NAMI Barrington Area Member of the Board of Directors
Chair of Children’s Advocacy
NAMI Support Group Facilitator
Articles published by Toni Hoy
Rise Magazine
“Out of Our League”
http://www.risemagazine.org/featured_stories/Out_of_our_league.html
“Seeking a Safe Haven”
http://www.risemagazine.org/featured_stories/Seeking_a_safe_haven.html
“From Rights to Reality”
http://www.risemagazine.org/PDF/From%20Rights%20to%20Reality.pdf
Radio Interviews
October 2008, WORT 89.9FM Healthwriter with host Steve Blank, Madison, WI
October 2011, WBEZ 91.5FM “Adopting the Fight” with host Rehman Tungekar, Chicago, IL http://www.wbez.org/story/adopting-fight-93364
February 2, 2012, KKSF Newstalk Radio 910AM with host Gil Gross, San Francisco, CA http://www.newstalk910.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?more_page=1&podcast=burns&selected_podcast=burns_02-02-12_h2_1328242820_28768.mp3
May 15, 2012, KCRO 660AM Not Alone with host, Diana Waggoner, Omaha, NE http://www.thekimfoundation.org/html/notalone/upcoming_show.html
Child Welfare League of America, Children’s Voice Magazine March/April 2009
“Assessing Abandonment” http://www.cwla.org/voice/0903abandonment.htm
“When Adoption Goes Wrong” http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-8964-when-adoption-goes-wrong.html
“When State, Not Adoption Goes Wrong” http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-8978-when-state-not-adoption-goes-wrong.html
“Who Are We Adopting?” http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-9683-who-are-we-adopting.html
Videos
Family Advocacy Forum in Omaha, NE, October 3, 2009
Before legislators and state departments
“Custody Relinquishment, Mental Health, and Adoption”
http://familyadvocacymovement.com/node/366
“He’s My Son”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pTNU6Ol-eo&feature=youtu.be
Family Advocacy Forum, Omaha, NE October 3, 2009
Adoptive Parent Support Group, Vernon Hills, IL September 2009
Family Defense Center, Chicago, IL November 19, 2009
Speaking Engagements
May 8th, 2012 Panel Presentation and Book Signing, Barrington Area Library, Barrington, IL
June 2, 2012 Family Defense Center, Chicago, Il Reunification Day-How to Tell Your Story
June 5, 2012 Caffeinated Coffee, Schaumburg, Il Book signing
July 28th, 2012 Reading Between the Lynes, Woodstock, Il Book Signing
Aug 2-4, 2012 Branson Power Advocacy Intensive, Branson, MO
Contact me tonihoy@comcast.net
Mrs. Hoy-
We are a family in this very situation right now. Our son is in a behavior health hospital and due do safety issues we will not be able to bring him home. I was hoping you could contact me and give us some advice. Or let me know how best to contact you. Thank you
Same as the person above. Couldn’t find a contact link.
I have medicade as well as BCBS.
I also have to refuse pick up in a just a couple days. how bad of a nightmare are we talking about?
I have a similar hard situation. I fought the dependency with a GAL who just did not get it, CPS on my side though saying this was a mental health issue and not an issue with us. We had all the services in place that they would provide. There was nothing else for them to do, we could handle it. I fought to keep/get her better services under state insc and finally did after she was bounced around a lot because of disruptions. They could not handle her either. Dependency was dismissed after a long fight. She is now in a locked facility doing great now after Trauma therapy and new meds. She will be coming home soon. She is like a different person. All kids need this chance she has had. The state would of saved a lot of money just to start out with the better help/treatment center rather than making us prove she needed it, stair stepping up in care each time.