My child was recently at the Betty Jo McNeece Receiving Home. My child told me things I cannot believe and I hope are not true.
My child told me she was offered marijuana by another minor. She told me she was scared and told staff. To my surprise, their response was they could do nothing about it. Could this be true?
Isn’t the receiving home a place for abused or neglected children? Are they being removed from their homes and placed in a dangerous environment?
Who can I talk to if this marijuana story is true? This is alarming. — Parent, Imperial County
Officials at the Betty Jo McNeece Receiving Home do know of the situation your daughter was involved in, and yes while they said there was nothing they could do at the time, something was done. The part about the staff saying they could not do anything about it likely came from the fact that staff there cannot search minors for drugs.
Leticia Plancarte Garcia, the administrator of the home and an employee of Imperial County Behavorial Health, said state licensing regulations and children’s rights under those regulations say no searches can be made of the residents of the home.
In your daughter’s case, after she made staff aware of what was going on, the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office was called in to investigate and the minor teenager turned over the marijuana, Garcia said.
The staff does take inventory of anything the children bring with them or bring back with them after a weekend visitation with friends or family.
Unfortunately, if something isn’t outwardly found and there is no suspicion, it will slip right through.
Garcia said when there is suspicion, again, the Sheriff’s Office is called. She said they are not allowed to search the kids either, but the kids often give up any contraband when confronted with a law enforcement officer.
Garcia was quick to say the environment at the Betty Jo McNeece Receiving Home is as safe as they can make it. There are facility managers, staff and therapists on site 24 hours a day. Also, staff search rooms and living areas daily.
She said the home also maintains proper state ratios for the number or residents vs. the number of staff. For children age 6 and over there are one staff member per six youths. For those 6 and under, it’s one to three youths. If none of this makes the letter writer feel any better, call Garcia at 339-6861 or facility manager Gaby Jimenez at 339-6264.
" staff to much information. If you guys are so unhappy quit or write a grievance "
K.Gomez wrote on Oct 14, 2008 3:43 PM:
" Wow almost everyone got off the subject. I guess the point the parent is trying to make is that they take kids away for whatever reason and they take them to a worst place! In that case they might as well just stay at home. And my understanding is that the staff only inventories the kids belongings when they first arrive (correct me if Im wrong) not when they come back from visitation or anything like that. I guess until one of the staff members or kids gets hurt, that's when they will pay more attention. This is ridiculous kids know that they cant be search so they will continue to do whatever they want. "
a.g.2008 wrote on Oct 13, 2008 8:52 PM:
" I will never in my life understand why young people write in K's for C's such as " ...KORAJE, KISISTE SAKAR..." below or when they use ThIs FoRm oF WrItInG that takes minutes instead of seconds to write. Why? I really need to know. Unfortunately, I still see that writing in 20-something year old acquaintances. "
yesishameee wrote on Oct 13, 2008 2:49 PM:
" People need to stop worrying about what's happening with the freaking staff and start worrying about how to improve the lives of the children who enter BJMRH. There are a lot of good people who work there and people make it seem like everyone there could care less about the children. Ask the kids about the staff, they'll tell you who the witches are and they'll also tell you who treats them with love and respect. "
miss y wrote on Oct 13, 2008 7:09 AM:
" I'd never thought the employees would go at it like this. And the question posted is not even about them. What a bunch of uneducated people, I agree with the comment below. "
buhs89 wrote on Oct 12, 2008 10:31 PM:
" OK, are you kidding me right now? This is really bad! Their should be an investigation based on just these blogs alone! These are children people, yet the employees are acting the most immature. This place needs ALOT of work. The children in this place are scarred of staff and even of other children. I am so sad to see that people are ignoring the fact that regardless of who's broke or who is sleeping with who...it isn't about that. Leave your drama at home and DON'T bring it to the workplace. How the heck do all of these people know SO MUCH about these personal lives yet they don't know half as much about the children they are suppose to be protecting? It isn't about you anymore. And as for Behavioral Health...they are a joke. They need behavioral health! These are the nosiest people I have ever heard about. Do your jobs! My tax dollars pay you and I don't like reading blogs like this. Use this energy to turn these kids in the right direction. Stop gossiping!! Please! "
silvahana2301 wrote on Oct 12, 2008 9:46 PM:
" MONA, COMO TE ARDE HASTA LA TUMBA TE VAS A LLEVAR TU KORAJE, KISISTE SAKAR MUCHOS DEL BJMRH PERO NO SE TE HIZO. "
alyrac wrote on Oct 12, 2008 7:08 PM:
" I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY COMMENTS POSTED UNDER ALYRA CIBRIAN, yes i am a teacher but i guess one of our students thought it would be funny and amusing to use my name and post comments under it. Again i apologize for the works of a 15 year old. "
MENDEZ wrote on Oct 12, 2008 6:45 PM:
" It is really dissapointing that the people who no longer work in the facility takes advantage of the news regarding the BJMRH to try to damage the staff and the facility itself.The new administration has brough great improvements for the children and all the employees. We are blessed along with the children in many ways. All the staff along with administration gives the best of themselves daily for the children we serve. It takes more then a few bitter people to undo the efforts and achievements that day by day are accomplished in the receiving home. "
annaketo wrote on Oct 12, 2008 6:00 PM:
" Mona, como te arde!!!! You know BJM is a much better place since you left and your anger and evil spirit will not harm those who continue to working hard and really care about the children. Getting involved in people's personal lives has been your tactic. Just let go and grow up! "
elsteven3 wrote on Oct 12, 2008 4:12 PM:
" Instead of commenting on the issue, most of you who are name calling and blaming others should get fired. If you're one of them, you should get a job at wallmart in brawley, I heard they are hiring. "
t.tiny wrote on Oct 12, 2008 2:21 PM:
" michelle99/roxy roxy: You forgot to mention besides chismosa,hypocrite, owes money to half the people you trashed in your comments, thief, cheater, etc, etc. You being the oldest should set an example to your sisters, but it's the other way around, learn from them. "
neverknow wrote on Oct 12, 2008 2:17 PM:
" well about 8 years ago when i went there when i was a minor things must haven been different. i was searched when i was placed in the receiving home and again searched when discharged. this is amazing that they can not be searched, not even for the safety for the staff. i hope none of the kids bring weapons in. Maybe look into another receiving home here in California, Casa Pacifica, they make you walk through two metal detectors and two search rooms before you're allowed to enter the residents living area. I have never heard of a receiving home not searching the minors. Sounds like someone hasn't really looked into the laws pertaining to that. "
socialite wrote on Oct 12, 2008 12:40 PM:
" Saucedo, stop making up so many names, don't be scared to post your comments. Better yet, get yourself enrolled in community college and take some english classes, you need them badly! Oh and stop cheating on your husband with that ugly guy you sneak out during working hours. "
TTaylor wrote on Oct 12, 2008 11:50 AM:
" I just made this account to say something about this story. I was in at the receiving home many years ago when probation was in charge. Things ran smoother with them around. Although the same supervisors were there, mendez, rivera but at least probabtion took care of us. Mendez was a mean mean person never touched her heart to be kind to the kids. I complaint about her and so did everone else, she came close to getting her butt fired but then behavioral health took over and that save her. She calls herself an educator? joke. she is nothing but a buttkisser and knoews how to play the part as a caring person. those were the worst days of my life and when i remember her, i get nauseauos. that place is meant for a child to feel safe, not for other people to give emotional/mental abuse like mendez does.ms. campos was cool and she knew mendez was evil.if someone ever sues bjm, i will testisfy to her maliciuosness to the kids Yeah, drugs come and go at betty jos. "
simplelogic wrote on Oct 12, 2008 10:59 AM:
" Uhhhhhh..this mother is worried about her daughter being offered WEED at a "home" that exists to give children a better life than that of their own home......interesting. "
michelle99 wrote on Oct 12, 2008 6:29 AM:
" ok lets mentioned names munoz the one I have eduaction but needs to buy class, mendez the back stabber, saucedo the chismosa, lugo the I like girls, garibay the little ms. hoe, piedra my husband left me for a skinny girl, garcia cristina my family is perfect weed ask your son, rosas the I don't know ingles, rivera ten ten dosen't know english, corral little mrs.piggy im in a diet, cortez i have rotten teeth, you want me to continue "
roxyroxy wrote on Oct 12, 2008 4:55 AM:
" Tiny so you are not so intelligent after all posting other peoples name I don't know who saucedo is but the only thing I know is that you are wayyyyyyyyy far from knowing who I am but you will know soon and not by posting my name but going to give a visit. "
corny wrote on Oct 12, 2008 2:57 AM:
" I wonder what are other serious issues are going on at the receiving home that are not being reported. Its difficult for staff to speak due to being afraid of getting fired. Staff is afraid of Gaby and Leticia. They treat staff very unprofessional. They only promote people who they like. Please Imperial Valley help us!!! "
miss y wrote on Oct 12, 2008 1:58 AM:
" So Sad! These comments are as bad as the lady who was upset with the pastor's trial. a few of them need therapy and writing lessons. Still, I wonder what other things go on in the receiving home and why little kids are allowed to mingle with the older ones. I guess there should be better monitoring of what goes on in there.
oh...Incompetent is the word. "
T.TINY wrote on Oct 12, 2008 12:49 AM:
" PS learn how to spell s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y "
T.TINY wrote on Oct 12, 2008 12:46 AM:
" Thank-you for posting your childness and stupidy to the readers. Maybe, they will know what kind of people work at the Receiving Home. Saucedo, I mean RoxyRoxy, be more creative in your response, you sound like a minor. To all the readers, ROXYROXY is an example of an incopetent employee at the Receiving Home!!!! "
roxyroxy wrote on Oct 12, 2008 12:00 AM:
" T.TINY yeah well I don't work there but at least I know that gaby is not like that and talking about stupid thats probably how low your selfsteem is as you nick name tiny""" hahahah now who is stupid tiny little brain "
T.TINY wrote on Oct 11, 2008 11:48 PM:
" PS. you do look like chucky. "
T.TINY wrote on Oct 11, 2008 11:45 PM:
" Gosh RoxyRoxy you sound very inteligent with your response no wonder you defend Gaby she is probably as stupid as you.I wonder if you work under her and you are probably one of the staff that have no degree. RoxyROxy,Remember the focus is the issues at the Receiving Home not Comadre chismes. You should sound more concern for the children you work with. But i guess you rather date the guys there and steal the supplies. "
Triplemeh wrote on Oct 11, 2008 8:42 PM:
" delicious run-on sentence "
roxyroxy wrote on Oct 11, 2008 8:33 PM:
" yeah mona by the way you do have a ugly nose that looks like a straberry "
roxyroxy wrote on Oct 11, 2008 8:29 PM:
" yeah mona what do you mean that the collections are looking for me you know that you are the one loosing your home and perhaps is your husband living with you or he is still with the other woman that you can even refinace your home because of your credit so you think that gaby jimenez can't run the receiving home what makes you think you did when you got fired for the receiving home if you know what I mean thats called enchilada""""""""""" "
Triplemeh wrote on Oct 11, 2008 8:11 PM:
" oh noes! she was OFFERED marijuana?! What has this world come to!
Weed is hardly anything to be worried about, come on. Now if she were offered meth, cocaine, crack, or heroin; THAT would be something to be concerned about. "
mona wrote on Oct 11, 2008 3:28 PM:
" Roxy,roxy, no one is attacking you take a chill pill you sound angry. Everyone has the right to vent, this is therapy better than anonymous letters isn't it or paying some flaky therapist at BHS. Anyone who has some education can read a job description at the county HR and they can see what the requirements are for an administrator or manager for BHS. Relax, let Gabby show us her BA,and her Master's Degree,ask her to post it on the wall like other professionals do. Don't get upset relax, go watch some television, forget about the bills, and the bill collector trying to find you and go have a massage at the mall-they are great and they don't cost much. No one has a beef with you. We the people of the valley are just venting. Good therapy like I said. We needed this we want to hear from anyone who has a beef with BHS, the administration and their chessey services-oh don't get me going what about pact-there's two Rehab tech who don't even speak enough English to have a decent conversation. Everyone knows who they are I'M NOT KIDDING. "
slipvette wrote on Oct 11, 2008 12:01 PM:
" You sound like a bible-pusher, it's 2008 wake up, there is alot of good marijuana can do to help everyone. Nothing is going to happen to the little kid, it's a misdemenor at most. He should get counsouled or something, but that's it. Why was your child there in the first place? "
la_dimplz wrote on Oct 11, 2008 11:00 AM:
" I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THINGS HAPPENING THERE ARE GETTING KNOWN BY US THE READERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY. MIKE HORN IS JUST OPENINGS PROGRAMS THAT ARE JUST NOT NEEDED AND IS JUST A WATE OF MONEY AND TEY ARE JUST DOING THEIR WALLET BIGGER AT THEIR EMPLOYEES WORK. SOME WORKER WHO HAS THEIR LICENCE ARE NOT BEING PAID WHAT THEIY DESERVE AND ARE USED TO DO CHORES NOT CORRESPONDING TOTHEIR POSITION AND ARE ALSO BEING UNDERPAID AND IN THE CONTRST STAFF THAT HAS NO THE EDUCATION TO PERFORM THE POSITION THEY HAD NOW ARE BEING OFERED HIGHER POSITIONS AND ARE UST NOT CAPABLE TO PERFORM SUCH JOBS. TO MENTION SOME THERE'S A PERSON WITH A SUPERVISOR POSITION WHO HAS NO BA HER NAME?? RAQUEL VILLA WANT MORE? THE PERSON IN CHARGE THE BETTY JOE MCNEECE HAS NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL MRS. JIMENEZ AND SINCE HER HUSBAND IS A P.O MR.FERNANDO JIMENEZ, WHEN THEY CALLED A P.O OBVIOUSLY GUESS WHO GOES THERE? OK, I HOPE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR PUTS AN END TO ALL THIS CORRUPTIVE AND UN ETHIC AND UNPROFFESIONAL STAFF AND HOPEFULLY THEY GET RID OFF ALL THAT TRASH. DO YOUR JOB.FIRETHEM "
la_dimplz wrote on Oct 11, 2008 10:45 AM:
" woo! iIT WAW ABOUT TIME THAT THINGS APPENING AT THE BEHAVIRAL HEALTH DEPT WERE KNOWN TO RSIENTS. THERE IS A VERY VERY CORRUPTIVE PEOPLE WORKING AND DIRECTING SUC DEPARTMENT. IN THE FIRRST PLACE PEOPLE AT MANAGEMENT SHOULDNT BE WORKNG THERE AT LEAST NOT IN THEIR POSITION AND EARNING A SALARY THAT IS JUST NOT FOR THEM THEY JUST DON'T DESERVE THEIR SALARY. STARTING WITH THE CORRUPTIVE MIKE HORN, LETICIA AND GABRIELA. THEY ARE JUST VERY UNPROFESSIONAL STAFF. PEOPLE I KNOW WHO WERE REEAL GOOD EMPLOYEES WERE STRESSED OUT, HAVE RESIGNED OR JUST LEFT WORK DUE TO THE HIGH LEVEL OF CORRUPTION GOING AROUND THERE. I BOUGHT ONE OF THE CD'S AND I OVERHEARD THAT SOME EMPLOYEES WERE MISTREATED AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE SO FAMOUS "COMPADRISMO" EXISTS THERE AT THE BEHAVIRAL HEALT AND THE CALEXICO CLINIC. I USED TO TAKE MY TWO SONS TO THE CLINIC IN CALEXICO AND I NOTICED EVERYTHING CHANGED STARTING WITH THE FACILITY AND PERSONNEL. I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE PERSON IN CHARGED I BELIEVE HER BAME WAS MARIA CAMPOS. SHE WAS NICE BUT HONESTLY DIDN'T SOLVE MY PROBLEM. JUST DIDNT KNOW THE PROCEDURES. I REALLY HOPE SOMETHIN GETS DONE HERE "
buhs89 wrote on Oct 11, 2008 8:45 AM:
" OH, and lets talk about the "programs" that Behavioral Health and the other County systems offer these parents shall we? They waste our tax dollars on trying to rehabilitate the parents, but it makes NO sense! The parents are happy their kids are not with them so they can party without the responsibility but they show up to these "classes and programs" and do JUST ENOUGH to get their kids back. They get them back and then 2 months later, they are back in the system. The county needs to take a stand and STOP GIVING SECOND AND THIRD AND FOURTH CHANCES! Did you know that we have programs that house these drug addicts and feed them too? Let's start advertising for foster homes and adopting some of these kids so that they can free up space in the system. These kids need loving homes where the kids have a chance. Otherwise, these same kids will be in our prison systems in no time. Either way we will continue to support them unless we fix the problem soon. IT starts with programs like Behavioral Health...it is a joke. "
buhs89 wrote on Oct 11, 2008 8:39 AM:
" AND, let me also say that the person who wrote this letter to probe should be criticized for even allowing her children to be put in this "prison with a playground". How could any real mother NOT protect her children? Most of the kids in that place are their because their parents are on drugs. Drugs! It is everywhere and that is why the foster homes and recieving homes are busting at the seams. They are full...all of them, but the kids still keep coming. Maybe we should examine how we can fix the problem at the root instead of putting a bandaid on everything. I would like to see how much in payroll dollars the Behavioral Health department spends in paying out disabilities and sick leaves. You would be shocked. The reality is that in a time where our unemployment rate is 25%, we should be asking questions and wondering where our tax money is going. I know people right now who are more qualified to work at these places for the actual job....not the benefits! AND, stop sending them to "SO-CALLED TRAININGS". Just an-excuse to party! "
normabarkle wrote on Oct 11, 2008 8:26 AM:
" I will like to see the end of this story, I mean about the personel working at Betty Jo.... these peolpe are always protected and nothing is going to happened to them, that's the sad part of how things work in the COUNTY!!!
I heard lots o really bad things going on with those kids, they deserve to have qualify people working there to meet their needs!!! "
buhs89 wrote on Oct 11, 2008 8:14 AM:
" The BHS system in general is not run correctly. The receiving home is not run correctly. AND the people running and working at both are not trained correctly. It is a scary thing. I knew children who were placed their and they were good kids but their mother was a druggie and their father was in jail. The kids were left their for a week before being placed in a foster home with 5 other foster kids. These kids are the true victims. We can play the blame game all day but these kids loose at the end, not the adults who get the paycheck for just "showing up". I don't think kids under the age of 10 should be kept with the older kids at the home either. They try to seperate them but that is a joke. As for Behavioral Health, that whole department is a joke! I know someone their who hasn't been to work in 4 months and is still getting paid for "disability" but their isn't anything wrong with them. That is the most abused sector of entire county umbrella. Wake up Imperial County! "
primogenito wrote on Oct 11, 2008 8:09 AM:
" Grand Jury They need you at the Mc neece home; start doing your job, but for God's sake Do a good job. Do a good job. Okay Manuel "
roxyroxy wrote on Oct 11, 2008 2:01 AM:
" you know what this is on sense you are saying that mrs. jimenez does not have any education from my understanding she has a master degree but you know what mrs. mona I think that mrs. jimenez has to be more strict in what kind of stupid people she lets into the facility for example if people come wanting a tour just give them a damm brochure of the facility and make them search on the internet plus mona what kind of education you have to be talking like you have the experince to run this place you don't know bull and stop talking about gaby jimenez you don't know nothing about all the responsibility about running a place like this "
sophia-81 wrote on Oct 10, 2008 11:55 PM:
" "mona" i think you are right... they should hire an experienced person to take over BJMRH...that place is not a safe place no more!!! what happen to BJMRH... it wasn't like that before... something has to be done immediately!!!! those kids for sure are in danger!!!! "
mona wrote on Oct 10, 2008 11:32 PM:
" Unfortunately whether drugs are introduced into the Receiving Home and it has always happened is not the major problem. The problem is that the majority of the kids who go through the home are repeats and have a hard time being placed because they lack the discipline, love and structure to help them. Their parents fail them and the system fails them. Many of these kids fail time after time, the stats don't lie, most are using drugs, when they leave the system they are homeless, without a job and a high school diploma. Should we take it lightly that there are drugs at the Receiving Home; no. There will always be the kids that want to bring them in but to just give the excuse that kids have rights and nothing can be done is just giving up....Remember the murder in Brawley, this kid was in the Receiving Home; when he was younger, he was surrounded by drugs, was it okay? Do you think that the little boy who died deserved a chance in life? Everybody has rights but when your actions infringe on the rights of others those rights should cease. "
mona wrote on Oct 10, 2008 11:21 PM:
" ems_baby I guess it's not a big deal about drugs let's just hope that none of your relatives are ever there. It's too bad that children's rights are interpreted in a manner that allows them to bring drugs into the institutions. I guess we are a permitting society. The problem at the Receiving Home is not only drugs but the lack of structure and the adults who run the place don't really care because after all these are not their kids. The concern is that there are kids who are kept there that shouldn't be there mixed with innocent kids who are not as street wise. There are situations where staff are on their lap tops and you have boys entering the girls' dorms; and that could mean problems. Most of the staff tries their best but they lack the support of the administration who is too lazy or don't care because after all most of the kids of the poor and dyfunctional familis of the valley land there. The rich dysfunctional families of the valley have their attorneys and they quickly place the kids with relatives. Unfortunately some the majority "
LORELAI wrote on Oct 10, 2008 9:30 PM:
" drugs is just one of the issues at the receiving home, assaults to staff and children housed there is a big one, perpetrators are brought back to continue assaulting,sheriff department has lots of reports about this, check it out! "
emsbaby_girl wrote on Oct 10, 2008 9:17 PM:
" i don't get it why it's being a big deal since drugs have always been at the receiving home. when i was a minor i was in that receiving home and drugs was going on. we were always told our rights and one of those was that staff could not check our personal things. minors there know the system and their rights, and i include myself. i am already 18 an glad that i did not have brothers or sisters in there cuz i would be worried. and if it happen that the sheriffs were called, they wouldn't take us to the hall and if they did, they would bring us right back the next day, so it's all a joke and i can also say that since friends are alowed in there, they are the one who bring in the goodies and nobody can do anything about it. "
mona wrote on Oct 10, 2008 7:31 PM:
" cont'd high school and worked very little as an extra-help line person. Actually there are staff she oversees that are more qualified and have more education than she does. But like I said it's the "comadre system." That's the way Behavioral Health is runned. Oh, someone commented about supervisors not doing their job well there are a couple that you're lucky if they even show up for work. They call in sick more than they show up for work. Oh, yeah the policies in place that's a big joke because administration doesn't apply those fairly either. There is a particular supervisor at the Receiving Home that comes in up to an hour late and isn't docked-why? because Plancarte and Jimenez are too busy too notice or they just don't care. Anywhere else this person would have been fired. "
mona wrote on Oct 10, 2008 7:25 PM:
" Valleyman is right there is no therapist on board 24/7 at the Receiving Home and there is no Administrator there 24/7 and as for the faciity manager Mrs. Jimenez she is barely there 40 hrs of week if they are lucky. As far as the promoting people with no experience that is a fact with BHS and other county offices. But BHS in particular does hire many unqualified staff who sometimes don't speak enough English to carry a decent conversation. Why isn't Ms. Jimenez the administrator/facility manager? Most shelters have an administrator who is on the premises and available for emergencies even after hours. Ms. Plancart is already running too many programs to oversee the facility. Acutally Ms. Jimenez doesn't have the education or experience to run the home, she barely has a high school diploma and that's why she can't answer as the administrator. Ms. Jimenez is just a puppet at the Receiving Home with a over-inflated salary. If you go to any shelter in the state, the administrators have experience as CPS workers, supervisors and have Master's. Ms. Jimenez only experience is that she worked for a program when she got out "
socialite wrote on Oct 10, 2008 5:41 PM:
" So what happened to the drugs after the minor turned it in? The sheriff's office usually can't do anything about it if it's a small amount of marijuana, considered for personal use. Anyways, who would be liable if any drug were to reach an innocent child while at the receiving home? "
alyrac wrote on Oct 10, 2008 4:08 PM:
" you have to be kidding me, if you cared SO much about your child he/she would have not been there in the first place. i agree with morzacfam. "Are they being removed from their homes and placed in a dangerous environment?" Plain and simple you don't like it don't get your kids removed from your home "
hebrido wrote on Oct 10, 2008 4:07 PM:
" No he doesn't..........lol "
sterig wrote on Oct 10, 2008 3:53 PM:
" royalcan, do you really believe what you said in your first sentence? "
sterig wrote on Oct 10, 2008 3:50 PM:
" Valleyman, perhaps the county is paying a therapist 24/7 that does not mean he or she is there! It would not be the first time the county is paying for something and not even know if they are getting what they pay for. "
valleyman wrote on Oct 10, 2008 3:24 PM:
" I know for a fact that there is no therapist at the receiving home 24/7. So rehab techs are now called therapist? If it's the same one Leticia Plancarte mentions, her name is Alma and she is never there. I know this because I work with some of the kids who are housed at that facility. It would be interesting to talk to the staff to know what else happens there. PEACE "
primogenito wrote on Oct 10, 2008 3:05 PM:
" Shame on you, licensed clinician. why don't you open your private practice? some people enjoy being mistreated. areyou one of them? The Board of Supervisors will not listen to you, be real and stop complaining. You should be terminated from your job. at least show some pride and quit. "
morzacfam wrote on Oct 10, 2008 2:55 PM:
" and your child was at a receiving home? Why??? If the home you said was for neglected and abused children maybe your CHILD was better off there. Im just saying..... "
lazaro sardin wrote on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 PM:
" You see Board of Supervisors for allowing the Director of Behavioral Health to promote people without proper qualifications, while he has licensed clinicians working as drivers? Be ready, because this county is waking up. "
primogenito wrote on Oct 10, 2008 1:17 PM:
" Again, the problem at the "Los Ninos Home" is serious; but who cares; they are not our children; if the staff does not care why should we care. that is the sort of thinking of the Imperial Valley people. uuuch that really hurt. or it didn't? I guess not "
royalcan wrote on Oct 10, 2008 12:45 PM:
" gpitm: No one in my family has ever smoked pot. My close friends have never smoke pot. No, not everyone has smoked pot. Many of us had more common sense than to even start.
BTW, druggies don't first jump into snorting hard-core drugs. Most start out smoking or drinking booze.
When I was a junior high school teacher, some students would not tell adults of a bad situation because they didn't want to be labeled a "snitch." To learn that they had parents who taught them that ridiculous point of view is galling. "
primogenito wrote on Oct 10, 2008 11:49 AM:
" Worst things than that have happened; this probably needs a Grand Jury investigation. but, a good one, not like the ones they normally do. "
Prov3 wrote on Oct 10, 2008 11:00 AM:
" Gpitm, with statements like that, I truly hope you don't have children. If you do, though, have they by chance ever stayed at the receiving home? So, by your standards, as long as kids only smoke marijuana and don't do coke or PCP, then it's fine with you. Well, I guess that explains your reasoning. Too few brain cells from too many joints. "
gpitm wrote on Oct 10, 2008 10:44 AM:
" There are acceptable reasons for being a tattle-tale and having been offered a pot smoke is NOT one of them:
If the bad kid in question were stealing or vandalizing property, or selling crack from the McNeece home, or plotting to bomb a building, then it would have been okay to snitch to ensure that the bad kid stop those activities.
Marijuana? Everybody smokes that stuff. Be glad that your daughter wasn't offered coke or PCP. Just wait until she starts partyin' in high school. Please continue to keep your head in the sand, and everything will be fine. Just fine! "
411information wrote on Oct 10, 2008 9:45 AM:
" Most of the kids in the BJRH have been there before. These kids and their families have the system down to the T. They know how to work the system and they know their rights. The BJRH is not a prison, but I do believe they should run the BJRH like one. If these kids are trouble kids they need to have the structure they need in their lives. Most of the kids at BJRH treat it as a camp. They make new friends and learn new tricks. The system should really look into taking away more rights from the trouble children, they need a structure environment. "
drussel wrote on Oct 10, 2008 9:43 AM:
" Prov3- gpitm is just joshin' us, right gpitm? Right...?
No one in their right mind and in this day and age could have such an archaic view of responsibility and child rearing, right gpitm? Right...? Ummm...gpitm? Are you there, gpitm??? "
Prov3 wrote on Oct 10, 2008 9:12 AM:
" Gpitm, someone should smack you up alongside your head for making such a stupid comment. "
rebel wrote on Oct 10, 2008 9:09 AM:
" What is alarming is that this concerned parent is alarmed at what happens in a home that receives troubled and abused children. Obviously concerned is not taking care of her child as well as she should otherwise this wouldn't even be an issue. I think concerned parent's child being offered some marijuana is the least of her worries when she said it herself the receiving home is supposed to be for abused and neglected children. I guess your a good parent as long as you don't offer them marijuana, abusing them and neglecting them is much better. "
gpitm wrote on Oct 10, 2008 8:40 AM:
" First of all, you should smack your daughter for being a snitch.
I would smack my kid if he tried to tattle on somebody for such a silly thing. If those kids are in the McNeece home then they have problems. If you aren't going to pay for years of their psychotherapy then just let 'em self-medicate.
Second, you should lock your daughter in the basement until she's 18. That way, those evil Marijuana smokers and Harry Potter-reading devil worshippers will never get to your pristine little angel. "
Madeline wrote on Oct 10, 2008 8:29 AM:
" doejoemoe - When you sign on to ivpressonline you will see an item called "About Us" located at the very bottom right of the first page. Click on it and you will see a long list of contacts (also on the extreme right side of the page.) The e-mail address for reaching probe is the last one on the list. "
miss y wrote on Oct 10, 2008 6:06 AM:
" What was your daughter doing there in the 1st place? Isnt the betty jo for abused and mistreated kids? or for runaways and kids who's parents are drug users or unstable? Most teens, not all, at that facility are troubled kids, the staff should monitor more closely or seperate the troubled ones from the good kids. But please lady, dont act like your kid is all innocent until you say why he/she was there in the 1st place. Ok gotta go work! "
doejoemoe wrote on Oct 10, 2008 12:29 AM:
" Im willing to bet Betty Jo McNeece would not hesitate to check the child for drugs! Who cares what the state says. When a wife goes to prison with her baby to visit her husband with drugs in her babies diapers it is checked! Maybe they can borrow a couple of drug sniffing dogs! They have a right to check students at a High School, why not a recieving home, which is a place that is supposed to be a safe haven for children~ I dont understand?? "
doejoemoe wrote on Oct 10, 2008 12:22 AM:
" Where do we ask a probe question on the internet?? Does the editors make up the probe questions? How do they come up with them??
Ive been trying to find out where to ask my question, maybe im internet stupid.
I just wanted to ask if the triangles in brawley on el cerito, and the rest of the triangles are city property. Which I know the answer is yes it is city property. But my real question is why the Yes on the 1/2 sales tax signs are sitting there on city property. I just read a drudge report deal where a County sherrif is under investigation for saying he was for a certain presidential canidante while on county time. Why is Proposition signs allowed on city property? And can anyone put up signs>???? "
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