What better way of creating jobs than to invest in the child poverty industry!
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has touted that the state is making progress for the care of its children.
So why has child poverty in Michigan skyrocketed under the Snyder administration?
Wayne and Genesee, Kent and Livingston Counties have a pass on its child abuse and neglect records as the current system has been overwhelmed and are basically tired of taking in kids based on the high rates of poverty.
Many child organizations, mostly non-profits, are seriously attempting to implement home-based, community-based service models to adapt to the Medicaid expansion for agency revenues.
Unfortunately, smaller, more rural counties are experiencing elevated rates of child poverty, and, as we all know, poverty is the crime of abuse and neglect.
The child placing agencies in these smaller counties which are experiencing record levels of child abuse and neglect are mostly due to a sustainability issue.
Some years ago, I examined Caro, Michigan. I was agast with the static data of children in care.
It seems there were exactly the same numbers of children in care, the same exact numbers of child removals each month, in order to sustain jobs of the employees of the child protection industry.
Encouraging the reporting of child abuse and neglect through public relations campaigns of the month of April being child abuse and neglect prevention month is the best way of generating business.
Think of it like this, if your have no more goods for sale, then how are you to survive?
These rural communities do not have the resources of the larger counties; therefore, have no access to alternative services and must adhere to the arcane structures of current funding laws in child welfare such as the ASFA.
Why help a family in poverty when the state can just fail to provide services, then cut off the parents from social assistance necessary to care for their children and bill the federal government for the removal and care of these kids?
This may be considered a boldly provocative statement, but what better way to invest in a cheaper labor force?
As long as poverty continues to increase, there will always be a direct correlation in the levels of child abuse and neglect and the number of child protection jobs retained.
HAPPY CHILD ABUSE PROPAGANDA MONTH!
Child abuse and neglect in Michigan at record levels
The number of abused and neglected children in Michigan has risen to its highest level in more than 25 years. Across the state, 34,777 children were confirmed to be victims of abuse or neglect in the 12 months starting in October 2014, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The number of children victimized equates to a rate of 15.6 per 1,000 children statewide, the highest rate Michigan has seen since 1990, according to data reported by the Michigan League for Public Policy.
Eight counties have rates of child abuse and neglect that are at least twice as high as the state rate.
Michigan had the lowest rate in 1993 when 7.7 out of 1,000 children statewide were found to be victims of child abuse or neglect. In the 12 months starting in October 2014, the state investigated homes of 247,742 children reported to be abused or neglected.
Eight counties have rates of child abuse and neglect that are at least twice as high as the state rate.
Michigan had the lowest rate in 1993 when 7.7 out of 1,000 children statewide were found to be victims of child abuse or neglect. In the 12 months starting in October 2014, the state investigated homes of 247,742 children reported to be abused or neglected.
Michigan child abuse/neglect victims per 1,000 children by county
Source: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Census Bureau.
Michigan counties with the highest rate of child abuse and neglect: 2015
Source: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Census Bureau.
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