wednesday and we were to come. We fixed up their room and Grandma prepared their favorite food because we just knew they would come home with us. Mistake#2. We talked to them about a min. and they took them away. After the hearing-that's a pretty loose term in juvenile court-they informed us the boys had been assigned to Youthville and sent to a "foster home in Lyons". We would be allowed a 1 hr. supervised visit once a month.
That was the first time we had heard of Youthville and it was the worst day of our lives. After Kansas House Member Delia Garcia called Youthville a couple of times and they didn't respond we retained an Attorney. After writing him a rather large check he was able to get the boys back with us on July 19, 2007.
The little boy has red curly hair and his foster mother didn't like it. A few days before they came to us she took him to the barber shop and had it all cut off then sent him to the swimming pool. Before his hair was cut his ears were shaded by his hair. When he came back his ears were blistered. She held him down and broke the blisters with a needle and poured proxide on them. When he came to us his ears were still bleeding. They went swimming many days and never used sun screen. She said they didn't need it. Another little boy was in the same foster home that had beaten another boy with a baseball bat. The foster parents fixed one meal for the kids and another for themselves. A favorite for the kids was spaghetti with catsup for sauce. The little one loves catsup and he loved it. The older one went with dessert which was jello. They slept on the second floor of an old 2 story frame house with no fire escape. Youthville called that a better place for them to live than with Grandma and Grandpa who had always been there for them.
After the boys came to live with us we started to find out a little about how the juvenile justice system works. As one attorney said " it doesn't". A short time after they went into foster care they had a case plan meeting. That is held at Youthville and they set up a plan. During the meeting grandparents should be seen and not heard. The plan is to return them to the person that abused them within 1 year. There are a number of rules but all but one can be broken. The one they must never beak is to never-never let the judge talk to the grandparents. They are noted for telling the truth and the truth creates problems with the plan. The plan called for the boys to receive counseling. Youthville kept saying "the boys will be going home soon but the counselor said no. After a while it became aparent a change would need to be made to meet the dead line. To do this they sent them to family counseling against court order. The family counselor was the same one who had been counseling their father. The little boy cried all through the first 2 sessions and then slept through the rest but time was running out. The year was running out.
On April 10, 2008 they had another hearing. We had our attorney there and we were there but we were given no chance to have input. That could delay the plan-the truth factor-you know.
The judge said the boys go home to their father today. We were given 8 hours to get them packed and get them home.
I could bore you with details but the point I am trying to make is our children in foster care are sometimes being abused as much as they were at home. Our granddaughter interviewed for a job at Youthville when she graduated from WSU and they offered her less money than she was making as a receptionist at a real estate office. There in lies the main problem. The pay is so low the people they hire are not the best. When they hold meetings they aren't smart enough to conduct a meeting so they are arrogant and try to intimidate anyone who ask the wrong question. The wrong questions being one that might hold up the plan.Yesterday we were at the final meeting and everytime we said anthing the case manager would say"are you threating me"even if we weren't talking to her. A half hour into the meeting we were ordered to leave.
If you have a child taken by SRS the only hope you have is to retain the best attorney you can find before the first hearing. You say you can't afford it. That is what they plan on.
The court must stop sending these cases to Youthville. The court system must be revamped so families have input instead of Youthville telling the judge what to do and he rubber stamps it
One more thing. The real name for Youthville is United Methodist Youthville. We know a lot of good people who are Methodist and I would hope you would take more of an interest in what you have created.
That was the first time we had heard of Youthville and it was the worst day of our lives. After Kansas House Member Delia Garcia called Youthville a couple of times and they didn't respond we retained an Attorney. After writing him a rather large check he was able to get the boys back with us on July 19, 2007.
The little boy has red curly hair and his foster mother didn't like it. A few days before they came to us she took him to the barber shop and had it all cut off then sent him to the swimming pool. Before his hair was cut his ears were shaded by his hair. When he came back his ears were blistered. She held him down and broke the blisters with a needle and poured proxide on them. When he came to us his ears were still bleeding. They went swimming many days and never used sun screen. She said they didn't need it. Another little boy was in the same foster home that had beaten another boy with a baseball bat. The foster parents fixed one meal for the kids and another for themselves. A favorite for the kids was spaghetti with catsup for sauce. The little one loves catsup and he loved it. The older one went with dessert which was jello. They slept on the second floor of an old 2 story frame house with no fire escape. Youthville called that a better place for them to live than with Grandma and Grandpa who had always been there for them.
After the boys came to live with us we started to find out a little about how the juvenile justice system works. As one attorney said " it doesn't". A short time after they went into foster care they had a case plan meeting. That is held at Youthville and they set up a plan. During the meeting grandparents should be seen and not heard. The plan is to return them to the person that abused them within 1 year. There are a number of rules but all but one can be broken. The one they must never beak is to never-never let the judge talk to the grandparents. They are noted for telling the truth and the truth creates problems with the plan. The plan called for the boys to receive counseling. Youthville kept saying "the boys will be going home soon but the counselor said no. After a while it became aparent a change would need to be made to meet the dead line. To do this they sent them to family counseling against court order. The family counselor was the same one who had been counseling their father. The little boy cried all through the first 2 sessions and then slept through the rest but time was running out. The year was running out.
On April 10, 2008 they had another hearing. We had our attorney there and we were there but we were given no chance to have input. That could delay the plan-the truth factor-you know.
The judge said the boys go home to their father today. We were given 8 hours to get them packed and get them home.
I could bore you with details but the point I am trying to make is our children in foster care are sometimes being abused as much as they were at home. Our granddaughter interviewed for a job at Youthville when she graduated from WSU and they offered her less money than she was making as a receptionist at a real estate office. There in lies the main problem. The pay is so low the people they hire are not the best. When they hold meetings they aren't smart enough to conduct a meeting so they are arrogant and try to intimidate anyone who ask the wrong question. The wrong questions being one that might hold up the plan.Yesterday we were at the final meeting and everytime we said anthing the case manager would say"are you threating me"even if we weren't talking to her. A half hour into the meeting we were ordered to leave.
If you have a child taken by SRS the only hope you have is to retain the best attorney you can find before the first hearing. You say you can't afford it. That is what they plan on.
The court must stop sending these cases to Youthville. The court system must be revamped so families have input instead of Youthville telling the judge what to do and he rubber stamps it
One more thing. The real name for Youthville is United Methodist Youthville. We know a lot of good people who are Methodist and I would hope you would take more of an interest in what you have created.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
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