They just aren’t ready. Imagine there’s a lot of stuff going on right now behind the scenes.
Can you say where you found this? I do know that in some states if a child is adopted out of foster care the child receives benefits for x number of years. In my state children adopted out of foster care receive educational opportunity program admission and a stipend to help with college. But I have never heard that birth parents get subsidies. I would love to read about it if this is true.If you are on public assistance, you will receive benefits for the children you give up for adoption for two years after you sign the paperwork. Cash benefits.
What state is this??? The adoptive parents can receive benefits for two years, but I've never seen a state give benefits to the parent. Usually, the parents are having to pay back and current support.
I'd love to know which state.
My thought on why the press conference hasn't started yet is because they are finishing up with the arrest of one or both parents and finalizing their statements. JMO MOO
First time posting about Andrew, but have followed from the beginning. IMO-I don't know how "mom" & "dad" ever got custody of Andrew back! Or how she kept him and his little brother for the last 3 years or so. I can only pray now that the little brother has a safe and stable home now and the new baby will somehow be ok when they are born. I've been watching NBC Chicago coverage of where they found little Andrew while they are waiting to show the pc. So sad seeing that.
Why are there children at the press conf? I saw a young boy and an infant? Seriously?
Me, at work, waiting for this presser to start....LOL!!!
I agree! People are so darn quick to judge! I'm tired of it.Perhaps it was someone's day off and they got called to cover the press conference unexpectedly and weren't able to arrange childcare before. I'm assuming most parents would prefer their children not attend something like this and having them there is an extenuating circumstance. As a parent, I've been in a similar boat a few times and wouldn't have appreciated the scorn.
My feeling is that AJ died either from lack of medical attention when suffering from an illness, or that he starved to death. But we should know more after the press conference. I don't know if they'll be able to tell how long ago he died though since he was just found.
Per: Foster Care Alumni of America - Illinois Chapter Facebook PageI expect that this case will usher in calls to thoroughly review DCFS procedure(s). Too late for AJ and close to 100 kids who have died over the past two years under their watch. The system didn’t break overnight and I expect lack of funding and staffing will be high on the list of reasons for failure.
I haven’t watched HLN in a long time. I’ve missed Joey Jackson!
It wasn't. I saw the white plastic cover on it.Wasn't the mattress wrapped as it is evidence? I doubt that they would have been carrying that mattress up against their bodies if it was not wrapped to preserve the fibers etc on it.