On Oct 8, 8:41=A0pm, "Ron" <apositivepl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "LK" <Patis...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Oct 8, 3:11 pm, "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?
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> > > This looks like a demand created by a Federal CONSENT DECREE.
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> > 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.
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> http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/10/07/3688925.htm
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> "Todd Landry, children and family services director for HHS, said Monday
> that no decisions had been made, including whether to move forward with
> privatization."
> "He (*Mr, Landry) said he believes that the proposal would reduce or
> eliminate gaps in services and provide placement stability. It would
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> financial incentives to encourage agencies to get children home sooner."
> "Stitt said. "The current contracting process in Nebraska has already
> demonstrated a clear need for oversight." =A0Does this not mirror what I
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just
> wrote?
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> http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=3D8371878&nav=3Dmenu550_1
> "Posted: May 23, 2008 12:48 PM
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> Updated: May 24, 2008 01:41 PM "
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> Just a tad out of date aren't you?
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> Ron
>
It's a historically significant example of the needed oversight that
you mentioned.
> *emphasis added
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> > > Is Nebraska Child Protection under a CONSENT DECREE?
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> > I see nothing in the news article indicating that gregg. Care to show
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he
> > rest of us where you are getting this idea from?
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> > 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.
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> > > 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.
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> > > 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/
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> > > Information from: Lincoln Journal Star,http://www.journalstar.com
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