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Friday, December 6, 2013

Concern Over Foster Care In Province

Provincial Auditor General Kim MacPherson pointing out problems at Department of Social Development regarding the foster parent system.
 

MacPherson tells CHSJ News when they randomly tested a sample of files, it was discovered standards are not being fulfilled as they should be and she's concerned about the care the children in the foster home are receiving.
 

MacPherson says in the last 8 years there has been a 40 per cent decline in the number of foster homes around the province while there has been an increase in group homes.

She says when it comes to monitoring foster families, only 3 of 18 files randomly selected contained documentation that annual reviews are being done on a regular basis.