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Md Society held
anual meeting for the'
at the Court House
7. A tiummary of the
activities was presented
A.S. Director Bruce
The text of ,Mr. Heath's
follows.
again has underscored'
aging primary emphasis
child in his own home in
ting of services priority
lanced with a different
tive ' approach to the
bo does come into care.
egard to this aspect of
we have -changed our
ag• borne facility, noted
•nuing. =ti.er -emuL, for ,
ent for the older child,
e about to venture into
t treatment foster home
ponse to our need to
p specialized foster care
our own auspices and
on in preference to ex -
e purchase of service in
e centres.
total child care
tion has again been
in 1972, this time to a
ant degree wherein we
returned a surplus of
twenty-three thousand
s of our direct child care
under fifty per cent . of
ildren are now thirteen
of age and over, and we
o reason to forecast a
fag of this percentage.
unately I. also can not
any simultaneous in -
in traditional foster care
res to meet the needs of
olescent pn care.
rt not speak too highly of
ter parents who have un -
en the time consuming
allenging tasks on behalf
teenagers coming to u,
would be naive as Part-
in child care — our
ce personnel, staff and
policy makers — to think
e can avoid expansion of
priate . group and
lized foster care under
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(JUDEIUCH SIGNAL-S'FAllt,''1'HUHSDAY, FEBRUARY, 16
Announce new venture: forfoster
our own auspices, and expan- all family service and protec- serve as a primary source .of
sion of special facilities ,with 4tion programmes are less ex, reference in both our 1973
our neighbouring Children's pensive, and some that are estimates and 1974 budget
Aid Societies. In regard to this geared to both short term and projections.
last statement, we would ap- ' long term alternatives to child The preliminary brief of the
preciate some direction from placement can be just as expen- Ontario Association Select
the provincial authorities as to sive as admission into care. Committee will soon be forwar-
the intent and scope of services Some may ask just what is ac- ded to all Societies for their
generally outlined in Section 17 complished by, family service examination and recommen-
of the Child Welfare Act. coups l.livg•° and supportive dations; among the terms of
1972 saw review, 'con- programmes? . , • ., reference this Society must
solidating and re-formulation For the last two years we examine will be the possible ab
of the Society's adoption policy. have been asking ourselves sorbing of Children's Aid
We have chosen up to this point what has been'accomplished by Society services into provincial
not to curtail arbitrarily the the admission of many children or muriicipal government struc-
processing of any prospective into care? The fact that we' ture, and the composition of
adoption application, but we have returned budget surpluses Children's Aid Society Boards
must be mindful of the fact that in child care for two successive of Directors. A year ago, also at
the couple wishing to adopt a years has not been a by-product our Annual Meeting, I had
flavoured principle, in view of,
the variance of opinions that
are held concerning social
welfare services, ,the special
report of the Carnegie G" ar-
poration of New York, entitled
"The Quasi Nongovernmental
Organization", provides a more
hard nosed materialistic source
of principles. Several quotes
are pertinent:
"The quasi nongovernmental
organization has been
established to fulfill a number
of specific purposes. These may
be summarized under three
general headings: to meet the
government's need for
specialized services, to provide
on ,- what; is it. with j ependent judgment,
nornial_,heai,,thy ',nfant..rnust a,n- . of Divine Prnvirience, although.... asked the question
ticipate an increased waiting the re -allocation and expansion the policy and planning role of and to offer if -the- 'of
period. We continue to enjoy of staff ,might periodically have the local b'oarTc of directors and flexibility required for fresh
the utmost cooperation with been ascribed to me by both indeed (what is) the role of the solutions'to complex and novel
the Child Welfare Branch' and staff and board, as a devious local Children's Aid Society?
other Children's Aid Societies introduction' of "future shock" At the cost of borrowing from
on behalf of those children who into the traditional ad- more learned sources contained
are being, and can be, adopted ministration —,staff and board in the Ontario Association sub -
outside of their own Society. relationships. mission, but in recognition of
Today's Child and Family Fin- The past yeat• has been an ac- the important questions that
der can not ,be applauded tive one public relations wise the Task Force and government
enough for providing day -to on the part of the Society, and must raise in examining" the
day vehicles for effecting has enabled us to use various future role of the Children's
placement in permanent homes speaking engagements and in- Aid Society, it would be wise to
for those children who have terviews not only to explain the examine several principles.
none. work of the Society to the These principles have long had
The traditional service to the public at large but also to listen general acceptance and relate
unmarried mother has been to the community as it ex- directly to the policies, and
,altered quantitatively and in presses its feelings about
focus so much so in the past present services, additional ser -
few years that we support the vices and growing concern
efforts of the . Ontario about three C's in the broad,
Association of Children's Aid health and welfare field — cost,
Societies in re-examining the cooperation, and co-ordination
whole philosophy and intent of of present helping services.
Part III of the Act and the
present belaboured legislative There is a certain irony that
focus on the child "born out of while the man in the street has
wedlock"; in practise, we are concerns about costs, more and
now coping with provision of more he turns to government
service to a single parent and funded services, and requests
Part II can be used just as'ef- additional services, at a time
festively to provide the when we can foresee very
necessary services for those limited additional funds from
children requiring protection. the public purse.
We earlier talked about, the As a professional who must
reduction of children in care, also confess some confusion
and the continuing focus on the about the plethora of program
child in his town home. We have nes and legislation that has
seen also the significant re- arisen in the past few years,
allocation of, and increase in, with all the implications for
funds to Part II of the .total valid co-ordination at all local,
budget; we now need to look regional or provincial levels of
beyond the actual funding of . government, I would be remiss
staff counselling services and if I did not point out that there performed and provided for by
practices involved in helping
families and children in the
unique purchase of service
arrangement between govern-
ment and the voluntary cor-
poration in Ontario.
The first -principle in which. I
believe is' that of subsidiarity
and was originally stated in a
• papal Encyclical entitled
Quadragesimo Anno and sub-
sequently developed by the late
Pope John, in his proclamation
of Mater et Magistra. It is
stated as follows: •
"It is a fundamental prin-
ciple of Social- Philosophy, fixed
and unchangeable, that one
should not withdraw from in-
dividuals and commit ,to' the
community. what they can ac-
complish by their own enter-
_ prise and industry. So too, it is
an injustice to transfer to
the larger and higher collec-
tivity functions which can be
document our need for primary are as many gaps in our social
- and auxiliary programmes of services as there are needs to
child and family case preven- examine the present role and
tion — enrichment programmes Programmes of the whole net -
that will build on the positives e'' work ' of publicly financed
in the families coming to us for helping services.
service, and auxiliary services Our Society in 1972 has been
either under our own auspices fortunate to have been involved
or joint auspices with other in two tasks, among others,
agencies that will . zero in on related to an examination of
particular problem areas. • our helping services — one
.Much 'has been said about local and the other provincial,
— the former our participation
the lack of provincial leader- in the Survey of Health and
ship in setting our guidelines or Social Services in Huron
terms of reference for the County funded under' -a Local
programming of prevention ser- Initiatives Project and the lat-
vices; before we criticize too ter our membership in the
loudly or for too long, we must Select Committee of the On
ask ourselves, — both staff and tario Association to prepare a
:board, — what examination we major submission to the On
have irrade of needed program- , taria .Government Task Force
nes• andwltat do1la'r'nd :cent --studying all matters -pertaining-
allocation
pertaining_.allocation that will give more to the management of the
than just "lip service" to Ministry of Community and
keeping children in their own Social Services.
homes. - The. completed Huron
It is interesting that we can County Survey Report
field one staff member. to work highlights several areas of Gov
in family' services by avoiding cern noted by the respondents
the, placement of only five which relate directly to our
children in foster care for a full present services, and which will
year. Such a comparison may
perhaps seem too simplistic but
is nevertheless significant. It
does not follow, "however, that
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Assuming that there may be
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Members of Alexandra Marine and General. Hospital
of Goderich Corporation and other interested parties
are urged to attend the annual meeting which will be
held on Monday, March ,19, 1973, at 8:00 p.m. in the
Ladies' Auxiliary ,Room of 'the hospital, at which time
we will receive the financial statement, the auditort!<'
report, the report of the Board and elect members to
the Board of Governors and conduct other business.
MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION
The following persons shall be members upon
resolution of the Board:
(a) a person who has donated or who donates $100 in
any one year to the Corporation shall be a life member.
(b) the president or chief officer of a corporation or
organization which pays the Corporation $25 in any
Year shall be ex .officio a member of the Corporation for
that year; •
(c) a person who pays the annual membership fee of
$1,00 to the Corporation -in any year shall be a member
o1 the Corporation for that year;
(d) a member who pays his fees annually shall not be
entitled to vote at any meeting of the Corporation
unless his membership fee was paid in fUII at least
thirty days prior to the date of the meeting.
Harry Bosnell,
Chairman of the •Board.
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For your convenience The Bank of
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MONDAY - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
TUESDAY - 10 a.m, to 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY loajnto3p.m.
THURSDAY - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
FRIDAY - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
We trust that'these hours offer you
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GODERICH
problems."
"Voluntary associations -have
been credited with reinforcing
our democratic political
system..."
"Now is the ,time, therefore,
for both gov rnment and the
private- secto� to think this
(new) org ttizational form
through, in ler to clarify its
status, to strengthen it, and to
find for it a more secure place
in our. Society."
It will not follow, however,
that a simple endorsation of
the principles enunciated will
suffice. The past experiences of
the Society board and the staff
administering service would, in-
dicate that both government
and the . Loeb! ociety must
examine their present and.
future roles with more
frankness, with more insight,
with greater primary emphasis
on service to people and not the
system delivering services, than
has been our past experience.
Whether we talk about this
Society's relationship with
government, or consideration,of
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an internal programme change
or expansion, this Society has
stood and will continue to
stand for growth that comes
from divergence of thinking in-
stead of agreement, and I am
firmly convinced that a per-
sistent factor in its gro*th, or
any future changes, has been
and will be a spirit of
dissatisfaction with anything
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arrangements have been made to hold
OPEN HOUSE at the jail in Goderich.
Sunday, February 18, 1973
BETWEEN 2 & 5 P.M.
Representatives of the town of Goderich and the County' of
Huron will be on hand to, answer any questions.
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Persons entering the building do so at their own risk. Children •
must be accompanied by parents.
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County Property
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ROY V. PATTISON
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