After a girl committed 71 violent incidents in 10 months, children’s aid and this caregiver agreed the group home program wasn’t working
The ministry doesn’t even know how many kids are in Ontario’s 389 licensed group homes. In the 2016-17 fiscal year, group homes had 2,914 beds, including 1,111 run by for-profit companies. The ministry responded in July 2017 with a reform blueprint for the residential care system, which includes group homes. One led to the June closure of three privately run group homes in Thunder Bay, which were serving Indigenous children with mental health issues. He says of the provincial system: "Staff need to become more effective as mental health professionals."
Source: thestar December 01, 2017 12:05 UTC
