MH

The applicant filed a complaint with the Child and Family Services Review Board alleging that the respondent children's aid society failed to hear her concerns and provide reasons regarding services, her exclusion from planning, and the lack of a formal Kinship Service Agreement while she cared for her grandchild.

The Board found that the respondent did hear the applicant's concerns and provided reasons for its decisions regarding services and planning.

While the respondent failed to provide sufficient and timely reasons regarding the lack of a Kinship Service Agreement, the Board ordered no further remedies as the information was provided during the application process.

The applicant, the sister of a foster parent for a child, filed an application under section 120 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, alleging the respondent society failed to provide reasons for several decisions regarding her foster care application and kinship assessment.

The Child and Family Services Review Board found that the society had provided adequate reasons for its definition of kin, the commissioning of a therapist's report, the cancellation of a home assessment, and the closure of her foster care file.

However, the Board found the society failed to provide reasons for why it advised the applicant's counsel that its intentions regarding placement had not changed, and for its definition of an 'out of care' placement.

The application was upheld in part, and the society was ordered to provide written reasons for the outstanding issues.