Ontario recently passed the Child, Youth and Family Services Act which raises the age of protection from 16 to 18 “to increase protection services for more vulnerable youth in unsafe living conditions, to support their education and…
DetailsThe Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) has seen an 89 per cent increase over the past two years in online sextortion cases among teenage boys, prompting the centre to develop Canada’s an awareness and…
DetailsMay 25, 2017 is International Missing Children’s Day. Each year, thousands of Canadian children go missing. The majority of those children are found safe, but families are reminded to keep a watchful eye on children…
DetailsInteresting opinion piece on foster care in the State of California from the Chronicle of Social Change… Favouring reunification for children in foster care is a legal mandate, not bias against foster parents
DetailsFrom the Columbia Chronicle, a story about how with the proper support, mothers and fathers with mental illness such as bipolar disorder or depression can parent their children well.
In a bid to make sure young people leaving foster care don’t repeat her experience, a young woman in Ontario created a mentorship program for those aging out of foster care. Read more here about the CHEERS…
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