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Interview with Rep. Scott Reske, 26 January 2009

Note: Dept of Homeland Security hold regional meetings in a room at the health center of the ISSCH children’s home. FEMA has been out last fall to tour the Home because the home is self-contained with power station, radio station and health center. State Police train on the grounds.

18 months ago ISSCH ALLOWED the State Police and Homeland Security to utilize the older boys divisions. The Home and both agencies were working out a utilization contract which would have allowed the two agencies to RENT some of the facilities. This would have generated a revenue base. What would have needed to happen was Indiana State Dept of Health (ISDH) & Homeland needed to sit down and sign an agreement. Apparently this was forwarded to Indiana State Dept of Health who never actioned it. Go figure, I would ume that either prior to or immediately after the ISDH announced closure they offered up the facility as a whole to Dept of Homeland Security.

So then, if the ISDH (Indiana State Dept of Health) had actioned this 18 months ago, the Home would have had an income stream that would have undermined their argument for closing it on the basis of cost-effectiveness. It seems that they preferred to ensure an insufficient income so that they could offload the entire facility.

This is like shooting the Indiana taxpayer in the foot. It means that taxpayers have been supporting the facility at a higher level than was necessary, since the Home could have been receiving Federal funding through these agencies. How are they going to justify that action to taxpayers on the basis of fiscal responsibility and good stewardship of taxpayer money?

Indiana is #30 in homeless children. So is the ISDH doing a good job monitoring these kids?

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