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Today is PTSD Awareness Day

BlogBy The General AuthorityJune 27, 2018

Of children who experience at least one trauma, up to 15 per cent may develop PTSD, according to research.  Learn about risk factors, symptoms, and treatment at this fact sheet about how trauma affects young children as well…

Making college graduation a reality for foster youth

BlogBy The General AuthorityJune 20, 2018

If you are a foster youth graduating from high school, there are programs out there to help you. Youths who are aging out of the child welfare system CAN get access to university scholarships and…

Manitoba invests in Child Protection Centre

BlogBy The General AuthorityJune 12, 2018

MANITOBA GOVERNMENT RELEASE Funding to Increase Timely, Relevant  Assessments of Children in Care:  Fielding The Manitoba government is providing $424,000 toward a new pilot project at Winnipeg’s Child Protection Centre (CPC), to increase the number…

Parliamentary roundtable focuses on youth mental health

BlogBy The General AuthorityMay 28, 2018

From the Mental Health Commission Catalyst: Mental health means different things to different people – but it should matter to everyone. On May 1, Member of Parliament from Guelph, Ontario, Lloyd Longfield, partnered with the Mental…

Today is International Missing Children’s Day

BlogBy The General AuthorityMay 25, 2018

From the Deputy Minister of Families: May 25th, 2018, marks the 32nd anniversary of Canada’s participation in International Missing Children’s Day. First proclaimed in Canada in 1986, International Missing Children’s Day serves as an annual…

New podcast series advocates for foster youth

BlogBy The General AuthorityMay 22, 2018

From the Chronicle of Social Change: The U.S.-based Foster Movement Podcast brings awareness to the difficulties associated with life in the foster care system. It features a revolving series of guests, all who have had…

New Mexico announces tax credit for hiring foster youth

BlogBy The General AuthorityMay 15, 2018

New Mexico has just announced it will provide a tax credit to employers for hiring foster youth. These youths often have more obstacles to obtaining employment. New Mexico is the first state to pass a…

Mental Health First Aid trains 300,000th person

BlogBy The General AuthorityMay 4, 2018

From the CMHA newsletter: W. Brett Wilson, Dragons’ Den denizen becomes the honorary 300,000th Canadian trained in MHFA More than 300,000 people in Canada are now trained in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). To commemorate…

Breaking the cycle for ‘crossover’ youth

BlogBy The General AuthorityApril 19, 2018

An excerpt from Policy Options on Canada’s crossover youth: …Unfortunately, many Canadian youth involved in the child protection system tend to end up in the criminal justice system at one point or another. Findings from a…

Paths to success for young parents in foster care

BlogBy The General AuthorityApril 10, 2018

From Youth Today: Research has shown that adolescent parenthood is far more common among young people in foster care than among their peers in the general population. Potential explanations for the high rate of parenthood…

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