I read the news again today …
It is a shame that CYFs do not know what CYFs are doing, the both of which do not know what CYFs are doing.
First CYFs tell us “More than 1000 Maori children were victims of abuse in the past year, a rate far higher than other ethnic groups, Child Youth and Family Services figures show. It dealt with 1010 cases of physical abuse involving Maori children for 2005, compared with 613 Pakeha cases and 451 Pacific Island cases”
Maori babies most at risk, say figures
Then they tell us “Around 5000 children are suspected to be at risk of violence, abuse or neglect every month, statistics from Child Youth and Family show … CYF figures show 58,247 children were reported to be at risk by police and the public from July 2005 to May 2006”.
5000 youngsters reported at risk every month
And than – in the same breath – they tell us “Nationally, around 2500 children are referred to CYF by police every month”. 2,500 per month = 30,000 per year!
2,084? 58,247? 30,000? Can’t CYFs at least co-ordinate to get their facts straight?
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