Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of health. Can the Minister explain how much child and family services works with the RCMP and the Department of Justice when homes with children is under investigation for criminal activity, such as drugs offences, to ensure that children are safely out of that home well before the police begin making arrests. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Minister of Health and Social Services.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not sure of the actual protocol that they use, but I am aware that in communities where they are -- you know, where there is concerns, RCMP, if there is a need to go into the house, they -- and they know that there's children, they will contact child and family services. The other way around, if child and family services get a complaint and needs to go in to a family's home and they suspect that there could be, you know, drugs and crime going on, that they will contact RCMP as well to escort them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. How is the Minister ensuring that CFS staff can carry out welfare checks when concerns are raised about drugs and crime presence when staff may feel unsafe entering those homes? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I know that child and family services does collaborate with the RCMP, and in the smaller communities, you know, I recently was in the Deh Cho and had the opportunity to talk with some of the concerns that the social workers had when going into small communities. And so with the communities that have no social worker or no RCMP that they are to, you know -- they're to travel together but if it's high risk, then they will contact RCMP. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Final supplementary. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have families affected by crime who are stuck in the small overcrowded homes after evictions. Can the Minister explain how she ensures that her department has plans to help these families access stable housing after an eviction beyond a simple moving them into with their closest relatives. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when there is a -- you know, a situation arise in a small community or in a family or if people are living in a home that now they can't occupy or they have to leave in order to keep the kids, the goal of child and family services is to try to keep the family together and try to get them to a safe place as soon as possible, and they usually work within the family first. And so if they identify an area where there is a family that they can go and stay, then they will make arrangements and support them to try and get there. That work doesn't stop there. It continues on, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Oral questions. Member from Frame Lake.
