May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)
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community. That we, after 90 days we insist CFS works with
us, that they have to show up for the case planning.
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Oftentimes CFS is the referral source.
They will refer
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women to come to us in order for them to get their kids
back. They often view us as addictions treatment, which we
are not, but we are able to -- we work in a harm reduction
model. There just isn't a lot of safe places to go, and we
have moved a lot of our services more to a family in care
model.
We recognize that women need supports prior to
getting their children back and there needs to be good
reunification plans and safety networks developed around
them. Oftentimes women are set up for failure when they do
receive their children back and services and supports are
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cut off.
Oftentimes, because there's medically complex
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situations that they don't have resources elsewhere so CFS
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is one of their only resources.
Because we, because we
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serve province-wide they may not be from an urban centre,
they may be from a rural or remote community, so oftentimes
there will be CFS involved because that's the only way
they're going to get health services for their child.
So these are some of the experiences we, we have
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in working with our women.
We've had a lot of successes.
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We've served over 20,000 women and their children since we
-- since its inception, and a big focus is sustainability
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