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Do kin background checks hurt kids?
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In a perfect world children would have a mom and dad and be happy but in reality that is not always the case.
I think that the people that are upset about this are also the people that would be upset when a child is placed in a kinship placement without a check and something happens to the child.
The law should not be repealed but resources need to be made available to speed up the process.
One of the biggest problems with DCFS is lack of experience in their caseworkers.
The turnover at DCFS is incredibly high.
Most caseworkers work for DCFS to get their foot in the door.
Then they tranfer to another department if they can.
DCFS trains its caseworkers to use "best practice" then the caseworkers ignor everything that they have learned.
or use the principles of best practice only when it suits their purposes.
From day one the caseworker is working to get the family to trust them while in the mean time preparing their case for termination of parental rights. They call this dual planning.
One of the scariest things about DCFS is that once a child is removed, whether that child goes back to their family, is more dependant on the caseworker,then the parent.
Many caseworkers seem to lack basic understandng and empathy for the families and children that they profess to protect.
People should not be afraid of the government. Prevention of child abuse is very necessary. I just don't know if the government is the best organization to deal with it.
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