[quote=scaredyclassic]Even if I’m not accused the kids could easily be out and about having sex using drugs etc and I’m at risk of felony child endangerment. There’s just no way I can imagine anyone really pondering reality and it’s risks who can do this unless they are truly fearless or driven by spiritual forces.[/quote]
I’m not sure but I think foster parents may be “immune” from prosecution if their “charge” decides they don’t want to go to school anymore. My friend was taking in foster kids BEFORE 9/11 (when the US Port of Entry had “open entry” policies) so, in the past, they could have ostensibly hopped a bus or trolley to TJ instead of going to school that day. She lives only 4 miles north of the int’l border.
If foster parents didn’t have some kind of legal immunity … at least with taking in teenagers, then no one would apply for the job. HHSA is already well-aware of potential problems with each placement BEFORE they place them so the first few weeks/months of a placement are likely on a “trial” basis.
