Letter: Simply not correct

I wish to correct some inaccuracies regarding state programs that reimburse foster parents for damage caused by the needy children under their care.

According to Daily News letter-writer Fritzi Ryan, a Victim’s Advocacy Fund within the Attorney General’s Office “has run out of reimbursement money.”

This is simply not correct. The Attorney General’s Office receives requests for compensation from the State Institutional Claims Program and determines whether each request is eligible for funding.

However, several state agencies participate in this program, and each individual agency funds claims under its supervision. In this case, the Department of Children and Families, which supervises the care of foster children, maintains the fund in question. The Attorney General’s Office values Florida’s heroic foster parents, who provide loving and nurturing homes for children in need.

We are proud to assist them by reviewing their applications for reimbursement and have not allowed any compensation fund in this office to “run out of money.”

Rodney Doss/Tallahassee; Director, Division of Victim Services, Office of the Florida Attorney General