For Foster Youth in Crisis, Advocates Seek Another Option Besides 911 [calhealthreport.org]

Alicia Doktor 3/27/193:13 PM

Foster parents often have trouble getting prompt help when a traumatized child in their care acts up or struggles to adapt to a new home.

Frequently, they face two unsatisfactory choices, said Jenn Rexroad, executive director of the California Alliance of Caregivers, which represents foster-care families in the state: Figure out how to handle the problem on their own, or call 911 if they fear they or the child are unsafe.

“There’s no continuity there between no help and kind of going to the extreme,” said Rexroad, who hears regularly from foster parents wrestling with this dilemma. “And every time that law enforcement is called or an ambulance comes and they do a hospital admission, it just further traumatizes the child. It really makes things worse.”

[For more on this story by Claudia Boyd-Barrett, go to http://www.calhealthreport.org...-option-besides-911/]

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