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Sounding the Alarm… a Call to Action in Child Welfare
We have come to understand the presence of some significant struggles in the Child Welfare Sector. Hearing stories of workers at the brink, feeling immobilized by a system focused on a business model, struggling to do good work within the policies holding them back. Stories of programs known previously to provide great benefits to families closed due to lack of funding. Media reports of children displaced, failed by the system, families left behind. This is not the child welfare system we had known and loved. We felt compelled to act and take a closer look at what is happening, what is working, what is not working, and what can be done. Read the whole article here.
CLTF Supports the Poverty Action Campaign
Our task force concerns itself with children who experience ‘limbo’–a sense of being adrift in life because they do not feel they belong in the homes where they are placed. When risk is high, many children are taken out of their culture and placed with families that bear no resemblance to their own. For parents…
The Power Of Voice
Written by Ingrid Palmer As children and youth in care our voices have often been misunderstood, not believed, overpowered, ignored, misinterpreted, redefined, amputated, rendered null and void. When you have lived a life of primarily being impacted upon and have had limited experiences of being impactful, an authenticated, empowered voice is an incredible transformative tool…
Ford’s Attack on Disadvantaged Children and Youth
Written By Dr. GAIL AITKEN, Professor Emeritus, Ryerson School of Social Work. Member of the Children in Limbo Task Force The extremely sudden closing in April of the Ontario Child Advocate’s Office (OCA) is an attack on some of the most disadvantaged young people in Ontario. There are about 20,000 people a year who are…
Instability In Care
Written by Ingrid Palmer, a member of the Children In Limbo Task Force Rosemary, Sue, Sandy, Brenda, Janet, Sharon, Peggy, Beverly, Jennifer, Suzanne, Lynn, Jen, Erika, Thelma, Katherine, Karen, Catherine, Susan, Magi, Angela, Debra, Holly, Honore, Wanda, Justine….. These are the staff whose names I can remember from my time in a girls group home…
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