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Kids 'ripped out' of safe spaces after province cut ties with foster home operator that provided pot: worker

Kids 'ripped out' of safe spaces after province cut ties with foster home operator that provided pot: worker

CBC
Friday, March 22, 2024 1:45 PM GMT

Workers with a Manitoba foster home operator that gave cannabis to kids in care say the province moved too quickly to cut ties with Spirit Rising House, leaving at-risk youth in its homes uncertain where they'll be living in the next month.

Abigail Shepell, a support worker at one of the 11 homes run by Spirit Rising House, said it took 2½ years to get three siblings together in the same home.

But with the imminent closure of that foster home, they now don't know where they are headed.

"It's not fair that they're being ripped out of these homes where they feel safe, they feel loved," said Shepell — one of several Spirit Rising House workers who gathered outside Manitoba's legislative building Thursday to protest the province's decision to end its relationship with the private, for-profit foster home operator.

"They aren't being listened to. They're advocating for themselves to stay in these homes."

Last month, the provincial government said it was cutting ties with Spirit Rising House after learning some of its workers were giving unauthorized cannabis to youth in their care as a form of harm reduction.

Several former and current employees told CBC News they had concerns with how the homes were run, alleging the pot was used as a way to numb the kids instead of dealing with their trauma.

Shepell said the three siblings she fears could be split up are between the ages of 14 and 17. They're Level 5 CFS children — youth with high, complex care needs deemed at risk of sexual exploitation, drug use and self-harm.

Since being reunited, they've been working together to get sober, said Shepell.

"They've depended on each other. When one is feeling down, the other two pick each other up. It's really amazing to see that a family can be brought back together," she said.

However, the three siblings will not be separated, according to a spokesperson for the Southern Network of Care, which oversees the delivery of services by the Southeast Child and Family Services agency.

The children housed in Spirit Rising House's 11 homes were under the guardianship of Southeast CFS.

Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine said about a third of the kids in Spirit Rising House's care have been moved, with no timeline for when the rest will find new homes.

Some who are over the age of 18 are transitioning to adult services, she said, but her department is focusing on individualized plans for each youth. 

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