Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-10-05
issued: 1983-10-19
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note: ■■■■ . .•.>*_em*wm.*> >*:<^'?':>.y!fi-.- *.. ... legislative Library parI-ano-it_ B.ulldimgB yio*boriu, b.O. Priorities change Where will children go? BySlCKMcILWAIN AIDERGROVE - At the end of this month the B.C. government will terminate the family support program. 226 highly skilled workers will no longer be needed by the ministry of human resources but what is to become of the families and children that depended on them to help them learn to cope with their problems? The family support program was set up by the ministry in 1978. By 1980 there were 1,000 fewer children in care of the superintendent of child welfare. Ihe program was successful and the emphasis on the family was showing good results. The program was preventative by nature and was designed to address problem areas before they became chronic. "To support the family is to support the province and the success of our workers in the field provides hope for many struggling families who see no resolution for their problems. "In some places they call the family obsolete, yet in British Columbia it is receiving the recognition for what it is, the very fabric of our society, the strength of our province." So stated human resources minister Grace McCarthy in 1979. The family support program, as well as being effective, was also economically efficient. The cost of service was estimated at $1,000 to $1,250 per child per year. Without the service, foster home care ranges from $3,600 to $7,200 per child per year, special care $15,000 to $18,000, more intensive treatment costs up to $36,000 per child per year. However, according to Roop Seebar- an, president of the B.C. Association of Social Workers, .mBB____________________wmBm "-more important than the immediate dollar savings is the long term value of this type of program. Those who emotionally, physically and sexually abuse their own children or other's children, are people who were abused themselves. Abandoning the child victims today is guaranteeing increased …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0421093
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text