“Before I went to college, I packed the boxes that pertained to my foster care history. When I reviewed the spreadsheet that listed everyone in South Carolina and Florida who had been responsible for my case, I was amazed by how many people were. I counted:
73 child welfare administrators
44 child welfare caseworkers
19 foster parents
23 attorneys
17 psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists
5 Guardian ad Litem staff
4 judges
4 court personnel
3 abuse registry workers
2 primary caseworkers
1 Guardian ad Litem
Out of these 195 people, only Mary Miller and Martha Cook were unpaid volunteers- yet they are the two people who made the greatest difference in my life.”
(Page 296)
Nearly two hundred people were paid to protect the rights of Ashley, who only worked under the interest of making money. Out of those people, only two were helping foster kids because they were concerned about the future of those children.
Many of the people who work helping foster kids are doing it only because that´s their job and not because they really want to help those kids who are in need of people who feel the need of helping them.
5/23/10
195 PEOPLE!!
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