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ty Ink 11111e11 Narlli-l�illllllcx MPP
Of Thhuradayy fl'ecember 16,
1976, The Honourable
Margaret Birch quietly
released the Report of the
Internnlnistry Committee on
Residential Services,
Unfortunately, only three
cbpies were tabled in the
House, and additional copies
are difficult to obtain.,
This report is highly
critical of the Government's
administration of 'residential
services. It notes that 23
separate residential systems
are at present in operation
under provincial legislation
and supervision.
In connection with the
programs which are intended
to serve children and young
adults, the report underlines
the. necessity of far-reaching
reforms in this area of
provincial jurisdiction.
It states, for example,' that
'our uncontrolled and -unco-
ordinated f1oty of admissions
and lack of classification
make it .a matter . of chance
whether a particular child
will go to a children's aid
societyhome at $8 or -$9 a day
or a Children's Institution at
$25 a day or a Children's
Mental Health Centre at $60 a
day'. This particular passage
is concluded- with the
following admission:
"Without generally accepted
classification and monitoring
of admissions flow and
control, it could easily happen
and perhaps does - -that a
facility charging an ovrall
rate of say $45 per day has
only about` "one-third of the
children, in it. who..should be -
accorded that level of care.
We simply don't know, Most
,.-facilities select the children
they want on an individual.
basis or perhaps it would be
more accurate to say they try
to keep out those that they
don't want and let the rest in,
The fact is that no systematic -
case audit of the children's
facilities in Ontario has ever
been done.'
Another section, of the
'Report observes that,
`programs 100 per cent
funded by the Province tend
to. be first choice placement
whether or not they were
appropriate% and' :than 'the
review showed a significant
number of residents, about 20
per cent, who in.the opinion of
Directors and front line staff,
did not require the service at
all or might more ap-
propriately have been placed
in so
m
eothE#r facility'. 4
When one considers the
wide variations in per diem
costs and the very real
possibility of inappropriate
placement, giver the fact that
many users of these services
exhibit' similar charac-
teristics, regardless of which
system they 'happen to find
themselves in'. (another
finding .of the Interrainistry
Report), the situation
"becomes a matter of serious
concern. .
The report also indicate s
that program effectiveness is
not related to staff ratios. It.
was also -found, apparently, E:
that 'there was a tendency for
the same number of staff to'
be working directly with
residents at any giventime
• regardless of the . size of
overall staff'; . although ..
'differences in - staff ratios
were almost whbily
responsible for variations in
cost'.
-In an Appendix .to the
Report bn the subject of
" Children's ' Mental. Health'
Centres, there is the following __
i'nforniation.
No formal operating
manual exists.
Financial 'and program:'
'disputes ,...are .. at.., .,present.;-:'
resolved 'outside existing-
policy
xistingpolicy by appeals to
politicians arid other forma of
pressure'.
14o rennirenzents at present
exist for fs%ilitiea report,,
'reasarta for .,
adtrclssior►,
:. progress" of •r: ,.treatment,
reasons" for „.discllargei Err
acting number of children in
residence%
Quarteriii7"• 'financial .. -
reporting procedures, while
supposedly' inpreparation, do
not extEkt.
NO percentage utilization'
figure is given.
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