Children's Aid Societies in the north face major funding, staffing challenges
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Children's Aid Societies (CAS) in parts of northeastern Ontario are facing a number of challenges stemming from a lack of financial support from the province.
Children's Aid Societies (CAS) in parts of northeastern Ontario are facing a number of challenges stemming from a lack of financial support from the province.
CAS Sudbury CEO Elaina Groves said organizations are seeing more children with complex needs and don't have the supports to care for them.
"We don’t have the capacity. We don’t have places to place them for proper care and treatment," Groves said.
She said it costs a lot to build individualized placements.
"It becomes a financial issue and that’s one that’s affecting the entire north," she said.
Groves said this is the third year the organization has ended with a budget deficit.
"Across the province, 65 per cent of the agencies that reported the data to our provincial association are in deficits,” she said.
