lala brown Review of UCAN (Chicago)
DCFS organization such as Ucan is not one that's t...
DCFS organization such as Ucan is not one that's truly for the youth. Some of the workers are trulythere to change lives and help youth to exceed the stereotypes of being foster children. I grew up in the system since I was eight years old. I just emancipated out at the age of 21. I ran away a lot when I was younger. I've been in 16, possibly more homes. I struggled with allowing someone to love me. As foster kids we're labeled. I became a mother at the age 18, I changed my life completely for my son. I've cooperated with services that were necessary for me. I transferred to Ucan September 2014 and this has been the worst agency I've ever been with. I've had been with four other agencies and Ucan is still the worst. In the past 2 1/2 years of being with this agency I've had five different case workers, people are literally running away from this agency. I've bee the kind of client to disrespect people. I've stepped outside of my character toward caseworkers a total of three times and each time had something to do with my child. My first placement living with them at the TLP on Cermak they had rats, I got a cat and Ucan upper management team came out to tell me I had to get ride of my cat(I left with the cat). My second TLP with the a staff member was utterly disrespectful and put a youth's child life in danger; Ucan upper management moved the client and I to a different TLP and kept the staff member as a worker. I then moved into my ILO(own apartment) I emancipated on my birthday, I've asked them about my emancipation money and I've been brushed off and now my case worker supervisor and upper management are lingering to give that to me. They're withholding checks they owe me and honestly I am pretty upset. Ucan is a terrible agency and I'm saying this from the experience I've had with them. I appreciate the few people who do their jobs because they genuinely care.

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