May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.D. MCKENZIE - DR.EX. (OLSON) MAY 31, 2013
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percent over about a 12-year period of time.
The costs,
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the per diem costs or the child of child maintenance for
that period of time were maintained or -- and, and became
less than the average for the region in general. So from a
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cost effectiveness basis it was, it was successful.
There
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were quality assurance audits to make sure that the quality
of services provided to children were maintained, and this,
the results of those audits were quite positive. You know,
reducing costs for children in care, I mean if you wanted
to be extreme you could just take fewer children into care
but it might jeopardize their safety.
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Right.
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A That wasn't happening in this particular
instance. And of course, a range of alternate programs and
partnerships with other community agencies were developed
that provided a range of better services within those
communities and the agency engaged quite effectively with
the community in planning and developing child welfare
committees in the community to bring the community closer
to their engagement in child welfare.
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Q
In the articles that you, you prepare, you
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prepared, you discuss the importance of community child
welfare committees.
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That's correct.
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Q First of all, where are the child welfare
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