From an article in the Deseret News 5/28/08
Another question: Why wasn’t CPS better prepared to handle the crisis that resulted? “[It was] an added burden on an already overstretched, overburdened system,” said Eileen Garcia-Matthews, with the child advocacy group Texans Care for Children.
The group says social workers were stretched so thin the children were the losers. “That really robs the child of the attention and focus and care and just the accountability in our system to make sure that that child remains safe,” Garcia-Matthews said.
Naishtat says parents were hurt too. The underfunded system had to rely on volunteer lawyers, who themselves were overworked, traveling far and wide across the state of Texas.
“It’s so overwhelming that there’s no question that some due process rights have not been guaranteed, have not been upheld,” Naishtat said.
Can you still guarantee that the foster homes will not abuse these children? An overworked system, where did they come up with all the foster homes? How vetted have they been?
Please read about the foster care system on a web site – IPerceive.net
