Fact Check: Is Idaho Child Protection Services Privately Funded?

Mark Reinhardt- Boise Idaho Recently, I had received a claim made on a scribd page associated with this Blog, "Erin Johnson Smith added this note|4 days ago Fight CPS.com if you're looking for help against CPS go to this website there is all kinds of useful information and just as a side note. . . .CPS in the state of Idaho is privately funded. That means here in Idaho the agency doesn't have to answer to anyone but us. SO LETS SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE !!!" http://www.scribd.com/erin4johnson4smith http://www.scribd.com/doc/180743528/Child-Protection-Services-Context-and-Background-pptx?secret_password=163xyu468wxsirxggoq8 Fightcps.com does have information that helps parents fight Child Protective Services in cases related to that agency. What about the means, to which, Child Protective Services is funded in Idaho? Well, according to Tom Shanahan of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, this was he said on issues relating to funding of Child Protection Services, "Title IV-E is the principle federal funding source for foster care and adoption assistance. This is the primary funding source to pay foster and adoptive parents a monthly stipend for providing care for foster/adoptive children in their homes. The driving eligibility requirement for IV-E is the child being placed in out-of-home care by the courts or law enforcement. Eligibility also considers income, the case meeting court requirements, and the Department making reasonable efforts to reunify or find another permanent placement for the child. Additionally, the foster placement of the child must meet licensure and safety requirements for Title IV-E payments to be made. Title IV-E funds are not extra money provided to the agency; they are integral to paying for foster care and administrative child welfare functions." What about General Fund dollars in the Idaho State Budget? According to Idaho Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee, this was how much was spent in Idaho General Fund dollars for the past few years, including shares of Federal Dollars under Federal Financial participation. http://legislature.idaho.gov/budget/publications/LBB/current/Health/ChildLBB.pdf According to documents obtained through the Idaho Public Records Act, a Invoice was billed to Child Protective Services on June 10th 2008 by Boise State University for 245.00 http://www.scribd.com/doc/172673301/Grant-1160-08-IV-E-Foster-Care-Idaho-Child-Protection-Services Boise State University is publically funded. What about contractors who serve Idaho Child Protective Services functions? Contractors do operate in the State of Idaho to serve Child Protective Services functions, and this was brought up in an Independent Panel Report on the death of Robert Manwill, an Idaho Child Protection Case that made national headlines, https://www.dropbox.com/s/n9nfe5fc0r2d0gg/Robert%20Manwill%20Independent%20Review.pdf Is Child Protective Services in Idaho Privately funded? No.