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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 8:30 AM
“The second I open my door, they are part of my family, so they know they have someone in their corner,” says Anna Miller about the 200 youth she estimates she has fostered over the past 36 years.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 9:00 AM
If you think you know what being a foster parent in 2019 looks like, you probably haven’t talked to Sandy Case, president of the Vancouver Island (South) Foster Parent Association and 25-year foster caregiver.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:15 AM
Families throughout British Columbia will have better access to closer-to-home child care, thanks to new provincial guidelines that allow local governments to pair funding programs and purchase land to create new child care spaces.
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Monday, September 16, 2019 1:00 PM
Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development, has released the following statement regarding birth alerts:
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Monday, September 16, 2019 9:45 AM
More than 90 new child care spaces are coming to the University of British Columbia, giving kids an early taste of UBC life.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019 1:30 PM
Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. That is why the Government of Canada launched Canada's very first National Housing Strategy, a once-in-a-generation investment to fight homelessness and improve access to affordable housing for Canadians and signed a new memorandum of intent (MOI) with the British Columbia government.
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Thursday, July 25, 2019 10:45 AM
The first fully licensed child care centre in Gitlaxt’aamiks (New Aiyansh) will help families stay in the Nass Valley and entice professionals to move to the region by providing affordable, quality child care.
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Monday, July 22, 2019 11:15 AM
Indigenous families in over 30 communities throughout the province will benefit from more than 600 new, free licensed child care spaces and expanded Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) programs.
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 10:15 AM
More than 1,300 additional families with children who have special needs are benefiting from respite services by qualified caregivers, thanks to this year’s program expansion.
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Monday, July 15, 2019 9:00 AM
A significant increase in funding will help public-sector and non-profit organizations create more publicly owned and operated child care spaces in their communities, bringing child care closer to home and making life more affordable for B.C. families.
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