On Oct 8, 3:11=A0pm, "Ron" <apositivepl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Greegor" <Greego...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Hey RON, Does this "reform plan" mean that the Feds
> > put the screws to the state of Nebraska about
> > the crappy system or what?
>
> > This looks like a demand created by a Federal CONSENT DECREE.
>
> I have no idea gregg, this is the first I have heard mention of it.
> Personally, as long as the strategic planning is done correctly and the
> needed oversight is there I don't see a major problem with it.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/10/07/3688925.htm
http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=3D8371878&nav=3Dmenu550_1
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> > Is Nebraska Child Protection under a CONSENT DECREE?
>
> I see nothing in the news article indicating that gregg. =A0Care to show
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the
> rest of us where you are getting this idea from?
>
> Ron
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> >> HHS reform plan site:
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> >http://www.dhhs.ne.gov/Children_Family_Services/OHReform/
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> > Neb. plans to privatize foster care, re****t says
> > Associated Press - October 6, 2008 10:55 AM ET
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> >http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3D9130096
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> > LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)
> > The state of Nebraska is getting out
> > of the day-to-day business of providing
> > foster and group homes for thousands of
> > Nebraska children.
>
> > Instead, Nebraska's Department of Health
> > and Human Services will contract with a
> > few large agencies for the more than
> > 4,300 children who are wards of the
> > state and don't live with their parents
> > or other custodial relative.
>
> > An HHS re****t says state workers will
> > be *****sing the children's needs,
> > then the contracted agencies or
> > companies will be coordinating services
> > and provide foster or group homes.
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> > The changes are scheduled to begin
> > July 1 next year, the first of the
> > new fiscal year.
>
> > On the Net:
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> > Foster Care Review Board:http://www.fcrb.state.ne.us/
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> > HHS reform plan site:
> >http://www.dhhs.ne.gov/Children_Family_Services/OHReform/
>
> > Information from: Lincoln Journal Star,http://www.journalstar.com
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