LA Foster Care Workers Take Donations Intended For Children

[BarTopDancer]

With the quantity involved, it sounds like the tickets were meant for a field trip, not incentive to donate or volunteer. And if they were incentive to donate or volunteer then they still shouldn't have gone to employees, relatives or potential anything.

Just another reason why the foster care system is screwed up

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Just another reason why the foster care system is screwed up

I wouldn't say the whole system is screwed up. Especially since this appears to be a case of a few individuals who committed errors; not the system.

When Susan and I had exposure to the OC Foster Care program, they seemed to have their stuff together and were (possibly still are) rated one of the best systems in the country.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

...When Susan and I had exposure to the OC Foster Care program, they seemed to have their stuff together and were (possibly still are) rated one of the best systems in the country.

They are.

I spoke to a friend who is related to someone high up in LA's foster care agency. Apparently, it was a clique of managers and their staff that saw these donations as their prerogative to take for themselves - one of the perks of the job. It wasn't just the tickets; there were also thousands of dollars worth of gift certificates and vouchers intended for the foster families that made their way in to these people's pockets. Sickening.