Amendments to the Adoption Act and the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA) will expand the scope for joint and consent-based decision-making agreements in Indigenous child and family services and will create a full pathway for dispute resolution through the provincial courts under Indigenous law.

Young people from government care have more support to make stronger transitions into adulthood because of $600-a-month rent supplements.

Sixteen people from throughout the province have been appointed to the new Minister’s Advisory Council on Children and Youth with Support Needs (CYSN MAC).

Nicholas Simons, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and Mitzi Dean, Minister of Children and Family Development, have issued the following statement in recognition of Community Social Services Awareness Month, March 1 to 31, 2021:

The B.C. government is providing a new Emergency Relief Support Fund and has added service flexibility for parents of children with special needs to help during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To support parents who are essential service workers during the response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Province is launching a new process.