Government is adding more than $1.2 million to enhance staffing and expand youth outreach, while working to create a new "no-questions-asked" safe housing option to better support vulnerable youth on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES).

Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux released the following statement to celebrate Youth Justice Week in B.C., May 8-14, 2016:

Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux and Parliamentary Secretary for Child Mental Health and Anti-Bullying Jane Thornthwaite released the following statement to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Child and Youth Mental Health Day in British Columbia, which is May 7, 2016:

Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux released the following statement to celebrate the start of Child Care Month in B.C.:

Student safety – and B.C.’s award winning Seismic Mitigation Program – took a step forward with the announcement of $19.6 million in provincial funding to replace Sir Sandford Fleming Elementary.

A total of 644 young British Columbians, who were in government care, found the love and security of a forever home over the past two years, with 2015-16 marking the highest annual adoption count since the Adoptions Act came into effect in 1997.

ACT-Autism Community Training is improving access to information for B.C. families with children with autism spectrum disorder by translating the Parent’s Autism Handbook into Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Punjabi and Spanish.

Stephanie Cadieux, B.C.’s Minister of Children and Family Development, issued the following statement for Child Abuse Prevention Day (April 8, 2016) and Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Week (April 11-17, 2016):

Stephanie Cadieux, Minister of Children and Family Development, issued the following statement for World Autism Awareness Day, April 2: