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Friday, December 16, 2016 10:15 AM
More than 70 B.C. young people who were in government care have applied for extended supports since the expansion of the Agreements with Young Adults (AYA) program mid-October.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016 10:00 AM
Front-line ministry social workers in hard-to-recruit areas of the province will receive an additional $3,000 to $6,000 per year, thanks to a new agreement between government and the BC Government and Service Employees Union (BCGEU).
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Thursday, November 24, 2016 9:45 AM
Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux has released the following statement in response to First Call’s 2016 BC Child Poverty Report Card, on Nov. 24, 2016:
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016 12:00 PM
Meet Raven, who at 19 years of age ‘aged out’ of ministry care, having been in more than 20 foster homes since the age of four.
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Monday, November 21, 2016 1:30 PM
A final report from the Ministry of Children and Family Development’s special advisor provides 85 recommendations to overhaul British Columbia’s Indigenous child welfare system and improve outcomes for Indigenous children and youth by changing focus from intervention and separation to strengthening families.
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Sunday, November 20, 2016 9:00 AM
Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux released the following statement commemorating B.C.’s Child and Youth Day on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016:
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Monday, October 24, 2016 1:33 PM
Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux has released the following statement on the completion of Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond’s second term as British Columbia’s Representative for Children and Youth (RCY):
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Thursday, October 20, 2016 9:30 AM
Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux issued the following statement in response to the Representative for Children and Youth’s investigative report into the death of a youth who had been receiving ministry services.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016 9:15 AM
Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux issued the following statement in response to the release of the representative for children and youth’s report that investigates sexualized violence against children and youth in care:
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Monday, October 3, 2016 8:00 AM
What does it take to become a foster caregiver? Close to 3,000 individuals and families provincewide open their homes and their hearts to foster children in B.C. every day. As Foster Family Month, October is a time to find out more about the remarkable work these caregivers do and to ask yourself if fostering might be right for you.
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