The answer should be yes. Not "how can I get my loved one help?"

Monthly Archives: June 2014

The Elusive, Manipulative Adopted Child – Tina Traster – The Atlantic

I link to this article because I think that it is worth reading.  It might help my readers understand that we aren’t alone in dealing with the behaviors brought on by Reactive Attachment Disorder.
We need to start a conversation on a National, and International level about this.  In my opinion, there will be more cases in the coming years than we can possibly fathom.  To the point where it will be tracked much in the same way as Autism is now.

The Elusive, Manipulative Adopted Child – Tina Traster – The Atlantic.

Medicaid resolved

Just received notification that our Medicaid case for David has been resolved.

That is a load off my mind.  Long story short, because we worked with our case manager to find placement, and got denials from 5 in-state facilities before we placed David in another state, he is still covered by our state Medicaid.

What a relief.

Now.  If the average parent didn’t know that they could fight decisions, how would they deal with this kind of case?  While my first thought was to fight it, I also had a pretty good idea of where to start the fight.  This isn’t the case for most parents.  I know quire a few that would just accept the decision and move on.  It doesn’t make them bad parents.

How do we inform them?

Medicaid letter

As part of the process of dealing with Medicaid, we received a letter from our county social services office.

It reads in part:

Your Medicaid will end on May 31, 2014 because:
Your case closed as you requested.

It then goes on to list the applicable laws.

Further it states:

The Medicaid for David is closing as he is at the facility in Billings, MT.  A subadopt child is considered to be a resident of the state they are physically living in and will need to apply for Medicaid in the state where they are currently residing.

My thoughts.

David is 12 years old.  He can’t be emancipated to live on his own until he is like 16.   The only reason he is at this facility is because all of the facilities in the state we live in said that they couldn’t take him if the last facility he was in couldn’t/wouldn’t care for him.

David was court ordered by a state court to have Medicaid until he turns 18.  Couldn’t this be considered a violation of that order?  The state his current facility is in considers his placement in the PRTF facility to be optional.

So frustrated.  Because I was out of state last week, the appeal for this goes in tomorrow morning.