Advocates say foster families are facing new challenges due to distancing requirements and other aspects of life amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
TORONTO -- Efforts to stop the novel coronavirus are adding heartbreaking challenges to those already faced by foster families across Canada.
The early days of the pandemic were a "scary time" for foster families, Perron said, because the movement of children within the system made the risks of COVID-19 transmission apparent. Perron showed CTV News letters and drawings from her two foster children during the pandemic. The 12-year-old child said that they miss their birth family and virtual visits with them are "just not the same," while the nine-year-old child's drawing summed up the situation in two words: "It sucks."
Beyond the impacts on foster families, there are also fears that the foster care system itself is being hurt by the pandemic.
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