Can’t agencies just lie about their programs?
Agencies can lie to anyone, anytime, anywhere. The Full Disclosure Project is not the only resource a parent should use when investigating an agency. Families should also ask for others’ experiences – both good and bad – on messageboards and email lists. Families should use these questions as a springboard for further questioning within their own agency. Families can investigate an agency’s Guidestar rating, Better Business Bureau standing, etc. Our hope, though, is that an agency with nothing to hide will hide nothing. It is our experience that those who are acting outside the bounds of integrity do so quietly and without exposure. They know that there will always be families who see first hand the discrepancies between their claims and the reality and who, if publicized, may call them out on those discrepancies in an equally public way. I have a question I’d like to see added to the list. Send us the question and we will consider it for addition to our quarterly updates, as appropria
