#dfacs

[infjlogic]

I feel I am going mad. My family is driving me batshit insane with their Disney-esque wisdoms that sink like a lead weight in water when tested with the most elementary reason.

‘Follow your heart’… WTF? ‘God will lead the way’? I want to scream: Whatever happened to use your fucking mind? What about consider your current obligations and manage those as priority before you assume more? Here’s an eye opener: if you currently rely on social welfare to get by, then you are not truly independent… and yet… the solution to caring for a drug addict's third bastard child (none of who she has raised herself) is to remove it from a potential adoption by someone with financial means to raise a child?

Inhale….

Reality check: I could continue that rant into eternity and never feel that I had adequately stated my frustration. They have done that which I begged them to not do. And there they go.

My dilemma is that I feel they need me - the unit pillar - more than ever, and I am not there. I cannot go down that path. If I offer encouragement then I feel it will be perceived as support, and I can not support this cycle. I tried to stop them. I pleaded, reasoned, begged, cussed, cursed, and raged.

I did everything but threaten, and I hinted at that. Now I wish I had been clear that they would have to proceed without me - that I would not be there for this. I am now an outcast. Well, by my own conviction. I am made the villain.

[infjlogic]

If you recall me complaining about attending a baby shower a few weeks back: the child was delivered a couple days ago - some four weeks early. This infant girl tested for weed and opioid so DFACS was called. Baby will be protected from the parents. Family is devastated. And I - the cold stone - am relieved the child now has a chance.

[missatown2u]

#FunnyVideo #Atl I stole this off somebody page. They say this is in front of #Dfacs #RatchettFunny lol #IKnowYallMissMyGoofyAss

[jacquelinekaaay]

In the mail.

We, well Joseph got a letter in the mail, stating that he'd have to "be ready to discuss family's strengths and needs.--"  in the meeting he has with the caseworker Monday. &&, all I have to say to it is that; Can you not tell that this woman has not changed? To even consider giving her a chance to fight for these boys? I mean, what kind of woman, mother, goes out right after her children have been taken away from her and tattoos the first guy she gets in a relationship with name on her (if that doesn't make sense, what I'm trying to imply is that she tattooed this guys name on her after being with him for a few months)? Does that NOT show you that her "I'm changed" attitude is just a show? That she WILL still put a man before the needs of her children? If I were going to this meeting I will put it out there like this; We have a little boy together. Not once has he been to the hospital for being mistreated; neither Joseph or myself MISTREATS our son. He actually gets taken to TWO hospitals in the matter of two days just to be sure he's going to be okay because he's THAT cared about. He is monitored 24/7. He's never once missed a check-up. When we go to the check-ups not once has the doctors felt the need to be concerned with his weight, because he is absolutely healthy! He doesn't starve to the point of being malnourished. No, no. And if they have something to say about me; whether I'd treat him any different because he's not my child? Who on earth do you think was looking for beds and clothes for him? Who is the one that insists that Joseph buy him things during holidays just so he doesn't feel left out or forgotten on special occasions? Who is making sure Joseph doesn't miss a visit? Who's the one that is WANTS Joseph to get him (not that Joseph or anyone else doesn't), but seriously... If I didn't care for him I wouldn't be doing anything. I would sit back and say "It's your son, do it your damn self." When Joseph and I first got together, right off the bat he told me he had a kid with another girl. If I am as smart, as I know I am, any other smart person wouldn't stay with someone if they didn't think they can handle the fact that their significant other had a child with another person right? Yes, the child was not in our life at the time. But life is life, it has a funny thing of bringing up your past. Chances were we were going to continue our life with just us or like it is now, Landon will be apart of it. I've not ran out the door because of it. Also, no one knows my past like my family (and Joseph). I have the HUGEST heart for those that have been similarly treated as I was as a child. Beaten, talked bad to, in foster care. NO CHILD should have to deal with that. No child. And it just blows my mind that she allowed it to happen by staying time and time again. Not getting her and those kids out of that predicament? Back to subject at hand. I also strongly think our strength is; Landon wants his dad in his life. If he didn't, he wouldn't be so open to Joseph as his father from the start. Landon wouldn't go asking the visit worker while on a visit with the mom "When am I going to see my dad?" If Landon believed he was going to be at any harm with being with Joseph, with the things he's been through, there would be no Joseph going on visits. There wouldn't be talk about Joseph getting him, because he would tell the visit worker how he feels about Joseph. Case workers talk, man, they want to make sure their doing right for the child so again... if he had that bad feeling, he would speak it because he's been through so much (I know I did, when my mom first brought my step-dad around.) If Landon gets placed back with his mother, I have no doubt in my mind we'll be back to how it was 7 months ago. The mom won't allow Joseph in his kids life, because hell she's already spreading word like wildfire that she "doesn't understand why Joseph's in this process" and that she "doesn't want Joseph apart of Landon's life". YOU GUUYS (the state) had to pressure her into even giving information about him, remember? I mean, doesn't that clearly state as Joseph's been saying since day one THEY KEPT HIM OUT OF HIS LIFE. Taking either of them out of each others life at this time will not only hurt one of them, it will certainly hurt them both. And she will do that..

[-hythe]

Been on hold with DFACS waiting to talk to an agent for over 45 minutes now. At this rate, my phone will either die or l will hulk smash it into a million pieces before l speak to anyone. Ridiculous.

[teethpastesss]

how can DFACS workers make such little money? their salaries range from as low as 17,000 to 22,000. even police officers make upwards of 29,000 .. these social workers (often over burdened with 30+ cases at a time) are sometimes the only people protecting a child from abusive and even murderous “care” givers. it makes me feel bad that i want to work in family and child services but living on 22,000 .. That’s not even the total when federal/state taxes are deducted .. Ugh

[aliceninephan]

How do you report a government building?

Me and my granny are on welfare since my mother died. Recently we had to update our food stamps for the once a year thing, so we  thought like last year (mom had welfare) it would be a walk in interview with a case worker and fill out a form. Well turns out I was wrong. I was first to get the letter saying I had to fill out a form which i had to go to the dfac office to get and do a phone interview. I went in to get the form but they told me to "Do it online yourself" no "here's the form" or "If you need any help let us know." So I had to go online, online form was confusing to me since it was asking a bunch of questions I didn't know and even a router number which I would never ever tell online. So the next day, I asked to speak to a person about helping me fill it out since this was my first time doing it, again "do it yourself" and pointed to the computers they have. I guess I did it right. About 10 days later, I get a letter saying they were going to cut my foodstamps off because I didn't get the phone interview. The dfacs office was suppose to call me but they never did so now I was being penalized but something they didn't do. So I went back to them and was given a 1888 number and again was told to "do it yourself" The 1888 number put me on hold for 1 hour and 3 minutes before I got to talk to someone. Already ridden with anxiety attacks a man comes on asking me "how much money of the rent do you pay?" I told them "The rent is $520.06 and I paid half." The man responds, "Our records say the rent is $520.03. How much is your Social Security check/"  I told them, "Well its $874 dollars but the bank only gets $774 due to them taking out for medicaid or medicare."

"well which is it? Do they take out for medicare or medicaid?"

"I'm not sure, all I know is $100 is gone by the time it gets to the bank."

"Miss you need to be honest with us about your income, our records show different."

I got granny to talk to him, I was tired and too nervous to remember that shit. I wasn't on trial ffs !

So I got it fixed, then granny's time came up. My granny can't hear too good on the phone. Her interview went with her asking "pardon" and "honey you're gonna have to speak up" In the end of the interview the lady told her she'd be getting $78 less. Our combined food stamp total is $200 a month and now they're taking away $78 dollars! We went back up there, explained 5 times that granny couldn't hear too good, and they could see she couldn't hear too good (shes not deaf but mumbling and low voices is hard for her) to "Call that 1888# " I asked them, "Ma'am my granny can't hear too good on the phone and shes afraid she'll answer the wrong thing on the phone." again "Well call that 188#" At one point the woman got up and went to the other woman at the desk and asked the woman I'm guessing what to do and I heard them both laughing. I don't know about what but I knew this isn't right, so I leaned over to granny and said "I bet you they're not gonna help us." She came back with the "Call 188#"

So we're getting no where with our local dfac office, and now me and granny have $1220 to live off a month for $520.03 rent and a $300+ light bill plus a $40 water bill plus $121.00 car insurance (which they don't count) That leave us $223.06 for diapers, gas,copay, medicines, maxi pads, and stuff like toilet paper. 

How do you report dfacs office? What do you do? All they do is more or less push us out the door and tell my disabled granny to "do it yourself." 

[n2fotoz]

PETA, DFCS, ASPCA, where are you?! If these were little black children riding Rottweilers & German Shepherds, it would be on the next edition of 60 Minutes! -- It [is] pretty hilarious though..