Hi Michelle,

My sense of it was that Cindy was looking at the whole situation, not asking for money. The scenarios where a single mother cannot take care of a challenged child all by herself are many. Reuniting a family to give it more resources to take care of its own seems like good financial policy for the government. I think that is what was intended.

Institutional care might last for the next 80+ years and it is certainly not a mother's wish for her daughter. Everybody wants Jessica to have the best chance at happiness including the country that calls her citizen.

Sigurd