Mar 12, 2003
I think it should be as warm and as inviting and as unintimidating and as empowering to the families that enter it as possible.
Mike DeWine
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Mike DeWine is the 70th Governor of Ohio, having taken office on January 14, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the Attorney General of Ohio from 2011 to 2019 and as a U.S. Senator from 1995 to 2007. Throughout his political career, DeWine has focused on issues such as education, public safety, and healthcare reform. His administration has also been marked by responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to improve the state's economy.
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Mar 12, 2003
But, I mean, I really would want to know how long these kids were in care before they got a permanency plan.
Mar 12, 2003
I mean, if they were not getting a permanency plan, I have a problem, right?
Mar 12, 2003
Maybe I wasn't clear. Could you spread that money out over time, is my question.
Mar 12, 2003
All I was saying, and it is a minor point, all I am saying is, the initiation to release a child to be eligible for adoption is a different thing from the filing of the adoption procedure.
Mar 12, 2003
We have kids to worry about, we have projects to deal with, it has to get done, but you have to go sell them.
Mar 12, 2003
Let me ask what your plans are to ensure these children can be offered up for adoption in a timely manner.
Mar 12, 2003
This is about, we know, resource needs. This is about proper management of those resources and the services provided.
Mar 12, 2003
Yes. Well, it makes it a lot easier for us if we do not have to have all the money in 1 year, I can tell you that.
Mar 12, 2003
It is imperative that CFSA address these problems and protect the lives of this city's children.
Mar 12, 2003
And I am not hearing any answer to why you are doing it that way. And I would really like to move on.
Mar 12, 2003
It needs to come up here with the Administration strongly behind it for it to have any chance of being done.
Mar 12, 2003
I'm for you, it has to get done. If it doesn't get done now, it will have to get done later.
Mar 12, 2003
How about if the child had more--how about more basic things? How about more significant--not procedural things, but how about basic facts about the child?
Mar 12, 2003
How many more months and years can we ask these children and teens to wait until they have a safe and loving home?
Mar 12, 2003
We think it is very, very important. We want to work with you. We want to try to be of assistance to you.
Mar 12, 2003
I had to attend another hearing actually, we call it a Senate markup, we were moving a poison control bill that we passed out of committee just a few minutes ago.
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