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From the sounds of it these are some fairly extreme circumstances. Some of these children have mental/emotional ages far less then what their calender age would describe. In view of this, it appears that for some of the most mentally disabled there simply were not enough available options for assistance with the kids. I have a friend who has a physically disabled daughter, you can't just drop her off at a daycare, she has special requirements. I imagine day after day of high demand parenting could be miserable. I personally know of another parent who has three autistic children, I don't know how on earth she manages to keep her sanity.
For people who don't know how to use take advantage of "the system" it must be horribly overwhelming. It seems as though rather than offering Safe Haven there needs to be some other means for helping these families through hard times. Some sort of special Hot-line meant for special cases where they could perhaps offer more than just telephone advice. Having emergency daycare for people who have reached their limit on parenthood. Easy to abuse, that is the trouble. While you may be truly helping one family you have another in which the parents dropped them off so they could take advantage of free care and get high. It is unfortunate that dishonesty in such ways prevents more assistance from being offered to those who are truly in need.
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