New $2-M program at Marymound to care for at-risk girls
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Marymound youth social services facility will open a new secure unit next month to provide special care for six at-risk girls with “complex needs” — girls with similar needs to murder victim Tina Fontaine.
While planning for the $2-million program was underway before Fontaine was murdered a year ago, Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross told a news conference this morning the still-unsolved death of the 15-year-old was on the minds of everyone involved.
“The murder of Tina Fontaine shone a spotlight on Manitoba Child and Family Services,” she said. “The child welfare system could have done a better job with Tina Fontaine.”
Marymound CEO Jay Rodgers said that dozens of Manitoba girls would fit the criteria for the program: “These would be kids with significant history of very risky behavior…kids involved in the sex trade, being exploited,” likely with addictions.
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