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Intervention strategies for inappropriate behavior by foster parents
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Steven Gordon and Commissioner Dannhauser explain the intervention strategies and disciplinary measures in place to address inappropriate behavior by foster parents towards LGBTQ+ youth.
- Young people have the right to ask for another placement if they experience inappropriate behavior
- ACS empowers young people to alert their caseworker or assigned attorney about issues
- If homophobia or transphobia is evident, the young person will be placed elsewhere
- Foster care agencies may be instructed to 'fire' foster parents who are discriminatory
- In cases of neglect or emotional impairment, ACS's Office of Special Investigations may get involved
Nantasha Williams
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Alright.
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Althea V. Stevens
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have a couple more question, and I'll pass it over to you, Eric, because I'm What's what's specific intervention strategies or discipline measures while I'm placed to address in appropriate behavior by foster parents and and how to how they are purse god damn thing.
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And how those procedures might to ensure accountability and the safety of foster children.
Jess Dannhauser
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Thank you.
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This is where the LGBTQA plus point people and champions in each of the provider agencies play a really, really important role in this to talk about that.
Steven Gordon
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So in regards to foster parents, if if it has been made aware that the foster parent is being inappropriate around with the young person around their soji, A young person has every right to ask for another placement.
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We we try to empower the young people to alert the caseworker or the attorney that they've been assigned.
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And we with the hopes that they will alert our leadership in our prodigy division and my office.
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At that point, we would step in to provide accounts to the foster care agency to figure out whether or not this the young person should be placed elsewhere.
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And if the young person is facing homophobia and transphobia, then they absolutely need to be placed elsewhere.
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And if it's evident that the foster parent is homophobic or transphobic or just discriminatory, then we we we alert the foster agency that they need to essentially fire as a foster parent.
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There's also
Jess Dannhauser
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if if it raises to a level where the child's being neglected and having mental impairment is the sort of state standard or emotional impairment, our office of special investigations would get involved as well and do an investigation of the most drama.