There are a number of things there. There are legal impediments, organizational impediments, and informational impediments. Let me dwell on the information part of it. When we don't know what's going on with kids within the system, it's hard for the system to monitor and correct itself with regard to where it should be placing its emphasis. My colleague spoke of the disconnect. When you have children in hotel rooms and you're hiring staff to look after them and you have a waiting list of 2,500 people looking to adopt, it suggests a system that is crisis-oriented, that has lots of time demands placed on the front line, and that receives little direction in how to respond to children's needs.
On December 14th, 2010. See this statement in context.