Children in Care
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Province introduces program to try and connect children in care with familiesThe province is launching the Supported Guardianship Program to connect more children in care with their families.HealthJun 17
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Indigenous leaders, foster kids decry child welfare systemThe discovery of 215 children's remains at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is highlighting parallels with the modern child welfare system.PoliticsJun 12
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‘Heartbreaking’ overdose death of Indigenous teen in B.C. care highlights need for change: report'Skye and her mother deserved much, much better,' Jennifer Charlesworth, B.C.'s representative for children and youth, said.NewsJun 10
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Canada one step closer to child welfare reform, say Saskatchewan First Nations leadersThe federal government has yet to commit a dollar amount to the system overhaul.PoliticsJul 8, 2020
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‘Stop the bull—t’: Timeline unclear as FSIN renews call for child welfare reform fundingFSIN vice-chief David Pratt is fed up with what he calls government inaction and hollow gestures.PoliticsJul 3, 2020
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FSIN, Sask. NDP slam province’s child welfare approach, call for systemic changeThe number of children in care last year in Saskatchewan was the highest it's been in over a decade.CanadaJun 5, 2020
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Saskatchewan First Nation ratifies its own child and family services actA south Saskatchewan First Nation has passed its own child welfare legislation and is now working with the federal and provincial governments on implementation.CanadaMar 4, 2020
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Province provides funding supplement to B. C. school districts for children and youth in careThe provincial government has put in place new funding for children and youth in care as part of changes to funding to school districts.EducationFeb 7, 2020
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77-year-old Alberta ‘baby whisperer’ fosters dozens of children in careThey 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.CanadaJan 21, 2020
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Report finds significant gaps in interprovincial care system led to OD death of 17-year-old boyB.C.'s representative for children and youth is recommending better monitoring of children in care moving between provinces and territories.CanadaNov 26, 2019
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