Child Welfare Under Pressure
After a year under an Ontario-appointed supervisor, Peterborough’s Children’s Aid Society won’t say if its budget is balanced
The Ford government appointed a supervisor last year to “reinstate good governance and fiscal sustainability” at the society
Peterborough, like the rest of Ontario, has a dire need for foster parents. Why are fewer people signing up?
The number of local foster homes has dropped by more than half since 2020, according to the Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society
Child welfare agencies eliminate funding for children’s mental health program
Therapeutic Family Care provides mental health services to children in care and their foster parents. But child welfare agencies facing budget pressures have opted to defund it.
Province gives little explanation for installing supervisor to run Peterborough’s children’s aid society
The provincial takeover comes after the Ford government rejected the Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society’s plan to get back to a balanced budget
Peterborough children’s aid society places kids in hotel rooms, office, amid province-wide shortage of foster and group homes
It’s the result of the provincial government “chronically underfunding” child welfare and other social services, union representing child protection workers says
“No other option”: Peterborough-area Children’s Aid Society blames province over job cuts
The union that represents staff says the layoffs will put children at “serious risk.”
