Hey Ron Kresha and Paul Gazelka....remember I mentioned the disparity in foster care/adoption stipend. You did NOTHING TO change this.

Your two representatives in Morrison County who have for years, done NOTHING to ensure children in the foster care system have a "forever home."   I have questioned them about the disparity in the financial stipend that foster care homes get as opposed to the financial subsidy adoptive parents get when adopting "difficult to place" kids or sibling groups.  They both acknowledged they hadn't investigated this problem  or been involved in rectifying the system.   Adoptive parents should actually receive MORE subsidization than a foster care provider receives, as it costs a lot more to educate and provide what a young person needs to get on their feet to independence, than foster care parents are expected to provide.  These children are a collective societal responsibility.  Of course, these two republicans probably don't see it quite that way.  If anyone doubts what I am saying feel free to read the "Minnesota Permanency Demonstration Project."

Then read this recent Star Tribune article that shows how badly our Minnesota foster system falls short.  This is an outrage. 

READ THE ARTICLE BELOW....
http://www.startribune.com/local/297895681.html