I thought you'd all like to see what Governor Bullock sent in reply to receiving our Petition and my reply to him. It is quite evident that the attacks have begun against my self and family (Even though the State swears they don't retaliate). DFS has taken my daughters brother-in-laws new baby for no reason, (They were spreading the Petition around) and now they are questioning my step son at his school for no reason at all. Below is the bull from Bullock: Dear Virginia: Thank you for contacting my office regarding your concerns about the Child and Family Services Division (CFSD). As the father of three young children, I understand your concerns and appreciate your correspondence. Nothing is more important than protecting Montana’s most vulnerable children. That is why I created the Protect Montana Kids Initiative. The Protect Montana Kids Initiative will make several immediate improvements to better serve the children and families of Montana. These improvements will include: · Increasing capacity and skills of frontline workers by hiring 33 additional frontline staff, continuous evaluations and improvements of training, and building a new electronic system to improve case management; · Bolstering supervision and oversight of frontline workers by alleviating caseloads for supervisors, thus freeing them up to prioritize oversight responsibilities, and development of a formalized process for monitoring compliance with statutory and regulatory timelines; and · Using evidence-based practices to provide statewide consistency in investigations, assessments, and family involvement and supports. I also signed an executive order to create the Protect Montana Kids Commission, whose purpose will be to give recommendations on aligning the Montana child protection system with national standards and best practices in the field of child welfare. I encourage you to follow the commission by signing up for email updates at http://dphhs.mt.gov/ProtectMontanaKids. Protecting the health and safety of Montana’s children is very important to me, and my office will continue working to ensure that CFSD has adequate resources to continue to improve. Thanks again for taking the time to write to me, and please do not hesitate to do so again with any further questions or concerns. Sincerely, STEVE BULLOCK Governor My Reply: To Bullock, Governor Nov 25 at 8:17 PM Governor, with all do respect, I appreciate that you think you are doing things to help protect our children, but lets be honest, you are playing politics period. You have 3 children who you will never have to worry about DFS/CPS ever trying to mess with them or you because they know that would be suicidal on their part, in fact when if ever have any political people, reps., congressmen, senators, governor etc., ever had their children taken by DFS/CPS, so to all of you, this is not that major of an issue, but to the citizens of Montana, this is a HUGE issue. Keep IGNORING the citizens of Montana and I can assure you that you will be out of a job. We the people will NO longer tolerate being ignored, OUR CHILDREN/GRANDCHILDREN are worth us fighting for them and we will keep bothering every politician in this state until there is major changes made with DFS/CPS. As for the committee you formed for the protection of Montana children, if you really are trying to help the children then add some Montana citizens to this committee instead of having only state employees on it.