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[catgirlpink]

Some days I can't help thinking about things, and I become overwhelmed by how much I hate this world. I hate the things that are allowed to go on in it. I wish I was a being with the capacity to punish people when they insist on hurting and damaging, and no one can do anything about it. I wish I could help people when no one else will, when no

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[ichijoji_chan]

The fact that they pay for it indicates it probably DOES make them money.
When I briefly had a caseworker from NOE, they did everything in their power to force me into their NOE day program of classes. Weather the classes could help me or teach me anything was of no importance to them. The classes were not even relevant to me- most of the people in them had substance abuse problems, which were never an issue to me, and many had serious metal handicaps. My problems, anxiety and depression were actually exacerbated by the small, stuffy, crowded classes, filled with new and strangely acting people, many of whom had a poor concept of personal space, filthy surfaces to trigger my ocd, and over powering strong smells. Err, sorry, getting off track. My point was they were doing this to everyone they could get their hands on, by, for example, making taking their classes a requerment for anyone sheltered in their houses, and making it difficult for their charges to find other housing or other wise escape the classes.
Why? Because, the classes make them money.
Everything they do with every person earns them some money, straight from your taxes. Somethings have a higher profit margin than others. It pays to keep people in the system, not to help them get out.
Fortuneately, my next caseworker at Acadia had different priorities, and after I was able to switch other she met my needs quickly and suitably, finding me housing I could afford, and getting me into programs that were actually helpful for my needs.
Anyway, yeah, find out what things make them the most profit for the effort.

[catgirlpink]

"It pays to keep people in the system, not to help them get out."

Too true. What a hellish system we have here.
I wonder how many people know that they're lying by saying they're helping anyone, and how many people are stupid enough to believe they actually are helping.

Stupid people who hurt you because they think it's helping are dangerous.
Too bad we're stuck with them. *sigh*

[ichijoji_chan]

Is this just a bitch fest, or are you actually interested in trying to find solutions and get your kid's back?
I advise you to take the classes, sit and listen like everyone else and do as DHS wants you to. If they aren't going to listen to the experts you hirer, than you have to meet the approval of the ones that they hirer. Figure out what they want to hear and see and give them that.
You claim to be an expert on kids, but what proof do you have of that? A degree? Frankly, I'm shocked anyone could earn a degree in any child or behavior related field and still think that physically covering a child's mouth is the best way to to deal with tantrum behavior.

[catgirlpink]

Hm? That was me. And yes, I was bitching.

It does not matter what is done, DHS does not care. They only do whatever they can think of to block every effort, no matter how illogical. Everything with them is the equivalent of "Because I said so." [They could make a Star Trek android explode..]

Zeus has agreed to and done everything they've asked, but they just don't care. He sits in parenting classes, he goes to a psychologist. The psychologist has called him no threat, but DHS won't listen. Even agreeing to all their terms isn't good enough for them. They have set it up so there's no way to win.

There's nothing more for him to do, he does what they ask.

Here's a new example of their completely illogical bullshit:

Zeus requested a video camera be present at his visits. They would not give him one for several months. They didn't want him to have it. Because it would prove he was good with the kids? It would show the condition the kids were in from their poor foster care?

Finally, they gave in, after months, and let him have a video camera going at each visit.

Now, it's all nice and summery out, and Zeus wants to take the kids outside. DHS has decided now that he can no longer take the kids outside, because there's no video camera out there, and the one they use has no batteries. (It probably could have batteries if they wanted to supply any.)

So, first they wouldn't give him a camera at all, didn't want one, and now they won't let him take the kids outdoors because there's no camera there.

How's that for logic?
Makes your head want to explode, doesn't it?

[catgirlpink]

Oh, and yeah, the experts are all hired by DHS. None of them are hired by Zeus. DHS won't even listen to the guy they have to pay, because he's not saying what they want him to.