This letter is in response to your complaint in reference to your son, Joseph Deffenbaugh Moschetti sustaining injuries while in foster care. You initially spoke to the Foster Care Ombudsman, Darin Mancuso from the Governor’s Advocacy Office (GAO) on June 15, 2015 after Mr. Mancuso saw your posts on Facebook regarding the injuries your son sustained while in foster care. Please accept this letter in response to your expressed concerns and as an explanation of our findings based on our investigation and review of the complaint.
To clarify the role of the GAO, this office is under both the Governor 's Office and the Department of Human Services (DHS) Director 's Office and we independently review or investigate any matters of complaint or concern that a constituent reports having with a DHS program or service. Because we are under the DHS umbrella, we have the authorization to access client information systems and confidential case files. As your concern was specific to your son in foster care, the Foster Care Ombudsman completed this investigation.
Per our discussion the complaints in regards to you son, Joseph Deffenbaugh Moschetti is as follows:
1) Pictures of a Joseph with bruising and small scratches on his ear, leg and forehand.
2) Joseph was attacked by a cat in his foster home and received multiple injuries.
3) Joseph had a black eye and cut approximately three months previous to the current injuries.
4) Concern that Joseph had redness on his penis while in
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Understand own responsibilities, and responsibilities of others, relting to health and safety in the work setting.
The following policies and desktop procedures either need to be updated or do not reflect current business practices:
Violations of the agreement will lead to an internal staffing to consider the needs of the foster children remaining in your foster home.”
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I talked about the children’s growth and happiness. The client stated that he was thankful that his children were safe, yet he did not agree with dynamics of the home for two children that came from a “straight couple” and had a mother and father. I encouraged the client to write a letter to the FCM to express his concerns directly to the FCM as DCS and the state finds the particular foster home to be an appropriate environment for the children as it is a state licensed foster home. I also discussed that the children have been in the home for the past 11 months and that they have become comfortable and adjusted into the home without major concerns. By asking the client several open-ended questions the client determined that it would likely be best for the children to remain in the home, he stated the importance of making changes in his life when he is released on October 4, 2016, and that he didn’t feel that he had family that was suitable to care for his children. The client reported that he had felt better after discussing the situation and his
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