Foster kids no longer housed in Regina hotels: Social services

The Ministry of Social Services has put an emergency plan in place to remove foster children from Regina hotels.

A government spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement on Saturday that there are no longer any children staying in the hotels as a form of foster care.

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The spokesperson said that an "emergency contingency resource" was implementedon Friday to respond to the high volume of calls regarding children coming into care.

This means that all of the children previously cared for in hotels are now with family, extended family, foster homes or group homes, according to the statement.

The ministry could not provide additional information until Monday.

At the beginning of June,Saskatchewan children's advocate, BobPringle, said that there is a "looming crisis" in the foster care system.

Pringle's comments came after it was revealed that 13 foster kids were staying at Regina hotels one night that week.

The ministry attributed this to the spike in children coming into care.

Last May, the ministry apprehended 55 children, which is more than double the amount during the same period a year prior.