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[Jack Stratton]

Hello,

My name is Jack Stratton. I am a new member. My website is jackstratton.com. Thanks.

 

[RodISHI]

Welcome. I'll b checking your site. I do hope your family is doing better.

 

[Sidestreamer]

Hello,

My name is Jack Stratton. I am a new member. My website is jackstratton.com. Thanks.

My name is Sidestreamer. I am an agitated member. My opinion of your website is negative. You post a lot of unfounded libel.

 

[Terry]

I have to agree with Sidestreamer on this one.

 

[RodISHI]

You could read the story about the Stratton children written by a news writer..

Stratton Children Bring Home The Bacon

By Allison Hart

Jack and Kathy Stratton’s nine children have proved to be a veritable cash cow for the Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services. The Stratton children have been in foster care for nearly two years, ever since the DSS removed them from their home on charges of neglect. The Strattons have steadfastly denied the charges, and have been fighting to regain custody.

During that time, the DSS, through federal funding, has been receiving $9,971.73 per month for the Stratton children, while paying out only $3,600. Net profit: $6,372 per month.

The numbers may seem numbing, but they’re not surprising. In fact, in reading the 100 or so pages of the 2000 US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee’s report on foster care programs and adoption incentives, two common threads sew these federal laws together: Parents accused of abuse or neglect have very little protection under the Constitution; and there is a money trail following every foster child who moves through the system.

Under federal guidelines established in 1980, children in foster care are eligible to receive funds from a block grant to states called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). As a condition of receiving TANF funds, states must operate foster care and adoptive assistance programs under title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

In 1997, Congress enacted significant changes to title IV-E, namely adding a push to terminate parental rights (TPR) in cases where children have been in foster care for 15 out of 22 months. The new legislation, a Clinton initiative called the Adoption and Safe Families Act, called for these TPR proceedings to begin 12 months after a child’s placement in foster care, rather than the 18 months required by the old legislation. Both the Illinois Supreme Court and the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that portion of the Adoption and Safe Families Act unconstitutional because it presumes parents are unfit simply because their children have been in foster care for 15 months.

The law also authorized incentive payments to states to increase the number of foster and special-needs children who are placed...................continued

 

[adeel_sami]

Hello Jack, welcome