DHHS / DCYF do we want answers or change?

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New Hampshire do we have a problem with DHHS/DCYF do we want answers or change?

These are just a few of the innumerable issues going on with DHHS under Commissioner Toupmas as well as DCYF under Margaret Bishop:

12/1/11 http://www.wmur.com/health/29901243/detail.html
Report Deaths of 6 Disabled People in State Care Preventable

http://www.timothyhorrigan.com/documents/ingbretson-bishop.letter.111115.html N.H. Redress of Grievance Committee wants answers from Director Maggie Bishop on these and others: (tried to cut through the horrigan rhetoric there are some real facts behind his derogatory comments about everyone but himself):
· Under what DCYF policy does it state an Assessment worker will investigate a report of abuse and neglect without evidence of a Toxicology report?

· Under what DCYF policy does it state slandering parents and family members is allowed to place a child in foster care?

· What DCYF policy grants immunity to DCYF workers who commit perjury?

· What DCYF policy gives DCYF the right to tell a parent if they don't agree with a recommendation, the caseworker will have the judge court order it?

A new Bill in the house HB 538 requires the Supreme Court to implement standards of practice and oversight of GALs. Guardian Ad Litems for children, a group of somewhat trained volunteers with NO OVERSIGHT AGENCY other than themselves at a cost of $100 to file a complaint.

Attorney Crusco http://www.nhfamilylawblog.com/articles/fees/ disagrees and while I have the utmost respect for this Attorney, I respectfully disagree. This bill would protect the most vulnerable in our society and does not duplicate oversight and discipline provided by the GAL Board. Because the Gal Board has no oversight or discipline and less training than the other volunteer GAL’s in Child Protected matters called CASA workers http://www.casanh.org/ . When you look at the board members it consists of conflicts of interest between the two agencies and discloses nothing to the public.

I am for accountability and the truth regarding the functions and operations of DHHS/DCYF - mirroring what Albert Einstein once said: “Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.” How many more family’s have to be needlessly torn apart and how many people have to die to get your attention?