Naturally, it said it wanted children in the system to receive services and be safe in care, with permanent placement the end goal.
So, naturally, when I asked if they were going after Michigan Children's Institute Superintendent, Bill Johnson, who is the sole, legal parent to more than 7,000 kids, many of whom are subjected to horrific conditions with any form of due process, who are the protected class of these lawsuits,the response was.
"What is Michigan Children's Institute?"
I lost all respect for Children's Rights because they did secure one of the largest attorney fees in history. Not one penny went to the children of whom they were representing.
As Children's Rights matured over the years, it has become evident that, not only did they not know about the atrocities of the child welfare system, they are still functioning on a self-proclaimed learning curve, meaning, they still have yet to address the legalities of its operations.
I speak of the Medicaid fraud in Massachusetts' Child Welfare System.
To be fair, if Coakley has to resort to blaming Children's Rights as being grifters to make a ton in legal fees, then she very well knows how jacked up the child welfare system is in Massachusetts.
Martha Coakley is the State Attorney General who runs a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that has not done jack shit to stop Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare. The reason for her lack of effort to protect children and the public funds is because she is caught between a rock and a hard place.
A State Attorney General cannot prosecute those it defends.
The State Attorney General defends child welfare contracted agencies and prosecutes child welfare cases. Let's see if she is woman enough to bring this fact up in her campaign for Governor.
Yes, keep in mind that when she is elected, she will no longer be Attorney General and will not be involved in the litigation, well, at least not in the open. She will have a front row seat to the inner workings of the state's child welfare system.
I hope Children's Rights rips the state apart.
Here is a link to the background of the action.
Children’s advocacy group calls Coakley comments ‘irresponsible’
JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
Martha Coakley spoke to reporters at her campaign headquarters Thursday.
A national children’s advocacy group struck back at Democratic gubernatorial nominee Martha Coakley Friday, saying she has leveled “irresponsible” charges against the group with her statement that it is suing the state’s troubled child welfare agency in order to collect hefty publicly funded legal fees.
“Very frankly, any suggestion that the lawsuit is motivated by legal fees is irresponsible,’’ said Sara Bartosz, lead counsel for Children’s Rights which filed the 2010 federal lawsuit.
“The suit is not about fees, it is not about politics, it’s about the state’s most vulnerable kids being harmed by the very system that is meant to protect them,’’ Bartosz said in an interview Friday.
Her comments were prompted by Coakley’s strong denunciation this week of a television ad by a Republican-funded super PAC that accuses her of ignoring the mismanagement of the state’s Department of Children and Families and implied her inaction resulted in the abuse and neglect — and even death — of scores of foster children. The ad refers to the Children’s Right’s lawsuit.
Bartosz also said Coakley’s claim that the federal judge found the suit “meritless” badly mischaracterized his ruling, noting that he had some harsh conclusions about the way DCF is carrying out its mission of caring for foster children.
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