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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-04-03, Page 8rage 8 Ludlum entlnet We WAIN April 3, 1996 • Huron Conn il NewR Children Aid Society has changed over years by bavid Scott "The primary goal of the Children's Aid Society of Huron Ceunty is to work our selves out of a job," xecutive Director Thomas Knight told lit!ron County ,Council on March 28.. "If all of our community's Children are safe and well then there is no role for an orgarg- zation such as ours." The Children's Aid Society ,(CAS) of Huron County has changed .'significantly in the past four years amidst funding cutbacks from 'various levels of government. Knight gave a brief overview of the .society, directions being taken and its financial position to council. "We're similar to ,the police force in that we enforce civil law," said Knight "as it relates to the protection of cbildren." In response• to cutbacks the. CAS board of directors hs reduced expenditures by 7.2. per cent of its base budget • since 1993. "During the past three years we have been able to reduce the number of days that chil- dren •spend in the care of the •seciety by 20 per cent. The care service represents the' most intru,sive part of our sys- • tem; It is very necessary but is used.011.Y: in very difficult situ- ations," stated Knight in his report. "Removal of children from, their home is the last- step well go through," he said. , The CAS of Huron has entered into community part- nerships in the past few years to enhance its service and reduce. costs. These partners include the Huron Coordinating Council for Children and Youth, Huron County Beard Of Eslucation, th WOMellIS Shelter and Human Resources Canada. , The biggest future potential .cost savings„ says Knight, would come with the possible Merger 'with the Nice County CAS. 'A feasibility assess- ment has been completed, and it points very positively to the potential, for merger and for, thOilevelopment of more con- sistency, greater ease. of Access' -and significant cost savings... .There is a firm eaintnitinent by both CAS boards to move the process forward and it fits very well within the directions' articulated by the province," states the. Huron Executive Director's report. In }tarot) County we pay $/26 per child on child wel fare services per year, below the.provincial average a $157. Ift1T011 Courity's share of the CAS budget has been reduced from $462,823 in 1982 to $424,049 in 1996 The agency has also 'reduced expenditures by $180,000 since 1992., Reeve Bill Mickle of Exeter had.questions about a motion by Baron County Council's agrieulture. and public works comMittee that allows for reimbursement to local mimic- ipalities for loss of taxes on reforestation properties., "In talking with the assess- ment department, "county is not obligated to pay taxes on prop- erty or buildings.. We Won- • dered why they would be,pay- ing. on forestry through this resolution:" Nitekile said under Section 10 of the Trees At county has the option to pay or not pay municipalities for land required for forestry purpose& • "I remember not too long • ago discussing here from an urban standpoint, urban rebates, 1 was told that 25 per cent of urban rebates were subsidized by the government and,being removed through the transfer of payment reduction, which meant that the 15 per cent which the county had put into place was optional of the county. "1 think in all fairness, the 15 per cent of the payment of highway levies that go to the county from municipalities *turn to page 20 BILLABONG, MOSSIMO, BOY LONDON, NO FEAR, SIMPLE cry w w 0 C.D >" 0 C21 m LU CC w t— CC CC L1J 0 0 w 0 0 c_ U) 0 7e -o rn czi (—) 0 rn rn .1> 0 rn m EDWIN, CURTIS, IKEDA, BUFFALO, REQUEST, CALVIN KLEIN John Andrew Nick ....•.$040,1.. Shirley Brooks, '.,1fiary Mclntosh •n d Marg • Nettleton sOme... 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