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| Dan Dumas, former Kentucky Adoption Czar |
Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed an executive with Louisville's Southern Baptist Theological Seminary as his "adoption czar," awarding him a $240,000-a-year contract to lead reforms of Kentucky's child adoption and foster care system.
The appointment of Daniel S. Dumas, a senior vice president with the Baptist seminary, professor of Christian ministry and an adoptive father of two, drew praise from Kentucky Youth Advocates, whose executive director, Terry Brooks, thanked Bevin for his "commitment to children and families" by creating the job.
"This position carries real potential as a catalyst for change," Brooks said.
But Dumas' appointment is drawing fire from critics — because of the salary one lawmaker called "exorbitant" and his apparent lack of experience in child welfare. Some also worry that the seminary's unyielding stance that homosexuality is a sin could affect Dumas' attitude toward gay adults as prospective foster and adoptive parents.
What you see in that video is the face of evil bureaucrats; nothing more than well-dressed baby snatchers being outed for public display. ~ A fan.
I think it is quite bold to ask the public to help feed and clothe foster kids considering the
Where's the money? Bevin administration yet to give families court-ordered foster payments
It also upsets Kimberly Guffy, a Logan County woman who took in two young grandchildren and has been battling the cabinet over whether she's entitled to some assistance for the cost of their care. The cabinet has known for months it would have to pay some relatives for foster care, she said.
"It's really disappointing that they don't have something ready to go," she said.
The proposed budget, if approved by the General Assembly, would take effect July 1. Cabinet Deputy Secretary Tim Feeley, who presented the budget to the committee, declined to say afterward whether the cabinet has any plans to start payments sooner. The budget proposes $11.3 million in fiscal year 2019 and $11.6 million the following year for "relative placement."
Kentucky actually spent a sizeable amount appealing to SCOTUS, and lost, yet Bevin continued to refuse to pay for relative placement.
Seven months later, Bevin "fires" Czar Dumas with a $60,000 severance as a contractor.
Seven months later, Bevin "fires" Czar Dumas with a $60,000 severance as a contractor.
Then, it takes Bevin almost a month to hold a press conference to explain why.
The inherent conflicts of interest interwoven between the three branches of Kentucky government are nothing less than a privateering criminal organization where millions upon millions are syphoned off into the back pockets of these politicians, their campaigns and affiliated child welfare NGOs.
Bevin seems to have found quite a fortune in his companies, real estate and patents.
The inherent conflicts of interest interwoven between the three branches of Kentucky government are nothing less than a privateering criminal organization where millions upon millions are syphoned off into the back pockets of these politicians, their campaigns and affiliated child welfare NGOs.
Bevin seems to have found quite a fortune in his companies, real estate and patents.
In the spirit of fuchsia...
Kentucky governor explains termination of 'adoption czar'
Kentucky's Republican governor said he terminated a $240,000 no-bid contract for a state "adoption czar" because it was not worth it to keep him on the job even though he praised his performance.
Now you know darn well there is more to this story, or possible campaign.
Gov. Matt Bevin hired Daniel S. Dumas as a special adviser last year, awarding him a contract to assess a state adoption and foster care system that has more than 8,500 children in out-of-home care and has consistently not met federal standards on preventing abuse and neglect.
I heard rumors that they were buddies.
Here is my solution to the opioid crisis:
Oh, and the manufacturers of Narcan will continue to make a pretty profit from Medicaid.
Always remember, create a crisis then offer a solution, billable to Medicaid.
Matt Bevin Sucks.
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Now you know darn well there is more to this story, or possible campaign.
Gov. Matt Bevin hired Daniel S. Dumas as a special adviser last year, awarding him a contract to assess a state adoption and foster care system that has more than 8,500 children in out-of-home care and has consistently not met federal standards on preventing abuse and neglect.
I heard rumors that they were buddies.
Bevin announced the job during his 2017 State of the Commonwealth address and then hired Dumas in May for a one-year contract that was renewable for another two years.
But last month, the Bevin administration terminated Dumas' contract after just seven months on the job and, according to the agreement, paid him a $60,000 buyout.
"It seems outrageous, but at the same time this is the nature of these things," Bevin said of the buyout Monday. "We got from him what we needed and the value on a going forward point wasn't going to continue to be worth it."
The average Kentucky family income is about $45K a year. That is a slap in the face of the people.
The average Kentucky family income is about $45K a year. That is a slap in the face of the people.
Bevin said Dumas met with every department within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, asking questions about how they do things and why they do them that way. He also met with outside groups Bevin says the state wants to work with to improve its foster care and adoption system.
The question is: "Why would he hire someone who has to go around asking everyone what it is he is supposed to be doing?"
The question is: "Why would he hire someone who has to go around asking everyone what it is he is supposed to be doing?"
Dumas then reported that information to Bevin, who said he used it to help write his two-year spending proposal. That budget includes an additional $24 million to hire more social workers and to pay them more money. His budget also includes an additional $10.8 million for adoption and foster care programs, but Bevin has yet to specify how all of that money will be spent.
I have no problem increasing the pay of social workers, but with a pay increase should definitely come a direct correlation of expertise.
As for the $10.8 million for the adoption and foster care programs, well, I am seeing something to the effect of privateering by pulling in their own buddies, with no experience, to take over the contracts and run the programs, because, you know, Dumas walked around asking everyone in administration how he could make some money, I mean, "help the kids". (wink).
I just think it is quite bold to put out a call to action to help feed and clothe children under the aegis of the state, when Bevin refuses to use the $10.8 million that is supposed to go to take care of foster care children.
I have no problem increasing the pay of social workers, but with a pay increase should definitely come a direct correlation of expertise.
As for the $10.8 million for the adoption and foster care programs, well, I am seeing something to the effect of privateering by pulling in their own buddies, with no experience, to take over the contracts and run the programs, because, you know, Dumas walked around asking everyone in administration how he could make some money, I mean, "help the kids". (wink).
I just think it is quite bold to put out a call to action to help feed and clothe children under the aegis of the state, when Bevin refuses to use the $10.8 million that is supposed to go to take care of foster care children.
"What he did was valuable," Bevin said. "But ... it is the responsibility of the administration and myself as governor to look at whether the cost benefit analysis continues to be worth it."
Cost-benefit of what? Kentucky child welfare sucks and it even went to SCOTUS to get out of paying the approved relative placement funding, but the question is why?
Cost-benefit of what? Kentucky child welfare sucks and it even went to SCOTUS to get out of paying the approved relative placement funding, but the question is why?
Bevin and his wife adopted four children from Ethiopia nearly nine years ago after they said attempts to adopt from Kentucky's foster system failed. He said the experience was one of the reasons he decided to run for governor.
4 x $13.400 a year = $53,600 a year, in adoption tax credits, not including the tax exempt trust funds, if there are trust funds, but I am going out there to say that more than likely there are.
I wonder what State Department NGO he went through to adopt.
4 x $13.400 a year = $53,600 a year, in adoption tax credits, not including the tax exempt trust funds, if there are trust funds, but I am going out there to say that more than likely there are.
I wonder what State Department NGO he went through to adopt.
Republican state Rep. David Meade, who is also an adoptive parent, has sponsored a bill that would make sweeping changes to the state's adoption and foster care system. The Republican majority in the state House of Representatives has signaled the bill a priority, filing the legislation as House Bill 1.
Dumas is the second high-profile departure from the Bevin administration this year. Last week, Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson resigned to start a campaign for Congress in Kentucky's 3rd district. The cabinet is the state's largest agency with more than 7,500 employees and a $13.6 billion budget that includes state and federal money.
Bevin said Monday he has "no immediate plans" to appoint a permanent successor, naming Executive Cabinet Secretary Scott Brinkman as the acting head of the agency that will begin implementing the nation's first ever work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries later this year.
The majority of people who are on Medicaid work, but this is focused on profiting from the disabled and families raising children. The children will have to go into Medicaid funding care programs, even the disabled children where their primary caregiver is not disabled.
I wonder if cognisint can make better determinations on disabilities.
These programs will be layered upon layer with privatized administrations and services, which is why Dumas was walking around trying to figure out how to hand out more privatized contracts to his buddies.
The majority of people who are on Medicaid work, but this is focused on profiting from the disabled and families raising children. The children will have to go into Medicaid funding care programs, even the disabled children where their primary caregiver is not disabled.
I wonder if cognisint can make better determinations on disabilities.
These programs will be layered upon layer with privatized administrations and services, which is why Dumas was walking around trying to figure out how to hand out more privatized contracts to his buddies.
"I've got outstanding folks who are doing the work," Bevin said. "While we are sorry to see her go, the cabinet is strong. Very strong."
Glisson hopes to challenge Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth, who represents the heavily Democratic city of Louisville. Bevin called Yarmuth a "bomb thrower" and said he "adds no value."
"If the people of Kentucky want somebody that will actually add value for us in Washington, they are going to have a better opportunity," he said.
Yarmuth spokeswoman Heather Dearing said Bevin can't take criticism and said that won't stop Yarmuth from challenging him.
"It's hard to imagine that his panicky press conference this morning did anything to reassure the majority of Kentucky families who oppose his Medicaid waiver," Dearing said.
Here is my solution to the opioid crisis:
- Stop making people poor;
- Stop stealing the children'
- Stop stealing the land;
Oh, and the manufacturers of Narcan will continue to make a pretty profit from Medicaid.
Always remember, create a crisis then offer a solution, billable to Medicaid.
So, instead of keeping Dumas on payroll, just have high school kids do it.
Matt Bevin Sucks.
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