Children's Rights Fights To Protect $165 Million in Child Welfare Fraud in Georgia

The following is a statement from Children's Rights on their reform efforts in the Georgia child welfare system:

“We are proud that our reform campaign, with the full cooperation of Fulton County, has spurred these improvements for kids, and we commend the Office of the Child Attorney for its commitment to providing quality legal services for kids in foster care,” said Ira Lustbader, associate director of Children’s Rights. “Together, we have ensured that children now get the individual and zealous legal advocacy they deserve from the attorneys charged with fighting for their interests.”

Notice how there has never been any reform in the areas of the criminalization of poverty or defalcation:

• false claims; 
• generation of fraudulent documentation; 
• improper removals; 
• unnecessary removals; 
• lack of legal representation for parents; 
• violations of due process; 
• violations of equal protection under the law; 
• racketeering;
• overmedication;
• unnecessary medication;
• Medicaid fraud;
• rape in foster care;
• psychological torture in foster care; and
• physical torture in foster care.
• I'm tired of typing.

The following are eligibility criteria from the U.S. HHS OIG Review describing how a child may enter foster care while qualifying for fast track adoption.  Notice how it has nothing to do with "child abuse".

A child may be eligible for Title IV-E adoption assistance if:  he or she is determined by the State to meet the statutory definition of a child with special needs and:

• meets Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) requirements (as in effect on July 16, 1996) at the time of removal from the home,  

• meets the requirements for Supplemental Security Income, 

• is the child of a minor parent in foster care, or 

• was previously eligible for Title IV-E adoption assistance. 

For an adoption assistance payment to be eligible for Federal reimbursement, a State must document the child’s eligibility under one of these four categories. The State must also maintain other pertinent records, such as court records, adoption assistance agreements, evidence of criminal record checks, and birth certificates.

The only work Children's Rights has done to reform child welfare is to make sure the legal profession has a greater opportunity to get into the human trafficking money game and to ensure the feds do not interfere.  Children's Rights has ensured that attorneys charged with fighting for foster children's interests only focus on adoption.

If the child goes home, the funding stops.

HHS OIG Review of Georgia’s Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Costs (A-04-09-03524)