Written By:
Anthony R0bins - Date published:
12:42 pm, April 8th, 2015 - 6 comments
Categories: child welfare, Media -
Tags: children's commissioner, invisible
Speaking of children and their welfare, yesterday Newstalk ZB reported:
Cutbacks for Children’s Commissioner: report
Funding pressures have seen the Office of the Children’s Commissioner cut back on some of its work. The details are revealed in a just published Parliamentary report … It said financial restraints have seen the commissioner reduce the frequency of monitoring visits to Child Youth and Family youth justice residences, which are now being done every 18 months, instead of annually.
The report also said the Children’s Commissioner Office has cut back on its publications, closed its Auckland Office, and reduced the number of Young Persons Advisory group meetings it holds.
Hurray for the Brighter Future?
This is a significant development for the welfare of children in our country, which has a massive child poverty problem. Newsworthy I would have thought, but I can’t find coverage anywhere except ZB. I am left with the conclusion that we don’t care.
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Peter Dunne? Yoooo Hooooooo, calling Peter Dunne.
grrr. We need a by-election in a childrens’ electorate…
And this cut back on visits to CYPs residences housing children comes during a time when the spotlight is on child abuse in institutions in the UK, and should be on the same here…
people care, but they are too busy tdying to make ends meet.
This is just the start of the attack on Children by this crappy “government”.
We need to note that an even greater attack is being planned by Tolley on CYFs
http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2015/04/08/guest-blog-metiria-turei-the-cyf-review-an-exercise-in-predetermination/
and
https://socialworkresearchnz.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/the-cyf-review-the-commissioner-for-children-and-the-skills-and-expertise-of-social-workers/
Children can’t vote – so they don’t matter is obviously the attitude of this shabby lot.
It’s like kids are responsible for the way they’re treated, or something.
I don’t believe it’s simply cost-cutting. When put alongside the review of Child, Youth and Family services it shows up as libertarian idiocy.