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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2002 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND | |
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FAMILIES TO PRESENT A PLAN TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHICH | |
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WILL ELIMINATE NIGHT TO NIGHT PLACEMENT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Abdullah-Odiase, Giannini, Costantino, Naughton, and Shavers | |
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Date Introduced: June 04, 2002 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds that the practice of night to night placement of |
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youth is contrary to the principles that underlie the child welfare system; and |
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WHEREAS, Night to night placement is disruptive to the stability and mental health of |
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youth; and |
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WHEREAS, The practice of night to night placement is an expensive and wasteful drain |
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on the budgetary resources allocated to the Department of Children, Youth and Families; and |
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WHEREAS, Despite legislative oversight and federal court action, the department has |
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failed to resolve the problem which has recurred many times over the past fifteen years; now, |
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therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations respectfully requests that the Department of Children, Youth and Families |
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present a plan to the General Assembly on or before May 1, 2002 which will eliminate night to |
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night placement in Fiscal Year 2002, and thereafter: increase the number of placements in the |
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State of Rhode Island available to youth; triple the number of foster homes available to accept |
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adolescents; create a rapid response crisis intervention team that will act in concert with a |
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diagnostic assessment facility to stabilize volatile family situations and promote reunification |
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through intervention with families, school systems and other community facilities; and add |
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outreach and tracking slots as well as aftercare services to avoid the placement of youth in state |
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care; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Director of the Department of Children, |
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Youth and Families. |
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