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Canadian Teen saved from Utah facilities

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Ursus:

--- Quote ---Outraged, Gloria, whose name and that of her grandson have been changed, poured thousands of dollars into legal services to fight the decision, but the judge upheld the ruling. By then, her concern had become about more than the distance: it emerged that a former Cinnamon Hills worker, Joy Lynette Andrews, was facing charges relating to an alleged sexual relationship with a 16-year-old resident. (The 34-year-old pleaded not guilty last month.) Though Nathan didn't end up going to Utah (he was deemed inadmissible to the U.S.), the alternative of Trenton has left Gloria only marginally less desperate. "He doesn't need to be going where he's going," she says. "That child needs to be loved." (Days after his arrival in Trenton, Nathan ran away. He was later returned by police.)
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For more on the Joy Andrews case:

Cinnamon Hills; Joy Lynette Andrews arrested/charged
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Ursus:
Comments on the above article, "Nowhere to turn" (MacCleans; August 7, 2009):


kaysee  · 11 weeks ago
It constantly amazes me that governments seem to be unable/unwilling to invest the smaller amounts of money required to assist children/families/foster families in their communities. Letting matters get to a crises stage is always more expensive and time-consuming than dealing w/ problems when they less critical.
It's time that governments learned to do cost-benefit analysis - early treatment is always less costly than incarceration &/or hospitalization.(reply) chris allan  · 10 weeks ago
I dont know where you get your info. From the unions that represent workers in these fields maybe? but from what I see, Provinces spend enormous amounts of money in these areas. Most of it in the form of wages and benefits for the workers who dont want to fix a problem that may lead to the end of their gravy train. Ontario pays foster parents over $30 per day per child. Is more money going to help the situation?[/list]
TeriB  · 11 weeks ago
I am not the least bit surprised but it does astonish me at how inept we as a nation are at taking care of the less fortunate. And the justifications and excuses we have for only doing so much ! are equally astonishing.
And please no bragging or sending blogs to straighten me out on the matter. I have been there, I watched from the other side and saw only a very few "kind true Canadians" . I found "ZERO" kindness in most and none in the auto trons we call government.
We are missing the whole lesson. That is pretty sad.(reply) scf  · 10 weeks ago
I think it is sad that you feel the need to slander the entire country. You need a personality transplant.(reply) Jack Mitchell 96p  · 10 weeks ago
Uh, QED?[/list][/list]
proworker  · 10 weeks ago
I work in this system and it is broken down completely. Beurocrats dono have a clue as to the crisis that is happening in residential placement. It is no less than systematic abuse of our children.

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nannieb68:
They dropped the law suit against the Bayfield home workers, I would bet my life on it, that they did assault  the young boy from N.S., why would I say that.....my son was in Bayfield homes and was treated the same way, I also heard loud screams while on the phone with my son, he said they had a little boy up against the wall by his neck, bullies is what they are, wanna be cops and jail guards and have to build a resume, so cop to cop will not lay charges, its been proven, I have been to the home, seen the nasty workers there, one of them bent over fixing bikes can see the crack of her arse, not something these boys need to see, and they were outside watching her in disgust, also the beer in the fridge in the garage, getting kids drink? who knows, but if not why is there beer in the fridge, still havent go the answer to that, my son was abused by the workers at this home, by the doctor who kept him drugged, and the staff he would see on a regular basis touching each other in an inappropriate way, (only on night shift). They have a few houses in the area, one is just as bad as the other.

Anonymous:

--- Quote from: "nannieb68" ---They dropped the law suit against the Bayfield home workers, I would bet my life on it, that they did assault  the young boy from N.S., why would I say that.....my son was in Bayfield homes and was treated the same way, I also heard loud screams while on the phone with my son, he said they had a little boy up against the wall by his neck, bullies is what they are, wanna be cops and jail guards and have to build a resume, so cop to cop will not lay charges, its been proven, I have been to the home, seen the nasty workers there, one of them bent over fixing bikes can see the crack of her arse, not something these boys need to see, and they were outside watching her in disgust, also the beer in the fridge in the garage, getting kids drink? who knows, but if not why is there beer in the fridge, still havent go the answer to that, my son was abused by the workers at this home, by the doctor who kept him drugged, and the staff he would see on a regular basis touching each other in an inappropriate way, (only on night shift). They have a few houses in the area, one is just as bad as the other.
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