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Winnipeg at-risk teens the victims in "political fight" between group home, province: caregivers

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What’s been described by caregivers and biological parents as a “political fight” between a private group home company and the provincial government is taking a disastrous toll on some of the teens being uprooted by a child welfare agency. This comes as the Manitoba government “winds down” its relationship with Spirit Rising House. This is all in the wake of a spat over some of the teens being given cannabis as a harm-reduction measure.

“We’ve had suicide attempts, AWOLs, drug use. Destabilization all around the unknown. It’s very heartbreaking to see,” Adara Curtis, an employee at one of the homes said. “We were told any time before (March 27) they could be removed. So it could be today, it could the 27th,” Curtis said. Twenty high-needs, high-risk teens who are being removed are wards of the Southeast Child and Family Services, who act as their legal guardians.

The agency didn’t respond to Global News’ request for details about supports the vulnerable youth are being offered, or if there’s room in Manitoba’s overwhelmed child welfare system to take them all in. Caregivers are calling on Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine to hear from the teens themselves. Fontaine was travelling and unavailable for comment, but a spokesperson from her department says “the priority right now is finding safe new placements for youth in care of Spirit Rising House.”

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