Dear Freedom Fighters


It is good that finally Congressman Rangel decides to state the obvious.
Let's hope that something is done about this.

More money will not solve the problem but rather make it grow. The whole
scheme is a Social Cancer Industry that is profit-driven. Good
intentions can not fight the laws of economics.

An easier solution would be to Abolish Foster Care. It violates the 13th
Amendment and is a Gross Human Rights Violation and a like Slavery it
can not be "reformed".

The so-called Child Welfare System claims to care about children but in
reality has set a mechanism of Social and Population Control to harm as
many children as possible while making money. It is a system that needs
to be abolished because it only produces Social harm. In spite of its
nice rhetoric it goes against the laws of economics and the laws of
nature. It can only cause harm. It is the Nature of the Beast.


My 2 cents

Rolando Bini
http://www.parentsinaction.net

House Committee on Ways and Means

For Immediate Release:
Monday, July 30, 2007 Contact:
J. Jioni Palmer or Matthew Beck: (202) 225-8933
McDermott Contact: Mike DeCesare (202) 225-3106

Rangel and McDermott Highlight Need to Reduce the High Number of African
American Children in Foster Care
New Report Shows Significant Over-Representation

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel
released a report today from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
which shows that African American children are twice as likely to enter
foster care than White children, even though children of all races are
equally as likely to suffer from abuse and neglect. The report also
found that Black children remain in foster care longer than other
children.
"Every foster child dreams of a permanent home. For far too many
African American children, this is a dream deferred," Rangel said in
response to the GAO report. "We need to work to reduce barriers to
permanency for all foster children, but such an effort is particularly
necessary for Black children. The GAO report highlights several reforms
that might make a positive difference, including providing federal
assistance for relatives providing permanent homes for foster children."

The GAO report found that a variety of factors contribute to the
disproportionate number of African American children in foster care,
including poverty (which often reduces access to supportive services for
families), racial bias in the reporting of neglect and abuse, and
limited permanent placement options.

"A child's need for a permanent home is not dictated by the
color of his or her skin. And yet this report clearly confirms that
African American children are much more likely to be stuck in foster
care limbo than other children," said Representative Jim McDermott, the
Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and
Family Support, which has jurisdiction over the foster care system.
"We should evaluate GAO's suggested remedies and then build a
consensus for action."

The report specifically recommended that Congress amend federal law to
provide federal reimbursement for legal guardianship, similar to that
currently provided for adoption. Such guardianship payments would go to
relatives who want to permanently care for a child but may find it
difficult to adopt because they do not want to formally terminate the
parental rights of their kin. According to the GAO, African American
children are more likely to be placed with relatives while in foster
care than White children.

To read a copy of the GAO report, click here
<http://waysandmeans.congressnewsletter.net/mail/util.cfm?mailaction=cli\
ckthru&gpiv=1999939975.15567.62&gen=1&mailing_linkid=4975> .
To learn more about what the Ways and Means Committee is doing about
foster care issues, click here
<http://waysandmeans.congressnewsletter.net/mail/util.cfm?mailaction=cli\
ckthru&gpiv=1999939975.15567.62&gen=1&mailing_linkid=4976> .




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