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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-01-20, Page 20• 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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