The federal government has yet to commit a dollar amount to the system overhaul.

FSIN vice-chief David Pratt is fed up with what he calls government inaction and hollow gestures.

The number of children in care last year in Saskatchewan was the highest it's been in over a decade.

A south Saskatchewan First Nation has passed its own child welfare legislation and is now working with the federal and provincial governments on implementation.

The provincial government has put in place new funding for children and youth in care as part of changes to funding to school districts.

They call him the baby whisperer. Luther Burbank has been a temporary father to 88 children, 66 of whom were babies, over the last 21 years.

B.C.'s representative for children and youth is recommending better monitoring of children in care moving between provinces and territories.

"Birth alerts" allow social services to contact health officials when they have concerns about a baby's safety, potentially leading to seizure of the child.

The provincial tuition waiver program allows post-secondary institutions to waive tuition fees for children who were in care.

National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations says the number of First Nations children in care — over 40,000 — is a human rights crisis.