Sunday, September 23, 2012

New schedule

So I just finished my first week on the new schedule. It wasn't terrible. We will adjust. We had a meeting with suburban access, who hold the keys to services in Illinois. They updated Jacobs status as "emergency need" and then said they could offer another option that I don't have to wait on the state for. The option is residential, essentially group home placement. She said whenever there is an opening, we could visit and he could move in after the screening process for both ends is complete. She said i could speed up the process by expanding the "territory". He may get in quicker if i allow for further away, she suggested Kankakee, or Springfield. Really? Send him hours away to a new situation with a bunch of strangers? She said she knew of a male opening at a privately owned group home nearby. Since the residential services she was speaking of are not state funded, I assumed they are privately funded, so I asked her to clarify. She confirmed that indeed, I would be the one to pay for residential services. I asked her how much it costs. She nonchalantly responded $60,000-$80,000 a year.

Is she crazy? Does she have any idea what she's saying? Does she know the impact? Id like to think not!! Does she know that offer is not even remotely helpful? I'd like him to go to a group home when it's appropriate, but not like this! I'm not trying to get rid of him! I just need care for when we work. I could not believe how completely ignorant and unrelated her answers were to my problem. Ideas? Insights? Calming words, lol? Am I the one who's nuts?

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