This is so sickening.
I am so disheartened. And so sad for these kids.
These kids who need love, safety, protection, guidance.
Instead, they are getting pushed to the side.
Getting forgotten.
Getting lost.
Illinois' child-welfare agency cannot properly account for thousands of runaway or otherwise missing foster-care children, is sloppy about keeping track of when they disappear and can rarely show that proper authorities are contacted when necessary, a report by Auditor General William Holland released Thursday found.
Instead of being treated as a precious child with a heart, a soul and immense potential, these kids are being treated as nothing but paperwork to shuffle from desk to desk, filing cabinet to filing cabinet.
Lost in "the system".
And that is so disheartening.
Kids with no where else to turn.
We are failing them.
What a sad, heart-wrenching disappointment.
Out for now.......
Matt