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MNAASGED Services
ADMISSION PREVENTION -
The initial focus of child welfare work is
on ensuring child safety while
maintaining the child in the family
home. Child welfare agencies and social
workers provide support to families to
prevent the child from coming into foster
care initially; if a child does come into
care, agencies and workers continue to
provide support so that the family, if
possible, can be re-united. This support
and assistance for families could include
temporary financial assistance for
clothing, rent, or transportation, as well
as connecting families with community
services and family resources.
KINSHIP SERVICE - This is an
option if the child is unable to remain in
his/her immediate family's care. The
child is not in the formal care of the
child welfare agency, though the agency
continues to work with the family, and is
placed with a member of his/her
extended family or with a community
member known to the child. The goal of
kinship service placements may be
reunification of the child with his or her
family and/or a permanent home with an
extended family member through legal
custody. While child welfare agencies
don't provide ongoing financial support
in this situation, the extended family or
community member may be eligible for
Temporary Care Assistance through
Ontario Works, which may include
prescription drugs, dental and vision
care, back-to-school allowance and
winter clothing allowance
KINSHIP CARE - In this case, the
child is in the formal care of the child
welfare agency, and goes to live with a
member of his/her extended family or
community rather than with a foster
family unknown to the child. Kinship
families are assessed and supervised in
accordance with MCYS provincial foster
care standards and regulations. Child
welfare agencies will assess available
support from the community and other
family members, and provide ongoing
financial assistance to support the needs
of the child in the extended family's
home until the child returns to the
parents or a plan for a long-term or
permanent home for the child has been
established. Payments will not exceed
the regular foster care rate
(approximately $900 per month)
LEGAL CUSTODY - This is an
option to provide legal guardianship of a
child to a parent, extended family
member, community member or
resource parents. This option is designed
to address the special challenges for
families who make a permanent
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