Article Continued BelowThe deaths have triggered multiple investigations about lax or non-existent provincial standards governing group homes and foster homes run by private companies. Foster homes are capped at four children, while group homes typically serve eight or more. But Connor, head of Connor Homes and president of the Ontario Association of Residences Treating Youth, appealed the shutdown order — and won. More than half are in what is traditionally considered foster care — a family that takes in one or two foster children. There are no minimum education or training requirements for caregivers in group homes or company foster homes.

Source: thestar May 15, 2017 09:56 UTC