https://reasonstobecheerful.world/breakthrough-method-netherlands/
"When Harry Kruiter first met Eric, the man could barely sit still.
Tax bills were scattered across the kitchen table. His hands were shaking. Two
years earlier, Eric’s wife had died unexpectedly, leaving him alone with their
two young daughters and a pile of modest but mounting debt.
By then, Eric had already seen more than 20 social workers. Each one had
followed procedure. Each one had come to the same conclusion: Before Eric could
qualify for debt relief, he would have to sell his most valuable possession —
his car.
But Eric’s daughters attended a special-needs school nearly 20 miles away.
Without the car, the municipality was required to transport them by taxi at an
annual cost of roughly €6,000 ($6,900). The emotional cost of not traveling
together was harder to quantify. “The girls were crying every morning because
they missed their dad,” Kruiter recalled. Psychologists warned that the
distress could spiral into more serious mental health problems, potentially
requiring interventions costing tens of thousands of euros per child.
The car itself was worth about €2,100 ($2,400).
“This is bureaucracy at its finest,” Kruiter says wryly. “Because what you see
in cases like this is that everybody is doing exactly what they are supposed to
do — and the outcome is still disastrous.”
Eric did not lack services. He lacked a system willing to see the whole
picture."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
