One of the biggest issues that I have encountered over the years has to do with the right of people to maintain their privacy. Kids who are facing difficulty or who are in a shelter have the right to say that they don't want their parents to be involved. They have the right to deny access.
In communication in your diversion program, you rely heavily on family, on friends, on school. In our situation in Niagara, if somebody is a fair distance away and they say, “I don't want my parents to know where I am,” you don't have the right to make that call. Am I correct?