FEB 13, 2019
Eckerd Connects Calls for Additional Funding for Foster Care Children
Since Jordan’s tragic death, Eckerd Connects has made changes to their policies. One of those policies is their staffing meetings, where everyone involved in a case meets to discuss what’s been happening in that child’s life.
“In [Jordan's] case there was too much time in between some of those communications,” Card said.
Since then, they retrained all of their employees on how to effectively have those conversations.
Card said in the weeks and days before Jordan’s death, no one involved in his case raised a red flag that the toddler could have been in crisis.
“Everybody knew there were issues, things that needed to be taken care of, but at the time nobody said, 'we have to act now,'” said Card.
But Card says the agency was moving towards taking action in the case and possibly removing the child, because Stinson was showing signs of not being able to care for Jordan anymore.
“It becomes very challenging to keep up with everything, and it’s not a surprise that sometimes things fall through the cracks,” said Card.