PANIC MONTHLY NEWSLETTER August 2013 | Page 9

Did you know.......

The # of children in out of home placements

CYF Caregiver Placement 1,344

Family / Whānau Placement 1,660

Child and Family Support Services* 519

CYF Family Home Placement 97

CYF Residential Placement 54

Other Placement Type** 162

National Total 3,836

Snapshot as at 30 June each year

*Approved under s396 CYPF Act **Includes other supervised accommodation and boarding schools

Outcome of initial assessment of report of concern 2009/2010

Reports of concern requiring further action

55,494

Reports of concern not requiring further action

69,427

Now....imagine how much higher this could be if we can get CYFS to follow their policy and procedures to the letter and if everyone shared our name to help get this number much higher and the ones rewquiring further action as low as humanly possible