As you read this piece, I want you to walk away to question why your federal and state dollars are allowed to fund waste and fraud across the country, at the expense of a child.
This is a child welfare fraud scheme from the New York Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
Incarcerating Kids for Cash. Just Another NY-OCFS Child Welfare Racket
Here we have pervasive fraud in New York's child welfare system, specifically, the juvenile justice system. Since there is iron curtain of secrecy in dealing with anything relating to children, the only way to expose what is going on must be done through first-hand information, but in a second voice. That second voice is mine for there is nothing anyone can do to me, for I speak the truth, as I am An Original Source.
As you read this piece, I want you to walk away to question why your federal and state dollars are allowed to fund waste and fraud across the country, at the expense of a child.
This is a child welfare fraud scheme from the New York Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
It is amazing that taxpayers in North Dakota, Texas, Nebraska and every other U.S. taxpayer is required to contribute to NYS's $150 million dollar correctional bill, but has no vote in NYS politics to elect-out the people who allow such policies, fraud and waste to exist. We'd like to hear what non-NYS taxpayers have to say about NYS' policy of not putting Federally funded contracts out for bid. We'd also like to hear what non-NYS taxpayers have to say about footing a $240,000 per incarcerated youth annual bill.
Given the above statistics, why then does it cost $240,000 per year to incarcerate one youth.
Currently, OCFS is under intense scrutiny by the NYS Legislature, the Press, various advocacy groups and the Department of Justice.
To manage the public scrutiny OCFS says one thing, but does another.
What OCFS is doing:
According to inside reports, OCFS is submitting falsified reports to the Courts for the purpose of convincing Judges to keep kids incarcerated longer.
According to OCFS insiders . . .
OCFS is puttingemployees in a difficult situation because OCFS expects us to purport to judges, auditors, guardians, legislators etc. to have provided the required services to the youths in our charge when the reality is that these services are not regularly being provided.
OCFS' choice of not providing prescribed services to youth has been directly related to management, and management has failed to remedy the discrepancy between what is being reported and what is actually being provided.
For instance, weekly individual counseling sessions, treatment groups, family sessions, conference calls with guardian/after care, sex offender and generic treatment groups which addresses the youth's criminal history, preconditions to offending, cognitive distortions, aids in developing empathy and an acceptable relapse prevention plan, all of which ultimately impacts recidivism have been grossly neglected and under-provided yet this fact is disguised through false reporting and submission of false petitions to the Courts where OCFS is attesting that services are being provided to youth when they are not in order to convince the Courts that youth should remain incarcerated in OCFS' custody for longer periods of time.
Note: OCFS' employees have been retaliated against, even terminated, for speaking out about this issue.
To keep a youth in OCFS' custody, it costs Taxpayers $240,000 per youth per year
It is amazing that taxpayers in North Dakota, Texas, Nebraska and every other U.S. taxpayer is required to contribute to NYS's $150 million dollar correctional bill, but has no vote in NYS politics to elect-out the people who allow such policies, fraud and waste to exist. We'd like to hear what non-NYS taxpayers have to say about NYS' policy of not putting Federally funded contracts out for bid. We'd also like to hear what non-NYS taxpayers have to say about footing a $240,000 per incarcerated youth annual bill.
What you can do. Contact the Department of Justice and the NY Office of the Inspector General and demand an audit and investigation into NY (including NYC) no bid contracts especially those contracts funded with Federal taxpayer monies. Outside of NYS, send your Congressman this release and demand to know why you are paying $240,000 a year to incarcerate a NYS child.
As you read this piece, I want you to walk away to question why your federal and state dollars are allowed to fund waste and fraud across the country, at the expense of a child.
This is a child welfare fraud scheme from the New York Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
It is amazing that taxpayers in North Dakota, Texas, Nebraska and every other U.S. taxpayer is required to contribute to NYS's $150 million dollar correctional bill, but has no vote in NYS politics to elect-out the people who allow such policies, fraud and waste to exist. We'd like to hear what non-NYS taxpayers have to say about NYS' policy of not putting Federally funded contracts out for bid. We'd also like to hear what non-NYS taxpayers have to say about footing a $240,000 per incarcerated youth annual bill.
Given the above statistics, why then does it cost $240,000 per year to incarcerate one youth.
Currently, OCFS is under intense scrutiny by the NYS Legislature, the Press, various advocacy groups and the Department of Justice.
To manage the public scrutiny OCFS says one thing, but does another.
What OCFS is doing:
According to inside reports, OCFS is submitting falsified reports to the Courts for the purpose of convincing Judges to keep kids incarcerated longer.
According to OCFS insiders . . .
OCFS is puttingemployees in a difficult situation because OCFS expects us to purport to judges, auditors, guardians, legislators etc. to have provided the required services to the youths in our charge when the reality is that these services are not regularly being provided.
OCFS' choice of not providing prescribed services to youth has been directly related to management, and management has failed to remedy the discrepancy between what is being reported and what is actually being provided.
For instance, weekly individual counseling sessions, treatment groups, family sessions, conference calls with guardian/after care, sex offender and generic treatment groups which addresses the youth's criminal history, preconditions to offending, cognitive distortions, aids in developing empathy and an acceptable relapse prevention plan, all of which ultimately impacts recidivism have been grossly neglected and under-provided yet this fact is disguised through false reporting and submission of false petitions to the Courts where OCFS is attesting that services are being provided to youth when they are not in order to convince the Courts that youth should remain incarcerated in OCFS' custody for longer periods of time.
Note: OCFS' employees have been retaliated against, even terminated, for speaking out about this issue.
To keep a youth in OCFS' custody, it costs Taxpayers $240,000 per youth per year
It is amazing that taxpayers in North Dakota, Texas, Nebraska and every other U.S. taxpayer is required to contribute to NYS's $150 million dollar correctional bill, but has no vote in NYS politics to elect-out the people who allow such policies, fraud and waste to exist. We'd like to hear what non-NYS taxpayers have to say about NYS' policy of not putting Federally funded contracts out for bid. We'd also like to hear what non-NYS taxpayers have to say about footing a $240,000 per incarcerated youth annual bill.
What you can do. Contact the Department of Justice and the NY Office of the Inspector General and demand an audit and investigation into NY (including NYC) no bid contracts especially those contracts funded with Federal taxpayer monies. Outside of NYS, send your Congressman this release and demand to know why you are paying $240,000 a year to incarcerate a NYS child.
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