Charity Bailey’s Records Released: Police @ Phoenix

Last week Charity Bailey’s records were released from the Marion County Juvenile court.  According to the Indianapolis Star:

The 20-year-old Indianapolis woman now sits in a jail cell, accused along with her live-in boyfriend of killing her 3-year-old daughter, TaJanay, in November.

Bailey’s alleged role in TaJanay’s death is the latest twist in a troubled life detailed in an unusual release of juvenile delinquency records Friday.

Those records reveal a childhood fraught with drugs, sexual abuse and family discord — and a long list of interventions that failed to turn around her life.

The article is really long and almost…almost…makes one feel sorry for her.  It’s a good example of what we in the therapy world call transgenerational issues.  Simply put, the term means issues that travel from on generation to the next.  It’s not an excuse for behavior, because every adult can change their circumstances, but an explanation for how these things happen.

On a related note, the Indy Star has another story about the police and prosecutor opening offices in the Phoenix apartment complex where Tajanay died.

SBA Comes Through for Nappanee; Thanks Gov!

Updating my post from a few days ago, regarding the people in Nappanee not getting any help, comes news the Small Business Administration (SBA) will make loans available.  This was requested by Gov. Mitch Daniels after he was turned down by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

From the South Bend Tribune:

Loan applications for physical damage and economic injury will be available to homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations in the Indiana counties of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall, Kosciusko, LaGrange and Noble.

The deadline for physical loan applications is March 10. The deadline for economic injury loans is Oct. 8. In addition to structural repair, loans also may cover personal property.

No one is reporting what the terms of the loan are.  Still, at least someone, somewhere is helping these people.  The Gov. gets a big thumbs up on this one from the Blogmeister!

Update: SB 3 Out of Committee, to Senate

The Blogmeister posted on SB 3 yesterday.  The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette gives us a good report on the committee hearing today, but doesn’t list how the individual Senators on the Senate Health and Provider Services Committee voted.  So, here’s the list (Name, Party, Y=Pass, N=Do Not Pass):

Sen. Earline Rogers-D-N

Sen. Sue Errington-D-N

Sen. Vi Simpson-D-N

Sen. Connie Sipes-D-N

Sen. Gary Dillon-R-Y

Sen. Veneta Becker-R-N

Sen. Beverly Gard-R-Y

Sen. Connie Lawson-R-Y

Sen. Ryan Mishler-R-Y

Sen. Marvin Riegsecker-R-Y

(Chair) Patricia Miller-R-Y

SB 3 will now go to the full Senate for amendments.