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« on: May 31, 2005, 11:37:00 AM »
COALITION AGAINST INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD ABUSE (CAICA) http://www.caica.org

Check out this new website. lots of helpful information.

Here's how to help Congressman Miller get his federal legislation passed.
 
"What we learned from Congressman Miller's Office:

Congressman Miller's assistant informed CAICA President Isabelle Zehnder that Proposed Bill HR1738 needs to be set for hearing before moving forward, and indicated that currently chances of the proposed bill being set for hearing are not good. There are ways we all can help.

What you can do:

Chairman John Boehner is responsible for setting this hearing, so letters from concerned citizens should be directed to him. Also, it was suggested that letters be in your own words rather than a form letter sent by many. Be sure to let Chairman Boehner know why you believe this is an important bill. The personal letters, she said, get much more attention. You can write to Chairman Boehner at:

Chairman John Boehner
Committee of Education in the Workforce
2181 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515

If and when a hearing is set, the proposed bill will need to go through mark-ups, will then go to the committee, and then to the floor. We feel that because this is a lengthy process we need to continue working towards reform on the state level. Also, the more state support, the stronger the changes are that the Federal bill will pass."

For more information check the CAICA website.
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« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2005, 12:54:00 PM »
This is a good website with some excellent information - thanks for your effort....
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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2005, 04:50:00 PM »
You must also sign and give a verifiable phone and address.  Anonymous might work here, but it won't work for the letters.
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« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2005, 05:27:00 PM »
cool website  :tup:  :em:
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« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2005, 09:58:00 PM »
The Vice-Chair is Chris Buttars, who worked at Utah Boys Ranch for 15 years and is now on the Board of Directors.  I don't know much about the place, but I know that there was some campaign contribution issue with them.  

Any kind of "ranch" for "troubled teens" sounds bad to me.
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« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2005, 01:57:00 AM »
Senator Buttars sponsored Bill SB 176 which would require private residential facilities for youth to be licensed and regulated.

Senator Thomas V. Hatch sponsored Bill SB 107  (click here for article) that would give state regulators more leeway to crack down on unsafe group homes and other live-in programs for troubled teens.

The two bills were merged into Bill SB 107 which passed on 3/1/05.

It was then signed into law by Governor Jon Huntsman on 3/17/05,  requiring residential facilities for youth to be licensed and regulated by the  State Department of Human Services. Facilities such as these will now be subject to unannounced visits and will be required to adhere to basic standards.
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« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2005, 03:10:00 AM »
Right ... UTAH takes almost 20 years to regulate facilities ... and we are supposed to be impressed?

Try telling that to the parents of kids who died in an under-regulated program in Utah because legislators took so long to wake up.

Not saying change isn't good .... but laws don't save lives.  Enforcing them does and Utah has had a problem for years enforcing the piddily laws they did have on the books (e.g. Maximum Life Skills Academy where a counselor was killed and Skyline Journey the wilderness program where Ian August was hiked to death).



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« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2005, 03:15:00 AM »
Oh and by the way ... why aren't you reformers targeting the ed cons and the referral agents who get PAID BY PROGRAMS for placing kids in these troubled programs?

Seems to me if you really want to protect kids, you will make it illegal for these profiteers to be in business without being regulated, themselves.
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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2005, 02:27:00 PM »
Legislation is a great start, maybe not the entire answer, but a damn good start. At least unannounced inspections can be made, and there will be some oversight. The ability to investigate is made easier, there will be records kept, and so on. You all know. Why not cheer when even a small step is taken towards our end goals.

- The journey of a 1,000 miles begins with the first step -
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« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2005, 05:28:00 PM »
Word on the street is that Buttars introduced the bill because he is a direct competitor with WWASP and the others.  The Utah Boys Ranch is state-regulated while there are other programs that are not.  The unregulated ones get to make more money because of not having to pay the money to meet state standards.  Anyway, that's just word on the street.

But check out the Utah Boys Ranch website:
http://www.utahboysranch.org/

Sounds a lot like any other program to me.  Here are the issues they treat:
    * Drug and Alcohol Use
    * ADD/ADHD
    * Depression
    * Bipolar
    * Behavioral Problems
    * Divorce and Family Conflict Issues
    * Adoption Issues
    * School Problems
    * Poor Peer Choices
    * Runaway and Curfew
    * Minimal Legal Issues
    * Accountability and Responsibility Issues
    * Integrity
    * Self Esteem and Emotional Issues

Divorce issues?  Adoption issues?  That's insulting.  Those are the parents' issues, not the kids.
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« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2005, 06:55:00 PM »
The divorce is a parent issue but the effects of the divorce become the child's issue, as do adoptions.
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« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2005, 06:59:00 PM »
Funny how WWASP focuses on family problems, but the entire premise of the program is complete seperation. Doesn't make much sense does it? How can one work on family problems when you are not even allowed to talk to your family.

Oh... that's right, the parents expect you to be a *different* person when you come home.  :scared:
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« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2005, 07:43:00 PM »
WWASPS fixes family problems by making children into dolls for their parents.

No will of their own, no problems!

I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious theories of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God.
--Thomas Edison, American inventor

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DannyB on the internet:I CALLED A LAWYER TODAY TO SEE IF I COULD SUE YOUR ASSES FOR DOING THIS BUT THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

CCMGirl on program restraints: "DON\'T TAZ ME BRO!!!!!"

TheWho on program survivors: "From where I sit I see all the anit-program[sic] people doing all the complaining and crying."

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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2005, 08:58:00 PM »
:silly:  :rofl:
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