Well-known speaker and former foster youth Josh Shipp has published a new book, called The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans. The book is promoted as a “direct, no fluff, unflinching guide to decoding your teen’s behaviour,…
AFM invites youth to capture what they think youth need to know about cannabis in a 30 to 90 second video. This contest encourages youth to explore messaging about cannabis. Contestants have the opportunity to…
Over the past 18 months, four foster care “hackathons” have explored how technology could be optimized to streamline child welfare systems and better serve youth and families, says the Chronicle of Social Change. During that…
Families Minister Scott Fielding announced the proclamation of The Protecting Children (Information Sharing) Act and its regulation on Sept. 15. This new legislation allows provincial government departments, organizations and others who provide services to at-risk and vulnerable children to…
A new report by Generations United in the United States found that “grandparents and other relatives who step in to care for children play an important role in mitigating trauma, which children in the child…
Lifebook work helping Rural and Northern children with permanence Attending a conference in Ottawa provided Ginger Richards with her first glimpse of the importance of lifebook work. The regional adoption worker from Rural and Northern…
A former foster youth has created an innovative tool for professionals in the child welfare system through his online course, Fostering Resilience. Michael Place, now an international public speaker and child rights activist, recently launched Fostering Resilience to…
14th AGM focuses on ‘Promising Practice’ “Promising Practice” was the theme for this year’s General Authority AGM, and speakers shared inspiring stories of key elements of practice that are changing families’ lives for the better.…
Read on about local efforts in Pembina Valley to bring comfort kits to children in care. Other organizations also help with comfort kits for children in care, such as the Ted and Loretta Rogers Foster Care Transition Program.
This year’s set of policy recommendations from 12 young people in the Foster Youth Internship Program operated by the U.S.-based Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute focuses on several themes, including improvements to educational opportunities for…