tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558984027012786412.post2271505336647752027..comments2023-10-02T05:37:22.514-04:00Comments on Policy For Results blog: Spike in Foster Care Placements: the Economy or Re-balancing?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188093844913024173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558984027012786412.post-87857037127351511062009-12-10T16:35:53.707-05:002009-12-10T16:35:53.707-05:00Option #4: Is the system UNcorrecting?
Great link...Option #4: Is the system UNcorrecting?<br /><br />Great links, Richard, thank you! We know well that it is important to look at the story behind the data, and the more information you have the better you will understand what the data might be saying.afleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696130627297874682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558984027012786412.post-26087625472556084882009-12-09T12:42:59.325-05:002009-12-09T12:42:59.325-05:00The answer is none of the above. Rather, the Texa...The answer is none of the above. Rather, the Texas system had been unbalanced in favor of removal for nearly a decade. It finally was coming into balance, and now it's gone wrong again. Here's part of the comment I posted on the Tribune website:<br /><br />Remind me never to send another tip to the Texas Tribune. Ms. Ramshaw [Emily Ramshaw, who wrote the story] first found out about this spike in removals from me. I learned of it from Johana Scot of the outstanding Texas advocacy organization, the Parent Guidance Center, www.parentguidancecenter.org <br /><br />I told Ms. Ramshaw about the spike in removals because it's a sign of Texas retreating from reform and doing harm to children. In fact, thanks largely to Scott McCown,[of the Center for Public Policy Priorities] and his unceasing efforts to pressure the system into taking away more children, entries into foster care in Texas have been soaring since 1998. The correction was in 2007, when they finally started going down again. Now the system is UN-correcting. <br /><br />These data are readily available on NCCPR's website here: http://www.nccpr.org/reports/statsupdate.pdf <br />Also on our website, our comprehensive report on Texas child welfare, including an appendix featuring an e-mail dialogue between Mr. McCown and myself that readers may find interesting: http://www.nccpr.org/reports/texasreport2.pdf <br /><br />I certainly didn't expect the Tribune to simply take my word for this or accept only my interpretation of the data. But I didn't expect the Tribune to totally leave that point of view out of the story either, and rely on McCown, who *always* says Texas isn't taking away enough children, and led the cheerleading for CPS in the FLDS case. Nor was there any comment from Ms. Scot. ...<br /><br />Richard Wexler <br />Executive Director <br />National Coalition for Child Protection Reform <br />www.nccpr.orgNational Coalition for Child Protection Reformhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086601064682481771noreply@blogger.com