Sunday, October 31, 2010

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Child Protective Services Interview



They will be back. I got $20 on it.

Friday, October 29, 2010

What About CPS?


REMARKS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER
AT THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT 10TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT

Now, what about child protective services, foster care and adoption???

Children are trafficked for the purposes of Medicaid fraud.

Identity Theft In Foster Care

If it's not one thing it's another.

If the children's Social Security number is not used for fraudulent Medicaid billing, it is going to be used for some other revenue-maximization scheme.

It seems foster parents have gotten into the act.

More than a tax credit, you can now use the Social Security number of the child for a credit score.



The best part of all this is no one will ever be prosecuted if caught using a foster child's Social Security number for credit because they just don't prosecute fraud in child welfare.

Interestingly enough, State Senator Lena Taylor did not speak upon the criminal prosecution of these actions.

HHS Announces New Competitive “Early Innovator” Grants for States that Lead the Race to Develop IT Systems for State Exchanges

While you have masses of Tea Party hoopla and 20 States Attorney Generals moaning and groaning over healthcare reform, it is being done right under their noses.


That 'mandatory' insurance is nothing but a pretty shiny bobble to distract those who are economically unsophisticated.


Brilliant administrating.  Brilliant tool to end Medicaid fraud in child welfare.

HHS Announces New Competitive “Early Innovator” Grants for States that Lead the Race to Develop IT Systems for State Exchanges

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced competitive funding opportunities for States to design and implement the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure needed to operate Health Insurance Exchanges.  The Exchanges represent new competitive insurance marketplaces that will help Americans and small businesses purchase affordable private health insurance starting in 2014 and a strong IT infrastructure will be critical to their success.  For the first time, funding will be directed to States that are willing and able to lead the race to develop IT systems.  These systems can then be used as models by all States in their efforts to establish Exchanges.
Starting in 2014, Exchanges will help individuals and small employers shop for, select, and enroll in high-quality, affordable private health plans that fit their individual needs at competitive prices.  By providing a place for one-stop shopping, Exchanges will make purchasing health insurance easier and more understandable.  Similar to any consumer-based industry such as the airline or banking industries, sophisticated, consumer-friendly IT infrastructure will be critical to the success of the Exchanges.  Although Exchanges are not scheduled to launch until 2014, work is already underway to design and implement them across the country.  As States prepare, they have requested early funding assistance to develop the right IT, particularly with respect to eligibility and enrollment systems. 
The new competitive “Early Innovators” grants being announced today will reward States that demonstrate leadership in developing cutting-edge and cost effective consumer-based technologies and models for insurance eligibility and enrollment for Exchanges.  This will help to create a simpler, consumer-oriented system for individuals, families and businesses to sign up for the health insurance plan that they choose.  Additionally, all States, including recipients of this award, will be eligible to apply for a future funding opportunity that will support ongoing Exchange implementation.  We expect this funding opportunity to be announced in February 2011.
“States are focused on implementing the Health Insurance Exchanges because they know the Exchanges will empower their citizens by forcing health insurers to compete,” said Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.  “Consumer-friendly information technology is the backbone of that effort which is why we are creating an incentive for States that are willing and able to lead the way to do so.”
Two-year grants will be awarded by February 15, 2011, to up to five States or coalitions of States that have ambitious yet achievable proposals that can yield IT models and best practices that will benefit all States.  These States will lead the way in developing consumer-friendly, cost-effective IT systems that can be used and adopted by other States and help all States and the Federal government save money as they work to develop these new competitive market places. Funding, which will vary based on States’ proposals, will provide necessary resources to develop and establish the most innovative systems possible that meet consumer and employer needs in a cost effective manner.
“States are developing cutting-edge innovative systems to deliver cost-effective and consumer friendly care to families and small businesses,” said Joel Ario, Director of OCIIO’s Office of Health Insurance Exchanges.  “By encouraging and rewarding states for their innovation, we can build and leverage models that can be adopted and tailored by other States and generate taxpayer savings across the board.” 
To find the FOA, go to www.grants.gov and search for CFDA 93.525. 

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'Worst thing that ever happened'
Woman says suit challenges policies of hospital, Lawrence County CYS
Friday, October 29, 2010
Losing her infant for five days, after a bagel caused a false positive drug test, was "the worst thing that ever happened to my family," mother Elizabeth Mort said Thursday. Because she doesn't want it to happen to other families, she has sued Jameson Health System and Lawrence County Children and Youth Services in U.S. District Court.
"I'm hoping that they'll either change their policies so it doesn't happen to another family, or they'll investigate it better before they take babies from their homes," said Ms. Mort, 21, joined by lawyers, her fiance Alex Rodriguez, 23, and 6-month-old Isabella Rodriguez at the American Civil Liberties Union's Oakland office.
Those policies, according to her complaint, call for mandatory urine testing of all maternity care patients at Jameson Hospital, with a finding of 300 nanograms per milliliter of opiate metabolites considered a positive for drug use. (The ACLU contrasted that with federal workplace drug testing standards that don't consider a result to be positive unless opiate metabolites are 2,000 nanograms per milliliter.) When a test is positive, the hospital tells the county CYS agency, which seeks judicial approval to place the child in protective custody.
ACLU Attorney Sara J. Rose said the policy results in the removal of some infants who are in no danger.
"We had a client two years ago whose newborn was taken away from her [in Lawrence County] because she had a positive drug test for marijuana," said Ms. Rose. "She missed the first two months of that baby's life," with the exception of short visits.
A hospital spokeswoman could not be reached for comment. County representatives have said they acted properly given the hospital's report.
Ms. Mort said she told hospital staff that she tried marijuana in high school, but didn't like it, and hadn't used illegal drugs during her pregnancy. She told reporters Thursday that she got two drug tests during pregnancy and passed.
When county workers and police showed up at her door on April 30, the day after she brought Isabella home, and took the baby away, the family hunted for answers. They realized that Ms. Mort ate a poppy seed bagel the day before giving birth, and that the seeds contain opiates. She then had her doctor prescribe a drug test, which she passed.
She said that the county agency's workers admitted their mistake a few days after the April 30 taking of Isabella but kept her in foster care for five days before returning her. Since then, motherhood has been "the most amazing thing in the whole entire world," Ms. Mort said.
Ms. Rose said that the policies of the hospital and the county result in the removal of infants from parents where there is no evidence of danger to the child.
The lawsuit seeks policy changes, "nominal" damages and attorney fees.

Rich Lord: rlord@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1542.


Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10302/1098960-455.stm#ixzz13m57cDse

Pampering For Propaganda

I am not helpless and there is something I can do.  Educate and stand up for the State of Michigan.


Thousands of children are beaten and abused in Mid-Michigan.

You may feel a bit helpless, but there is something you can do.
This Friday -- Shapers Salon and Day Spa, 685 N Center Rd, Saginaw -- will donate all proceeds to the Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Saginaw County.
Money from any haircut, pedicure or massage goes to the CAN Council to help fight child abuse locally.

Contact Shapers Salon and Day Spa for an appointment at 989-793-3771.

Our friends over at Legally Kidnapped approached the marketing children issue from a more unique perspective.  I decided to stand up for the State of Michigan and the work of Ishmael Ahmed, Director of the Department of Human Services.  The following is an email sent to the Saginaw Child Abuse and Neglect Council, which receives funding from the Children's Trust Fund.

Perhaps, you may want to think twice next year before you check that box on your tax return to donate money to the Children's Trust Fund because they fund the promotion of distorted images of children to maintain their organization and weekly paychecks.  Probably a CASA hustle.

Greetings,

Recently, I read the post of a local news advertising for a fundraiser on your behalf and was appalled with the promotion of your organizations understanding of policies of the State of Michigan.

Thousands of children are beaten and abused in Mid-Michigan.

The issues surrounding child abuse and neglect are far more serious than a reduction to distorted images for the purposes of making money.  

Poverty is legally considered abuse and neglect. Does your organization promote this philosophy?

The inability to afford medical insurance is legally designated as abuse and neglect.  Is your organization promoting a political agenda using public money?

I take this time to stand up for the State of Michigan to dispel the myth that child abuse and neglect is solely about violence.  It is also about opportunity and strongly encourage you to partner with the State on its mission to protect and serve its people.


If Sagninaw CAN responds, I will post, but I highly suspect they just do not care as long as they get that dolla'!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

NDP Introducing New Ombudsman Oversight Bill

NDP Introducing New Ombudsman Oversight Bill

NOTE: The Foster Care Council of Canada will be represented by Michele Farrugia, a former Crown Ward during the press conference at 10:00am

From the Office of Andrea Horwath,

On Thursday, November 9, MPP Rosario Marchese at 1 p.m. will be introducing a private members bill for First Reading in the Ontario Legislature calling for new powers for the Ontario Ombudsman, including the authority to investigate child welfare and protection complaints.

The bill represents a complete overhaul of the Ombudsman’s Act to allow investigations into child welfare and protection, health care facilities and hospitals, school boards and municipalities.

There will be a press conference at 10 a.m. in the Queen’s Park Media Studio on the morning of Tuesday, November 9, 2010, in the Media Studio at Queen’s Park, 111 Wellesley St. West, to promote the bill, which represents a comprehensive approach to modernizing the role of the Ombudsman in the 21st century and improving openness and accountability to the public.

All are welcome to attend one or both events. To confirm or to obtain more information, please contact Sheila White, Executive Assistant to MPP Andrea Horwath, at 416-325-2777, or email Sheila at ahorwath-qp@ndp.on.ca.

Parents told to leave disabled kids at shelters

Parents told to leave disabled kids at shelters


INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's budget crunch has become so severe that some state workers have suggested leaving severely disabled people at homeless shelters if they can't be cared for at home, parents and advocates said.

They said workers at Indiana's Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services have told parents that's one option they have when families can no longer care for children at home and haven't received Medicaid waivers that pay for services that support disabled children living independently.

Marcus Barlow, a spokesman for the Family and Social Services Administration, the umbrella agency that includes the bureau, said suggesting homeless shelters is not the agency's policy and workers who did so would be disciplined.

However, that's exactly what Becky Holladay of Battle Ground, Ind., said a BDDS worker told her when she called to ask about the waiver she's seeking for her 22-year-old son, Cameron Dunn, who has epilepsy, autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

"We are people and they are people," she told members of the General Assembly's Commission on Developmental Disabilities on Tuesday. "They have lives that are worth something."

The commission's chairwoman, Rep. Sheila Klinker, D-Lafayette, said she's heard similar stories from other witnesses who were told they could abandon their children. She scolded Julia Holloway, the director of FSSA's Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services.

"We've got to stop telling people that they have to take their children to a homeless shelter," Klinker said after Holloway testified on another topic.

Rep. Suzanne Crouch, R-Evansville, said she found it "deplorable that people are being told to go to a homeless shelter."

Kim Dodson, associate executive director of The Arc of Indiana advocacy group, speculated the suggestions result from frustration among BDDS staff. Families have become more outspoken in complaining about waiting for waivers -- waiting lists had more than 20,000 names last month -- and upset that FSSA has reduced services as Gov. Mitch Daniels has cut its budget. The Arc says cuts since July have eliminated 2,000 waiver slots.

"It is something we are hearing from all over the state, that families are being told this is an alternative for them," Dodson said. "A homeless shelter would never be able to serve these people."

The pressure is being felt elsewhere, too. Daunna Minnich of Bloomington said Indiana Department of Education funding for residential treatment for her 18-year-old daughter, Sabrina, is due to run out Sunday. Officials at Damar Services Inc. of Indianapolis have told Minnich that unless she takes Sabrina home to Bloomington, the agency will take her to a homeless shelter.

Minnich said Sabrina, who's bipolar and has anxiety attacks, has attempted suicide, run away during home visits and threatened her older sister. She said bringing Sabrina home isn't a viable option, and the two group home placements BDDS offered weren't appropriate for Sabrina's needs.

"I don't want to see the state of Indiana hasten her demise by putting her in a one-size-fits-all solution that will drive her to desperate acts," Minnich said.

Jim Dalton, Damar's chief operating officer, said he could not comment directly on any specific case, but said Damar would never leave a client at a homeless shelter, even as it finds itself stuck with some who've aged out of school-funded services but haven't received waivers for services.

"I don't think it's fair at all that a private service provider be where the buck stops -- and that in many cases appears to be what is happening," Dalton said.

He acknowledged the budget crunch facing the state and said Damar had good working relationships with the Indiana Department of Education and Holloway's agency, but the company could not keep providing care free of charge.

"We're talking about youth that absolutely require services, and no one is willing to fund them anymore," Dalton said.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Former Detroit Public Schools Executive, Several Others Named in Superseding Indictment

Former Detroit Public Schools Executive, Several Others Named in Superseding Indictment
Stephen Hill, a former executive director of the Risk Management Department of the Detroit Public Schools, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges of extortion, program fraud, conspiracy to commit those offenses, and money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.

McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Andrew Arena, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Special Agent in Charge, Erick Martinez, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.
The nine-count superseding indictment names eight individuals and charges that between 2005 and 2006, Hill, aged 59,demanded and accepted kickback payments on over $3.3 million in fraudulently inflated invoices submitted to DPS from a local contracting vendor during that time period. The superseding indictment further alleges that Hill accepted kickbacks from other vendors in the form of a brand new Mustang GT convertible in 2005 and a brand new Dodge Durango SUV in 2006.

Also named in the conspiracy to commit program fraud count are Sherry Washington (aged 54), her sister Gwendolyn Washington (aged 67), Marilyn White (56), and Sally Jo Bond (61), who were partners in an entity doing business as “Associates For Learning.” The superseding indictment alleges that Associates for Learning contracted with Hill at DPS to facilitate a wellness program for DPS employees, the original proposal for which totaled $150,000.

The superseding indictment charges that Associates For Learning thereafter in 2005 and 2006 submitted three inflated, fraudulent invoices to DPS, each for approximately $1 million, which DPS paid. It is further alleged that Hill thereafter was paid five percent cash kickbacks by members of Associates For Learning. The superseding indictment charges Hill and Sherry Washington with a money laundering conspiracy designed to conceal the kickbacks.

The original indictment, returned on April 18, 2010, had also named former DPS Risk Management executive Christina Polk-Osumah, who died of natural causes on September 2, 2010. The superseding indictment also names Thomas Ray Taylor (56), and Polk-Osumah’s sister, Valerie Polk (53), and brother, Duane Polk (51), who are all charged with conspiring to commit program fraud by submitting fraudulent invoices to DPS for services and thereafter participating in making kickbacks to Hill, including the purchase of the new Mustang for Hill in 2005 and the new Dodge Durango for him in 2006.

Valerie Polk is also charged with paying for two private parties for her mother with funds received fraudulently from DPS. Hill is charged with conspiring to use DPS funds to pay for his $40,000 retirement party when he temporarily left DPS in September 2005.

"These charges demonstrate the commitment of federal law enforcement to attacking public corruption," McQuade said. "Public officials who abuse taxpayer funds for their personal benefit will be brought to justice."
"Laundering public funds is a serious threat to our communities," said Martinez. "IRS Criminal Investigation will use our financial expertise to expose any public official who thinks that the normal course of doing business involves false invoices and kickbacks."

FBI Special Agent in Charge Andrew G. Arena stated "Detroit Public School officials have been entrusted to act in the best interest of their students. The FBI continues to vigorously investigate elected/appointed officials, as well as those who do business with the Detroit Public Schools, who abuse the public trust. We would like to thank the Detroit Public School Inspector General's office for their assistance in this matter."

The case was investigated by special agents of the FBI and IRS with the assistance of Detroit Public Schools, Office of Inspector General. The case is being investigated and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys J. Michael Buckley and Pamela Thompson of the Public Corruption Unit.

Former Detroit Public Schools Executive, Several Others Named in Superseding Indictment

Former Detroit Public Schools Executive, Several Others Named in Superseding Indictment
Stephen Hill, a former executive director of the Risk Management Department of the Detroit Public Schools, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges of extortion, program fraud, conspiracy to commit those offenses, and money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.

McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Andrew Arena, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Special Agent in Charge, Erick Martinez, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.
The nine-count superseding indictment names eight individuals and charges that between 2005 and 2006, Hill, aged 59,demanded and accepted kickback payments on over $3.3 million in fraudulently inflated invoices submitted to DPS from a local contracting vendor during that time period. The superseding indictment further alleges that Hill accepted kickbacks from other vendors in the form of a brand new Mustang GT convertible in 2005 and a brand new Dodge Durango SUV in 2006.

Also named in the conspiracy to commit program fraud count are Sherry Washington (aged 54), her sister Gwendolyn Washington (aged 67), Marilyn White (56), and Sally Jo Bond (61), who were partners in an entity doing business as “Associates For Learning.” The superseding indictment alleges that Associates for Learning contracted with Hill at DPS to facilitate a wellness program for DPS employees, the original proposal for which totaled $150,000.

The superseding indictment charges that Associates For Learning thereafter in 2005 and 2006 submitted three inflated, fraudulent invoices to DPS, each for approximately $1 million, which DPS paid. It is further alleged that Hill thereafter was paid five percent cash kickbacks by members of Associates For Learning. The superseding indictment charges Hill and Sherry Washington with a money laundering conspiracy designed to conceal the kickbacks.

The original indictment, returned on April 18, 2010, had also named former DPS Risk Management executive Christina Polk-Osumah, who died of natural causes on September 2, 2010. The superseding indictment also names Thomas Ray Taylor (56), and Polk-Osumah’s sister, Valerie Polk (53), and brother, Duane Polk (51), who are all charged with conspiring to commit program fraud by submitting fraudulent invoices to DPS for services and thereafter participating in making kickbacks to Hill, including the purchase of the new Mustang for Hill in 2005 and the new Dodge Durango for him in 2006.

Valerie Polk is also charged with paying for two private parties for her mother with funds received fraudulently from DPS. Hill is charged with conspiring to use DPS funds to pay for his $40,000 retirement party when he temporarily left DPS in September 2005.

"These charges demonstrate the commitment of federal law enforcement to attacking public corruption," McQuade said. "Public officials who abuse taxpayer funds for their personal benefit will be brought to justice."
"Laundering public funds is a serious threat to our communities," said Martinez. "IRS Criminal Investigation will use our financial expertise to expose any public official who thinks that the normal course of doing business involves false invoices and kickbacks."

FBI Special Agent in Charge Andrew G. Arena stated "Detroit Public School officials have been entrusted to act in the best interest of their students. The FBI continues to vigorously investigate elected/appointed officials, as well as those who do business with the Detroit Public Schools, who abuse the public trust. We would like to thank the Detroit Public School Inspector General's office for their assistance in this matter."

The case was investigated by special agents of the FBI and IRS with the assistance of Detroit Public Schools, Office of Inspector General. The case is being investigated and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys J. Michael Buckley and Pamela Thompson of the Public Corruption Unit.

Ricky Holland: The U.S. Version of Baby P

Michigan OCO Ricky Holland Investigative Report

Second Baby P Report Is Scathing

Second Serious Case Overview Report Relating to Peter Connelly Dated March 2009

So Easy A Justice Can Do It

SCOTUS barely has its feet in the water of cyber technology.  Seriously.  It was the last of the U.S. Courts to implement electronic recordkeeping.  So you think these Justices would have any idea about electronic transparency?  NOT.  They still live in the stone age of communication.

You can read in Kennedy's opinion that he did not have a freakin' clue about networking or internet technology.  In the opinion the Justices refer to "magic words". (line 953)

K, dun roflmao.

'Magic words' are what we call metatags and backlinks and are used for SEO.  They sound like cavemen. (and cavewomen).

Then, they did not even have any stares decisis that would have given them any foundation to address the culture of technology because SCOTUS has an ancient system of hearing public issues.  Here is how it works:

You make it to the big show, the United States of America Supreme Court.  You file...in person, of course because SCOTUS still does not have Electronic Case Filing on PACER.

Then you have to make it through the rank and file of law clerks who will only pick public issues they feel are appropriate for the Justices to conference on.  All the research is done through the clerks because.

When the clerks are researching a case to make decisions on whether to allow it to go before the Justices, where do you think they go to see if it is a public issue?  THE INTERNET.

This is verifiable due to wonders of Google Analytics.  I busted SCOTUS a few times looking at my stuff.  I can actually track how long and what subject matter they want.  Now, someone please tell me the Justices actually are knowledgeable of this stuff.  If they were, they would not have come down with such a...I must put this in proper legalese...such an unsophisticated sagacious decision which gracefully demonstrates its undeveloped acumen for technology.

So, when the Justices come up with their fancy opinions, you know where it comes from.  The internet.

A corporation will shoot money to a fly-by-nite non-profit.  All you need is a post office box, a domain name, a quick website and pay someone who knows nothing to use their name on it.  File for your 501(c) 3 and you are in business and that non-profit.

Now you have money coming in and if you are really good, you snag a few state and federal grants.

Next, is getting the money to a candidate.  Create a Political Action Committee.

All a corporation needs to do is set up a few of these non-profits and then make contributions to the PACs.  A PAC has to support an issue and that issue has to do with 3 or more political candidates.  It's done.

There are much more sophisticated schemes but I think you have a basic understanding of this rubric.


Corporate campaign ads haven't followed Supreme Court's prediction

COMPANIES AND UNIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID THE TRANSPARENCY CALLED FOR IN THE COURT'S LANDMARK RULING. SPENDING ON NEXT WEEK'S MIDTERM ELECTION HAS BEEN EXORBITANT


Chart: Money flowing into midterm campaignsChart: Money flowing into midterm campaigns

Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court sent a wave of corporate and union money flooding into campaign ads this year, but it did so with the promise that the public would know — almost instantly — who was paying for them.

"With the advent of the Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions," Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote in January. "This transparency enables the electorate to make informed decisions and give proper weight to different speakers and messages."

But Kennedy and the high court majority were wrong. Because of loopholes in tax laws and a weak enforcement policy at the Federal Election Commission, corporations and wealthy donors have been able to spend huge sums on campaign ads, confident the public will not know who they are, election law experts say.

Corporate donors have been able to hide their contributions despite the opposition of shareholders and customers — the very groups cited by Kennedy.

Here are the questions presented to the Justices:


QUESTIONS PRESENTED: 
1. Whether all as-applied challenges to the disclosure requirements (reporting and 
disclaimers) imposed on "electioneering communications" by the Bipartisan 
Campaign Reform Act of 2002 ("BCRA") were resolved by McConnell’s statement 
that it was upholding the disclosure requirements against facial challenge “for the 
entire range of electioneering communications' set forth in the statute." Mem. Op. I, 
App. 15a (quoting McConnell v. FEC, 540 U.S. 93, 196 (200)). 
    2. Whether BCRA's disclosure requirements impose an unconstitutional burden 
when applied to electioneering communications protected from prohibition by the 
appeal-to-vote test, FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, 127 S. Ct. 2652, 2667 (2007) 
("WRTL II”), because such communications are protected "political speech," not 
regulable “campaign speech,” id. at 2659, in that they are not "unambiguously 
related to the campaign of a particular federal candidate," Buckley v. Valeo, 424 
U.S. 1, 80 (1976), or because the disclosure requirements fail strict scrutiny when 
so applied. 
    3. Whether WRTL II’s appeal-to-vote test requires a clear plea for action to vote 
for or against a candidate, so that a communication lacking such a clear plea for 
action is not subject to the electioneering communication prohibition. 2 U.S.C. § 
441b. 
    4. Whether a broadcast feature-length documentary movie that is sold on DVD, 
shown in theaters, and accompanied by a compendium book is to be treated as the 
broadcast "ads" at issue in McConnell, 540 U.S. at 126, or whether the movie is not 
subject to regulation as an electioneering communication.

Here are the some keywords and links to make sure this message gets back to the Justices, of course, via the clerks:


Sonia SotomayorStephen G. BreyerSamuel A. AlitoElena KaganClarence Thomas,Antonin ScaliaChief Justice John G. RobertsAnthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg



To Coerce Or Comfort

On one side of the spectrum you have financial incentives to encourage parental involvement to increase school attendance, performance and graduation rates.  The incentives are not so much as to be considered gifts, but fall more into the realms of resources.


Through the redesigning of federal funding streams, schools are able to capture more funding to provide resources to the community, basic community resources that slowly have been stripped away over the last few decades due to suburbanization.

DPS seeks more parental involvement

Associated Press / Associated Press

Detroit— Discount retail cards will be offered by Detroit Public Schools to increase parental contact and involvement in the 77,000-student district.
The district said today that 30,000 "I'm In" scan cards will be given to parents visiting seven Parent Resource Centers scattered in schools across Detroit. Parental training, workshops and other services are offered at the centers.

On the other side of the coin, you have the state utilize more traditional methods to forcefully encourage parental involvement.


In this matter, the State of New York uses financial disincentives to encourage parental involvement, school attendance, increased performance and graduation rates.


Simply put, if you do not send your kids to school, we will put them in foster care.

New York State Woman Finds OCFS Policy Brief Does Not Fully Address The Issues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 25, 2010 – A North Tonawanda mother who was falsely charged with "educational neglect"  after her gay teen received death threats at North Tonawanda High School in 2005 is perplexed by a recent policy brief released by the New York Office of Child and Family Services  

"What their brief does not begin to explore is false filings of educational neglect charges, and why there are no investigations into this aspect. " ~ Rhonda Mangus, North Tonawanda , NY

Getting Teenagers Back to School  Rethinking New York State’s Response to  Chronic Absence

What does this say about the state of affairs in youth education?  


What do you believe works better?  Threats, coercion, intimidation or comfort?  Are parents the enemy or a citizen of the state?  


I think the time has come to evolve to a more sophisticated society and put and end to the barbaric actions of threats.


If a child is not going to school, then find out why and present a solution the benefits everyone.  


Let's do a cost/benefit analysis.  


COERCE:  Call is made to Child Protective Services.  Immediate

  • Hourly paid staff, who went through federally funded training
  • Electricity is used to answer phone/lights
  • Intake information is written on paper with pens
  • Referral is made to hourly paid and trained supervisor
  • Supervisor used electricity on computer/paper to refer to CPS workers
  • CPS workers in state owned vehicles, using gas, drive to parents' house
  • CPS workers use time to investigate
  • CPS workers write court petition
  • Court clerk, hourly paid, uses electricity and paper to process petition for removal
  • CPS workers show to court
  • Judge takes time out of regular docket to hear ex-parte petition
  • Judge makes order, on paper, in a lit courtroom
  • CPS workers use gas to pick up child for removal
  • CPS workers find Child Placing Agency to place child in foster home
  • CPS has receptionist, case worker, supervisor and director on the case
  • Foster parents have gone through funded training and paid
  • Child is sent to therapist
  • Child is medicated with psychotropics
  • Child is moved to new school district
  • Include portion of fixed costs for all facilities
  • Include emotional and psychological irreparable harms
COMFORT: Providing resources through Medicaid expansion.  Training and networking to prevent the next generation for educational deterioration.  Long term investment
  • Jobs are created in economically depressed cities
  • Quality of life improves through access to better and affordable housing
  • School facilities and environments are improved
  • Greater community involvement
  • People are happy
  • More graduate from school
  • Regions retain intellectual resources
  • Rebuilds infrastructure, bringing in more investment to the area creating more jobs

Dentists On Cutting Edge Of Medicaid Fraud

See, they would never have been busted if they were doing foster kids!!!


Top o' the line billing could have been performed, without question, without the child patients, and just think, the billing would have become an instance of medical neglect, giving cause for extended lengths of stay in foster care and grounds for termination of parental rights.


That's alright, though.  I am sure they will read this post, and restructure to implement my recommendations.

'Dirty' dentists drilled

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Nearly two dozen dentists connected to the alleged Medicaid mill Dental Plaza were hit with criminal and civil charges yesterday for their role in a $16 million scam.
The 22 dentists, some of whom collected more than a $1 million each from the state over a four-year period, are accused of conspiring with alleged mastermind David Ibragimov to pay down-and-out Medicaid recipients as much as $20 to lure them to his clinics, according to papers filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court.
Four dentists were charged with criminal grand larceny and insurance fraud, according to the attorney general. The others were charged civilly.
It is illegal to give Medicaid patients gifts as an inducement to get treatment. Dental Plaza operated at locations in Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. Dentists at the clinics had to turn over two-thirds of their Medicaid proceeds to Ibragimov via three shell companies, prosecutors charge.


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