Thursday, April 12, 2012

Developments

DHS must have sensed a disturbance in the Force... We got a last minute appointment today, drove to Paul's Valley (which is apparently somewhere in Texas), and entered inquiries on a dozen or so kids.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

And the beat goes on...

3/27: Lisa sends email about latest list of kids from DHS.

4/4: Lisa sends email reminder.

4/5: DHS responds, can't meet until "late next week" at the earliest. Lisa immediately asks for an appointment time.

4/11: "Late next week" is now "late this week", as in tomorrow or the day after. Still no response.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Once more into the breach...

We have another meeting with DHS coming up soon. We've got a new list of kids that was already weeks old by the time it got to us. We responded immediately, and of course waited another two to three weeks for a response. They're making another list Tuesday, and our meeting is later in the week.

In this age of instantaneous global communications, it is seriously disheartening to deal with a 19th-century communication lag on something as important as the welfare of children.