January 30. 2010

i just don't understand why Haiti is more important than our children's future. Keeping the children in the same state with their family isn't always the best or closest option when they need intensive treatment. The agencies refuse to look at a placement out of their own state even if their own policies say they will. It seems that if a child has Multiple Disabilities the appropriate agencies designed to help pass the buck from one to the other. Hey DDD should be covering this so call them, hey Mental health should be covering this so call them, hey the school district should be paying this so call them, wait do you have SSI for him yet? You need to call them, Medicaid should be covering this. It's a viscous ugly expensive circle. Why is there not one single agency that handles our children's needs? Why are we passed around and passed around, it's a merry go round that doesn't stop. I have now written to my Governor, call my senator, contacted my congressman. What do they say, well so far when they have responded? They say call the 5 different agencies I have already called. The devastation in Haiti is horrible and the people of the US including myself have reached into our pockets to help. What the politicians and media don't understand is the devastation happening right now in the US to our own children. Mrs Obama has commercials asking us to help Haiti, why doesn't Mrs Obama do a commercial to help the children in her own country. No we didn't have an earthquake, what we have is a really screwed up fractured system that isn't helping our own special needs children. WAKE UP AMERICA!