Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the social workers responsible for child welfare work, on a limited basis, with the foster parents that are recruited. I know it is an issue that we are fully aware of. That is why one of the initiatives in the current budget, within the social envelope, frees up a lot of social worker time in communities. I am speaking of the community supervision initiative with the Department of Justice that will free up that supervision aspect that social workers are currently carrying out in many of our communities. The income support initiative, which will free up that aspect again of the duties of social workers, to allow them to spend more time on child welfare issues and support issues and working with the foster parents and with parents generally in the communities, to try to bring up that level of child support. Mr. Speaker, thank you.
Kelvin Ng on Question 343-13(4): Foster Parent Training
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 343-13(4): Foster Parent Training
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 18th, 1997
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
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