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Thursday, May 12, 2016 8:45 AM
To help celebrate Child Care Month in May, the Province is providing $500,000 to the Early Childhood Educators of BC to continue a bursary fund for students enrolled in early childhood education programs.
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Monday, March 14, 2016 3:00 PM
Melanie Hann, a social worker for the Ministry of Children and Family Development, felt like a fish out of water when she first moved to Prince Rupert from her quaint hometown in southern Newfoundland, but it wasn’t because of the landscape.
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Friday, February 5, 2016 11:00 AM
The Province will provide an additional 88 units of transitional housing and shelter, as well as 40 rent supplements for campers currently residing at the Victoria courthouse lawns.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:15 AM
Domestic violence perpetrators, who previously only received intervention services following conviction, will soon have access to new, preventative community-based programs that can be attended before a crime is committed.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 12:30 PM
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The Government of B.C. is announcing a significant change to the income and disability assistance program that will help single parents secure a meaningful job by allowing them to stay on assistance for up to 12 months while they train for their new job.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:30 AM
About 180,000 B.C. families will be eligible to receive up to $55 per month, or $660 annually, for each child under the age of six when the B.C. Early Childhood Tax Benefit is introduced in April 2015.
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Monday, February 3, 2014 1:45 PM
A new $250,000, 18-month pilot program is being launched by the Ministry of Children and Family Development and the YWCA Metro Vancouver to help youth who are transitioning out of government care to gain the life and work skills they need to become independent.
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Friday, December 23, 2011 1:00 PM
The Province is working collaboratively with communities to provide targeted supports and create jobs for low-income B.C. families.
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Monday, October 17, 2011 11:55 AM
Members of the Community Social Services Bargaining Association have ratified the agreement reached with the Community Social Services Employers' Association under the government's 2010 mandate, announced Finance Minister Kevin Falcon.
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