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RSS Feeds`We have a system in crisis,´ says Brant children´s aid society after cuts lead to 26 workers being laid off
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18 march 2019 03:27:42

 
`We have a system in crisis,´ says Brant children´s aid society after cuts lead to 26 workers being laid off
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


The Ontario government is placing vulnerable children in danger by forcing cuts resulting in 26 child protection workers being laid off at the Brant children’s aid society, the agency’s executive director says.The job cuts come as the Brantford area faces perhaps the worst opioid addiction epidemic in the province, one that has swelled the number of children served by the child protection agency.Andrew Koster, executive director of Brant Family and Children’s Services, expressed the risks in stark terms in an open letter to the community last Thursday, the day the workers were notified of the layoffs.“When governments cut child welfare services (managers, front line staff, and support services), children ultimately die or are allowed by society to live in unbearable, violent and neglectful conditions,” Koster wrote.“With higher caseloads and tight timelines, workers are forced to move from one crisis to another instead of planning and working proactively with families to prevent future incidents,” he added.“Despite best efforts, children fall through the cracks and suffer the consequences of insufficient resources.”Read more:How one child welfare agency is building trust Through the eyes of a CAS front-line workerUse of `behaviour-altering` drugs widespread in foster, group homesThe cri de coeur comes from an executive with almost five decades of experience in Ontario’s child protection system. He says other children’s aid societies are facing similar budgetary pressures and fears the system is at a breaking point.“We have a system in crisis,” Koster said in an interview Sunday.Caroline Newton, spokesperson for the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies, says all eyes will be on the provincial budget this spring. Finance Minister Vic Fedeli has signalled the government will act to reduce a deficit he places at $13.5 billion.“We’re watching the coming provinci ...


 
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