ABSTRACT
By 2006, the author relationship with the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS), the city agency responsible for child protective services, had reached an all-time low. DHS had not required the father to undergo a medical examination, as would be required of any foster care provider; in fact, he should have been considered a foster care provider, since he was not the girl's biological father. The suit was brought by the foster mother when a medical examination revealed the girl was HIV positive. Ken Dilanian and John Sullivan, reporters at the Philadelphia Inquirer, called me regarding their investigation of the DHS and child protective services in Philadelphia. The author considers how to develop a social policy to help disadvantaged children, one that could generate enough support to actually be enacted into law. The steady stream of money allocated year after year would better be deployed for the "children's future voucher account" the author have proposed.
