Dramatic rise in CAS care forces new budget Tilt HE- KALI October 13 lBTi A dramatic rise in the of teenagers coming into the care of the Children Aid Society of the pality of ia the main reason the agency Is seeking an additional from the regional and provincial gov The Society Board of approved the mentary budget at its fecial meeting on Wednesday Sept ember 1076 Earlier this year Communit v Social Services Minister James Taylor put a ceiling of percent on all children Aid Society budgets In the province However found It could not live within the provincial budgetary guidelines and immediately made a plea for additional funds in order to bring Its foster home rates on a par with other areas of the province The agency recelvW a percent increase which brought total budget or 1970 up to percent or 868 The need for a tnry budget rises out of the fact that the original approved bud get for was not adequate to the service needs nor the escalating costs which have occurred during the year More children have come into care than projected and Weekend camp training held for local sixers and seconds By COLTER A weekend of training for alien and seconds was held Sept at the Camp of the Woodland Trails A total of boys from Milton and North Districts were in tendance North was represented by 21 Cubs Adult assistance was given by Leaden and parents from 1st with Mr Murray pare Georgetown A Pack with Leaders Mn Evelyn Owen and Tom and 5th Georgetown B Pack with Mr George Moonhead a parent helping out The Cubs arrived on the Friday night eager and ready to go Tents soon sprouted everywhere and it wnsn t long before gear was stowed and everything made ready for a weekend of fun and learning After a brief Instruction period the Cuba and leaden Set to loin the Scouts who were also camping there at their Back to the lodge for cup of hot chocolate and then It was time to settle In for the night As Is usual at camp the Cubs were up bright and early and looking for their rations so they could begin showing off their culinary expertise For many of the boys cooking their own meals was a new ex and was met with varying degrees of success Many areas of instruction were covered by Mrs lone Hicks ADC Cubs Milton DistrlctandMrs Terry Colter ADC Cubs North District Mr Derek Hodge 3rd Milton Cubs master In strutted the boys In laying and lighting a fire The Cuba had an opportunity to practise and Fresh Ones Club learns homemaking Mount The second meeting of the Fresh Ones Club was held at the home of Mrs Judy Ddlon There were 15 present The meeting was opened by the President Sheena Cathy resigned as the club Press Reporter and Heather Mount look over At we were divided Into groups and assigned a topic The topics were fruit salad and fresh plum compote Everyone tried it the meeting was closed and thanks were ex tended to Mrs Dillon for her hospitality LETTER TO THE EDITOR Referee notes game suspensions were then required to cook their lunch on their fires As the comp coincided with the Milton Fall Fair It was decided to take the boys In to the fair for a couple of hours In the arte moon Returning to camp the Cubs discovered a turkey supper prepared for them Alter the inevitable dishes were done the Ven took the Cubs off for a game while the leaders en Joyed a welcome cup of coffee The camp fire programme was held In the lodge around a roaring fire In the fireplace After hot chocolate mar and cookies the Cubs were more than anxious to retire for the night and so were their leaden Sunday morning dawned a little damply but the Cubs managed to gel their breakfast cooked regardless Some of the boys were taken to Mass In Mlllon while the rest attended a Scouts Own at the After some llnal Instruction and lunch the Job of breaking camp began The Cubs then assembled in the lodge for a last few words and an evaluation of the weekend They all agreed they had all learned something and had had FUN The weekend had been a success After a rousing cheer for the termastcrs5th Milton Venturers who under the direction of their advisor Mr Paul Hicks had provided the rations and prepared the meals and a final closing the Cubs piled into the waiting care and set off for home specifically more adolescents have come into core at a greater cost in rales Additional major costs are attributed to prognm and staff changes and the need for improved salary and Changes in the Training Schools Act have meant that the courts arc now referring children to community rather than committing them lo training schools In past years has made extensive use of the Training Schools Act Sinct 1971 Its admissions to Irainlng schools have exceeded by more than half the admissions of its bordering regions Brant Peel and Welling ton In 1W74 it was seven times greater than Peel five times greater than Wellington and Waterloo and three times greater than Brant The legislative change mean that numbers of these adolescents are now re maining in their home and straining its re The Children Aid Socicly predicts that for the remainder of 1976 there will be an creasing number of cents coming Into its care Adolescents are expected to Increase to twelve above budget prediction In its report to the regional government administrative committee the agency said that at its peak we may expect to have 17 adolescents above prediction in care in regular boarding or room and board pluccment which iswell beyond ihc existing resources of the Society at tht moment meet this demand foster home cam is underway A total of 116 additional days care for is predicted at a cost of For ill thildrcn coming into Ihc care of Children Aid the agency predicts Increase of 12 portent in dollar cost percent In numbers of children The is reiucstm an additional in the supp lementary budget request to cover regular home rales By the end of June these rales had increased percent above the budgeted amount lis report also requests funds amounting to cover the boarding rile cost of severely hand capped children At the mo ment this includes children who arc either sevcrelj emo tionally disturbed or mentally retarded However this number should be doubled and an amount set aiide for oilier exceptional si might emerge during the ear the report said The igmcy told the region at it needs in order to offer support to its three par entouncd group homes This would cover the cost of a full lime child care worker and part time housekeeper to sup port the existing facilities As long as we continue to operate only group homes with father employed outside agency we will over tax re sources The addition of 680 should odd consider able support especially where high turnover of children the report said This move Is necessary because of the increase number of cents coming into care However the next year more and more varied facill ties must be developed to meet the needs of adolescents This includes the development of an assessment unit two self care units for older adoles cent wards and an inter ministry inter regional short term containment faclhtv for hard tomanage children and adolescents The agency Is desperately in need of more staff This year the Children a Aid Society has been operating with a shortage of two staff due to the ad dltional caseload and in creased demand in service Other costs included in the supplementary budget include clothing health care- IB education 200 and salaries Hon Coup land Executive Director said that the cent problem currently being experienced by the agency is only the tip of the iceberg Mr George Hcym Chair man of Board of the Children Aid stated that Tins supplementary budget has received the imous support of the Board unless the agency is printed the requested funds it will not be able lo honour the mandate of the Child Welfare Act IT JUST DOWN THE Mill St East Main SI Are you NEW TO TOWN or Have you moved into a new WELCOME TTT SERVICE Would like call on you with GIFT and about your new location The THE HERALD For and gilts oil 8774812 Dear Sir Re Huron Colts Misconduct at Soccer Game Following the cautious and ordering offences recorded at the Pee Wees lost game of the season at Cedarvalc recently the Huron Colts from Missis were severely disci at last week Halton Peel Disciplinary Hearing My report on the game as referee was supported by letters from Bryan Turner and Slu together with many other com plaints throughout the region which were received the playing season I certain that those present it the game as well as other soccer enthusiasts will be in of the punish merits handed out by the com Coach was until 31 December 1978 manigcr Hill until Decern and player McEwan until June 1977 Thcremun ing Huron players who were were suspended til 31 December No action was taken against Herb Kcwley of Georgetown who was cautioned in the final of that game I think that this shows the desire of the Peel officials to make every effort to keep soccer a clean sport and to promote the in the best possible manner and to illow children to participate in a decently controlled activity Earlier at the same Peter Ha Her of Georgetown Mosquitoes squad had an or Columnist lauded To the editor of The Herald Joyce Beaton a column Charlies mother died last night Is a moving sensitive piece that should touch the hearts of all but the In sensitive Your columnist has not only drawn attention to those like in our midst but to their needs as human beings possessed of deep Inner feelings I hope you will to Ma Beaton my thanks and my Wort Like hers the power and influence to change society and lead It to action on behalf of those members less privileged by freak of birth than others very truly Eric Colwlll off offence reduced to a caution which no act Ion was taken As Mosquito coach I would like to record tint Water worth our won the 197G Of The Year award with Kennedy a very close runner up The was presented niter our list of the season when Jeff recorded a shut in our defeat over by Finally I would like to offer congratulations to 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