After operating over-budget for the last two years, the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society (KHCAS) is reducing its staff by 17.2 per cent to help balance the budget.
The layoffs come as part of a multi-year “Deficit Management Plan” which has been developed to “reduce expenditures by $7.6 million,” according to a KHCAS media statement.
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 334 expressed their concerns about the staffing reductions in a July 18 media statement.
“Our concern is that kids are going to be left at risk, that kids are potentially going to die, because we do not have the staff or resources to do meaningful work,” says Ruby Taylor, Local 334 President and child protection worker at KHCAS.
Listen to the full CFFF story to hear comment from local MPP, and from the KHCAS Board of Directors.
