There are a lot of really good foster parents who are involved in foster care to help children who are in situations they should not be in. But there is a draw to foster care for some who are interested in one thing: money. You get paid with state money when you are a foster parent. For tougher cases, you get paid more. Â
Some, though, take this to a new level of despicable:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida woman accused of using aliases to adopt 11 New York children received as much as $2 million in child welfare payments even as she starved, bound and abused them, police said Tuesday.
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Parents who adopt special needs children in New York City can get as much as $55 a day until the child turns 21.
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The case came to light July 4 when an 18-year-old woman was found wandering in a grocery store in St. Petersburg, about 200 miles away from Leekin’s home. The woman told police Leekin had adopted her 13 years ago and abandoned her at the store that day.
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Investigators found eight other children and handicapped adults, ranging in age from 15 to 27, in Leekin’s home. All had scars on their wrists, and some had burns.
None appeared to have more than a fourth-grade education, not even the adults in their 20s. They told authorities they had never seen a doctor or a dentist and all were near starvation, police said.
Put this woman under the jail. We have enough child abuse in this country without having tax payer dollars subsidize it.
