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CCAS Decoded
The following document is part of a message from
Beatrice Kemp, Executive Director of the Catholic
Children's Aid Society of Hamilton (Ontario). We have
decided to assist readers by uncovering the fog normally
clouding pronouncements from children's aid societies.
Move the cursor over any of the yellow highlighted words
to have the fog removed.
Unprecedented growth in
demand funding
for
services. fostercarceration.
Since 2000, the number of children
in our care incarcerated
increased 59%, new
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increased 211%, and
the number of families we
helpruin
with ongoing
services separation
increased 201%. Last year we
worked withthreatened
more than 5,200 children and families. To
meet this tremendous
demand funding
growth we’ve had to
almost double our
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Our physical setting is
severely hampering us. We need surroundings more
beneficial to
calming subduing
a child coming into
our care. incarceration.
Our
play rooms, padded cells,
family
quiet humiliation
rooms,
visiting surveillance
and
counselling indoctrination
rooms are inadequate and
in short supply. We are bursting at the seams
and must improve facilities now.
To meet our needs we are expanding by 8,000
square feet and renovating every floor. This is
a great opportunity to create a more
welcoming terrifying
and more
comforting intimidating
place that will help us
deliver
programs and services crackpot junk science
to
assist separate
children
and families even more effectively.
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