He felt abandoned in Manitoba's emergency shelters. Here's what he says needs to change in child welfare
Emergency shelters are supposed to be stopgap measures for child welfare in Manitoba. But people involved say the province's strained system is leaning too heavily on them, putting vulnerable kids at risk as they grow up in shelters with little supervision from under-trained workers.
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![Joshua Nepinak says he ended up in emergency placement resource shelters in Winnipeg about two dozen times as a teen in Manitoba's child welfare system. A young man with black hair and glasses in front of a snowy bus shack.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7120486.1708556662!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/joshua-nepinak.jpg)
Emergency shelters are supposed to be stopgap measures for child welfare in Manitoba. But people involved say the province's strained system is leaning too heavily on them, putting vulnerable kids at risk as they grow up in shelters with little supervision from under-trained workers.