Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 1, 2016 17:39:22 GMT 12
CYF GONE BY MARCH NEXT YEAR
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says by the end of March next year Child Youth and Family will be gone.
The National Party gathered in Hamilton today for Social Development Minister Anne Tolley's announcement.
“The way that CYFS currently works now, their way of operating is gone. And by the end of March next year, Child Youth and Family as an organisation will be finished.”
Tolley announced a number of new initiatives for better child care.
“The new Model will focus on five core services - Prevention, Intensive Intervention, Care Support, Youth Justice and Transition Support. So instead of responding to a crisis, the agency or the new structure will take a life-long view.”
The majority of children known to CYFs are Māori. The Minister says it latest plan will address this over-representation.
“We have to partner with Iwi, with our Whānau Ora procurement agents, purchasing agents, with Māori academics, and with Māori whānau. And we need to develop and test new initiatives to find new ways to work together to get better outcomes for their tamariki and whanau,” says Tolley……
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/cyf-gone-march-next-year
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says by the end of March next year Child Youth and Family will be gone.
The National Party gathered in Hamilton today for Social Development Minister Anne Tolley's announcement.
“The way that CYFS currently works now, their way of operating is gone. And by the end of March next year, Child Youth and Family as an organisation will be finished.”
Tolley announced a number of new initiatives for better child care.
“The new Model will focus on five core services - Prevention, Intensive Intervention, Care Support, Youth Justice and Transition Support. So instead of responding to a crisis, the agency or the new structure will take a life-long view.”
The majority of children known to CYFs are Māori. The Minister says it latest plan will address this over-representation.
“We have to partner with Iwi, with our Whānau Ora procurement agents, purchasing agents, with Māori academics, and with Māori whānau. And we need to develop and test new initiatives to find new ways to work together to get better outcomes for their tamariki and whanau,” says Tolley……
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/cyf-gone-march-next-year