Ontario Group Homes

• Nunavut vows review of costs, more checks on kids sent south amid Global News investigation

  Nunavut says it will review what it pays providers to care for its children outside the territory amid allegations of mistreatment following Global News investigation

  Investigations

  Mar 6, 2024
  
• Ontario proposing fines of $250K for anyone caught breaking child-protection laws

  Ontario is proposing to increase fines for individuals convicted of breaking child-welfare laws from $1,000 per day of non-compliance to a maximum court-imposed fine of $250,000.

  Investigations

  Jul 18, 2023
  
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• Ontario children’s aid society handed $1.3M after Global News report

  Sarnia-Lambton Children’s Aid Society (CAS) received the new money and is home to a groundbreaking initiative in the province's child-welfare system

  Investigations

  Mar 23, 2023
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• ‘A better way’: An Indigenous alternative to Ontario’s faltering child-welfare system

  An Indigenous child protection agency in Ontario called Nogdawindamin uses a novel approach to child welfare that focuses on culture, families and community to keep kids at home.

  Features

  Mar 8, 2023
• How one Ontario child welfare agency is fighting to fix a broken system

  Sarnia-Lambton Children’s Aid Society created a plan to end the practice of kids growing up in group homes. It has succeeded, but their results have come at a cost.

  Features

  Mar 7, 2023
• Opposition calls for investigation into Ontario for-profit group home chain

  Ontario's NDP are calling for an investigation into the province’s second-largest operator of kids’ group homes following an investigation by Global News.

  Investigations

  Nov 23, 2022
• Reports, inspections, a death: Red flags raised for years inside kids group home chain

  A Global News investigation has uncovered two government reports that raised serious concerns about a large Ontario group home chain.

  Investigations

  Nov 23, 2022
• ‘Like a zombie’: Ontario group home chain accused of overmedicating kids in care

  Former workers and youth who lived at a large chain of group homes say they were overmedicated, a Global News investigation has found.

  Investigations

  Nov 22, 2022
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• ‘Throwaway kids’: Allegations of human trafficking, mistreatment at Ont. group home chain

  A Global News investigation into one of Ontario's largest for-profit group home providers has revealed alarming allegations.

  Investigations

  Nov 21, 2022
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• Ontario ombudsman finds ‘substantial increase’ in complaints involving kids in care

  Paul Dubé outlined trends and investigations his office handled between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022 in a report released Tuesday.

  Investigations

  Aug 10, 2022