Here, you can see how interested Wenatchee CPS was in having me do UAs. They gave me zero notice of where this place was and they knew I didn't have transportation. It was impossible for me to miss work to find a bus when I lived in the middle of nowhere. I went along with the psych eval, not telling them I knew about the conflict of interest with Koch, because I wanted to see their "packet" of information. But even though I told them I'd go after I saw the packet, CPS refused to send it to me. I sat by a fax all day waiting for it. The bus pass was worthless bc there was one bus with weird hours. I had to hitchhike to get into Bellingham to visit my son and I hitchhiked every single week, just so I wouldn't miss seeing him:
RE: Psychological Evaluation
From: cam huegenot (cameocares@live.com)
Sent: Thu 4/10/08 1:28 PM
To: Erickson, Michelle K. (DSHS/CA) (ermi300@dshs.wa.gov)
Cc: Scanlon, Marie (DSHS/CA) (scnl300@dshs.wa.gov)
I do need the transportation for this area. I don't have anything. Thanks.
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> Subject: RE: Psychological Evaluation
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:07:48 -0700
> From: ERMI300@dshs.wa.gov
> To: cameocares@live.com
> CC: SCNL300@dshs.wa.gov
>
> Ms. Garrett,
>
> I am inclined to take this email to mean that you do not wish to
> participate in the Psychological Evaluation that is scheduled for
> tomorrow and that you were originally notified of two weeks ago on
> 03/26/08. I would like to share with you that Dr. Lind-Walker has
> informed us that she does not review information provided by the
> Department until after she has met with the client. I am willing to wait
> to send your packet to Dr. Lind-Walker until after you have met with
> her, but I will still need a signed consent form to do so. Please let me
> know if you would be willing to attend the evaluation under these
> circumstances as soon as possible, otherwise I will need to cancel your
> appointment.
>
> I will leave your one time UA referrals for today and tomorrow as well
> as your random UA referral as they are. If you do not wish to
> participate in that service, you do not have to as you have the right to
> decline any services requested. The Department does want to continue to
> encourage you to participate with UAs as it will help to assess whether
> or not substance abuse is in fact a barrier to parenting in your case.
>
> Up until now you have not identified that transportation in the
> Bellingham area has been an issue for you. If you would like I can go
> through the steps to provide you with a bus pass for your area, as this
> is a standard service provided to DCFS parents to assist with
> participation in services. Please let me know if you would like me to
> follow up with a bus pass for your area.
>
> As far as the UA hours and location go, there is nothing I can do to
> eradicate this issue. I was able to find a UA test site that is open
> 8-5, Mon-Fri and is the closest one to your home in order to accommodate
> you. This is either more accessible or standard in comparison to what
> other DCFS clients are asked to do. I am sorry for your inconvenience,
> but once again you have every right to refuse this service.
>
> Thanks you for you time and take care.
>
> Michelle Erickson, MSW
> Social Worker III
> Division of Children and Family Services
> Wenatchee
> Phone: (509) 667-6118
> Fax: (509) 664-6358
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cam huegenot [mailto:cameocares@live.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:48 AM
> To: Erickson, Michelle K. (DSHS/CA)
> Cc: Scanlon, Marie (DSHS/CA); Caballero, Tomas (ATG)
> Subject: RE: Psychological Evaluation
>
>
> Michelle,
>
> I AM WORKING.
>
> You didn't even ask me what hours I work tomorrow, and how I could even
> MAKE it to an appointment. I have a only their own interests. I think
> referring to your group as "Department" is highly appropriate, given the
> nature of what has happened. I've made complaints about State police,
> CPS, and the Attorney General's office was involved in smearing me long
> ago (Wenatchee office, according to their own in-house lawyers), and the
> Fair Hearings judges, INCLUDING DHSH.
>
> The "Department". The department has multiple conflicts of interest in
> how they've handled every aspect of the treamtment of me and my son and
> it's about time I involve another few "departments" which are federal in
> nature, and not state-based.
>
> Your UA appointment letter was given to me YESTERDAY and I don't have
> transportationn to Bellingham. I am also working tomorrow. Why can't
> you find something in Ferndale, or something closer to where I live?
>
> Finally, I'm not going to any psychological evaluation by the
> "Department" which will be conducted by yet another party PAID for and
> under contract with THE STATE, especially when you give me less than ONE
> day to submit my own information and records to her. You think you can
> send your own documents one day before an appointment and expect someone
> to thoroughly read and consider all the material, and whatever material
> I might have to share? I'd like to know what time the appointment is
> scheduled for too.
>
> If you can get me (transportation-wise) to a UA center at a time that
> doesn't conflict with my job, I will be more than happy to give a sample
> this one time. As for random, I do not and will not consent to such a
> thing, and if you want to know my history you can have my hair analyzed.
> I looked up the cost, and it's CHEAPER for the state than random UAs.
> When it's CHEAPER and more accurate, I question the objectives of "the
> department" in demanding I be put out of my job to attend random UAs
> which interfere with my livelihood.
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> > Subject: Psychological Evaluation
> > Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:35:33 -0700
> > From: ERMI300@dshs.wa.gov
> > To: cameocares@live.com
> > CC: SCNL300@dshs.wa.gov; TomasC@ATG.WA.GOV
> >
> >
> > Ms. Garrett,
> >
> >
> >
> > As we discussed yesterday there is a Psychological Evaluation
> scheduled for you tomorrow 04/11/08 at 9am with Dr. Ellen Lind-Walker. I
> cannot follow through with this Psychological Evaluation unless you sign
> a "Consent to Share Information" form. You indicated yesterday that you
> may be willing to sign this form if you are provided with all of the
> information the Department would be submitting to Dr. Lind-Walker. I
> have attached all the information Dr. Lind-Walker would be provided with
> as well as the letter I would be sending to guide her evaluation of you.
> You, of course, have every right to submit other documentation to Dr.
> Lind Walker as well as your own areas of focus for the evaluation. The
> documents I would be providing to Dr. Lind-Walker will be just as they
> read as I send them to you now. I will not be altering these documents
> to your liking. The purpose of the Psychological Evaluation is for a
> third party to take the client's input as well as the Department's input
> and complete an assessment and recommendations independently.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have also attached a "Consent to Share Information" form for you to
> complete if you wish to participate in the Psychological Evaluation. You
> will need to print the form and complete the section of the form
> indicating which records you approve the Department to share with Dr.
> Lind-Walker, the section indicating for how long you want the consent to
> last for as well as your signature and the date. Please fax this back to
> me by 4pm today at the fax number listed below. I need this consent form
> by 4pm today so I can properly prepare Dr. Lind-Walker for your
> evaluation. If I do not receive your fax by 4pm today I will assume you
> have declined to participate in this Psychological Evaluation.
> >
> >
> >
> > You indicated in your last email that you would not like to complete a
> UA today, as I had requested, due to your pain from your bus ride
> yesterday. I will leave the UA request for today as it is and request
> one for tomorrow as well. Please complete a UA either today or tomorrow.
> I will talk with my Supervisor about a hair sample as you have requested
> however due to the cost of that type of testing I cannot approve one
> right away. I will notify you as soon as I know whether or not we can
> have a hair test done on you. In the mean time, the Department would
> like you to complete a UA either today or tomorrow and participate in
> the random UA schedule you received a letter about yesterday. Thank you
> for your time and take care.
> >
> >
> >
> > Michelle Erickson, MSW
> >
> > Social Worker III
> >
> > Division of Children and Family Services
> >
> > Wenatchee
> >
> > Phone: (509) 667-6118
> >
> > Fax: (509) 664-6358
>
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