Abandonments at the National Level in Romania - Part 2

Reintegration Into a Family - For Money!

Although it finds itself in the top two counties with the most abandoned children, Iasi county has found a solution for getting the abandoned children out of the hospitals. "If we can find the birth family, we try to integrate the child, because the county will give $100 to the family for a period of one year. Other relatives willing to take the child are able to benefit from support also," declared the Iasi director of CPS. Last year 202 children were reintegrated in their larger birth families. But can $100 per month stimulate parental love? Many of the children when back to their families, but they weren't wanted by anyone. Many times it seems that these children telepathically sense that they are going back to a family only for the money the family will get for taking them back. What has happened with these reintegrations after the six months in which these children were shoved back into their families? In fact, at the official site of CPS Iasi, it was announced that from March onward there are insufficient funds to prevent institutionalization and there are insufficient funds to reintegrate these children in their families. Also, according to our sources, there are only two CPS workers to supervise 1,043 foster families.