Kids In Care

• ‘It should not be this hard’: B.C. adoptive family pleads for support for 8-year-old

  "I begged for respite. I begged for special needs support. I've begged for people to come into the home to help strategize too. I've begged for a break."

  Politics

  Dec 4, 2024
  
• B.C. child welfare system facing workload, staffing crisis: report

  The representative for children in British Columbia says the provincial child welfare system is either in a state of crisis or close to it with understaffing and unmanageable workloads.

  Jul 23, 2024
  
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• All former youth in care in B.C. now eligible for education tuition waivers

  The ombudsperson has released a report calling on B.C. to compensate a woman who left government care at 17 years old to live with her aunt, but was denied post-secondary funding.

  Education

  Sep 14, 2023
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• Changes made after B.C. foster kids ‘failed at every level’ in horrific abuse case: Minister

  One of the two children died following their abuse. The Chilliwack-area foster parents were sentenced to 10 years in prison last week.

  Crime

  Jun 20, 2023
• Foster kids of all ages get free tuition in B.C.

  The British Columbia government is opening to all ages its tuition waiver for those who were in foster care in the province.

  Education

  Mar 14, 2023
• How one Ontario child welfare agency is fighting to fix a broken system

  Sarnia-Lambton Children’s Aid Society created a plan to end the practice of kids growing up in group homes. It has succeeded, but their results have come at a cost.

  Features

  Mar 7, 2023
• ‘The last three months wasn’t good,’ foster parent tells inquest into B.C. Cree teen’s death

  Traevon Desjarlais was found hanging in the closet of his room at his Abbotsford, B.C. group home on Sept. 18, 2020. A foster parent was one of the last people to see him alive.

  Health

  Nov 30, 2022
• Cultural education at the heart of B.C. Indigenous-led child welfare program

  “I’m really proud of what I’m seeing amongst the nine nations, and these young ones going on to have the life they deserve," executive director Bill Yoachim said.

  Perspectives

  Mar 7, 2022
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• SaskTel expanding phone donation program to youth transitioning out of care

  Youth who transition from ministry care, such as foster care or group homes will be provided with a free cell phone and a one-time $20 phone card.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2021
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• Manitoba Metis leader says pandemic response leaving out children in care

  The Manitoba Metis Federation's president says the province has left vulnerable foster children out of pandemic response plans.

  Jun 27, 2020