Porter County Commissioners Support Child Abuse

[Rusty Goat]

:flame:  from the March 20 meeting minutes of Porter County Commisioners:

"Com. Harper, “The next thing on the agenda is the approval of the amendment to the CEDIT Plan and a discussion on it. I was hopeful that this plan could get in front of the Council at their meeting this month but it is now my understanding that it’s probably not going to happen because they have to advertise this, is that correct? All right, and the suggested amendments to the CEDIT Plan are as follows: The North County Highway Garage, $1.2 million; the Pathways Drug Treatment Program, $200,000.00; PACT Counseling and housing of drug court defendants, $30,000.00; the drug court defendants, that’s a series of people that are going through drug court, they are required to do certain things, sometimes they are required to do counseling and sometimes they are required to stay in certain housing in Porter County. Sometimes they don’t have the first month’s rent and so forth, they are required to get a job after they’re in drug court for so long and so this is a fund to help the PACT administer and to help pay for those things. We have a GIS ongoing project that I think a good estimate on expenses for software and equipment would be $150,000.00."

Folks, they have to advertise this... like in public. Looks like they tried SNEAKIN it in so that the public couldn't say anything till it was too late.

Well, now's a great time to send in one more round of letters or whatever... These people don't care about kids. How could they have all the information about straight inc and IGNORE the abuse? I mean, why PAY for it? The nightmare continues................

 :flame:

RG[/b]

[Rusty Goat]

here's the article, should've been checkin earlier, but whatever, I'm tryin to have a life...  :rofl:

http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/03/21 ... 186441.txt

[Anonymous]

Pathway has hit the mother lode.  Court ordered drug offenders and the government money that comes along with it.  

You can harp all you want about the link to Straight, Inc.  Old news they can't deny.  Follow the money, folks.  It's about collecting tens of thousands of dollars in cash and insurance billings from desperate parents in a blind rush to save their children, then have the parents house the clients so Pathway can say they offer, "inpatient" or "residential like", alternative housing.  Don't believe me?  Look at their web site.

It's ruining the Michigan program.  Pathway used to be a "Family Center".  Now it's a holding pen, a last chance before prison.  The same situation is killing their Ohio program.  Michigan has been without a Program Director for about four months and two full time therapists in two weeks.  There are 2.5 therapists for around 36 clients.  Tell me, really, how much therapy is going on there?  They have more administrators and marketing people and peer staff than therapists.