Decision-making is a fascinating field. Do you know the difference between a "tough" decision and a "bad" one? Not every bad outcome is the result of a bad decision, just like not every GOOD outcome is the result of a good decision. Decision theorists describe tough decisions as ones that are:

Complex
Ambiguous, and/or
Conflictual

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Yesterday I was treated to a conversation with Dr. Eugene Bardach. Some years back, he wrote about the Coordinated Youth Services Council in a book about collaboration. He came back, a dozen or so years later, to find out what happened to that collaborative in the long run. [...]

Here is an excellent editorial on this subject, sent by my friend Lynn at First Five of Marin. In a nutshell, this piece brings our attention to the mental health needs of foster children and the ways our systems have failed to meet them.  Specifically, it says, psychiatric assessments and care are not provided soon [...]