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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 7:45 AM
Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development, and Katrina Chen, Minister of State for Child Care, have issued the following statement recognizing the importance of Child Care Month in B.C.:
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018 10:17 AM
Indigenous communities will have greater involvement in child-welfare decisions to help keep their children out of care, safe in their home communities, and connected to their cultures under proposed legislation changes that were announced by the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018 9:45 AM
There is still time to get nominations in for this year’s Child and Youth in Care Awards, with a deadline of Friday, April 20, 2018.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 4:10 PM
Children and Family Development Minister Katrine Conroy has released the following statement regarding the Representative for Children and Youth’s announcement that he will resign from the position at the end of August:
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Saturday, March 31, 2018 11:15 AM
Former residents of Woodlands who attended the school before Aug. 1, 1974, will finally receive compensation for systemic abuse suffered at the provincial institution, announced Premier John Horgan.
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Thursday, March 29, 2018 10:52 AM
More providers are opting in every day to reduce child-care fees for parents, said Katrina Chen, Minister of State for Child Care.
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Thursday, March 29, 2018 8:15 AM
Young people transitioning out of government care can get more money for housing, health care, transportation and other living expenses as changes to the Agreements with Young Adults (AYA) program take effect April 1, 2018.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018 10:45 AM
British Columbia parents with children in licensed care will start seeing child care savings of up to $350 a month as early as April, said Premier John Horgan.
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Monday, March 26, 2018 3:24 PM
The British Columbia government is extending the deadline for child-care providers to opt into the new child-care fee reduction, to allow more providers to pass on savings to parents for their April child-care fees, Katrina Chen, Minister of State for Child Care, announced today.
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Saturday, March 17, 2018 9:00 AM
Tracy Beynon is a child protection intake worker who grew up in Prince Rupert. She knows that sometimes just greeting a family member in the traditional Sm’algyax (Tsimshian) language — “Ndaayu wila waan”— can be a simple way to show respect, and ease some of the tensions when she first enters a home to follow up on a child-welfare report.
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