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J. > It's been a busy few days for me,
J. > deposing a couple in perhaps the
J. > most bizarre insurance dispute
J. > I've ever been involved in.
J. >
J. > A personally disturbing element
J. > of the case is the fact that the
J. > couple were, until 2 years ago,
J. > foster parents to a special needs
J. > child who had lived with them
J. > for many years.  Yet, when I
J. > asked the woman to detail her
J. > employment history, she
J. > unequivocally characterized her
J. > foster care as her employment
J. > for more than 10 years.  The
J. > child appears to have been little
J. > more than a source of revenue,
J. > producing between $1100 and $1400
J. > US per month, of which less
J. > than $400 was viewed as intended
J. > to pay for the child's needs.  The
J. > balance was viewed as, in essence,
J. > non-taxable salary.  (A PCA also
J. > was authorized, for up to 60
J. > hours per week.  Family members
J. > typically filled that role as well.)
J. >
J. > At the end of the child's period
J. > of foster care, she slept on a
J. > daybed in the home's main entryway,
J. > while biological family members
J. > shared the three bedrooms.
J. >
J. > It's not appropriate for me to share
J. > any more details at this time.
J. > But those details, and this peek
J. > into the life of this little girl,
J. > makes me glad that the couple is
J. > no longer licensed to provide
J. > foster care.

RKB > I'm coming to the conclusion that
RKB > money corrupts even more than power.

Years ago a foster contractor was quoted
as saying to others that if they just got
one more foster kid they could quit their job.

The kid you described (requiring a health aide)
would be categorized as "special needs" which
makes it easier to get housing grants to build
on another room, and many other benefits.

Fosters are insured like a business and
granted vacation relief like a business.

Told you so.

On Sep 11, 9:46 pm, Greegor <Greego...@gmail.com> wrote:

Could quit?

Or would need to quit?

Did these people get housing grants?

And if so, how much?

What kind of insurance did being foster parents get these people?

Did these people get vacation relief?

And specifically what was it?

You didn't tell us anything.

Except mere speculation and unfounded rumors.