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…
Research has increasingly shown how ongoing stress during early childhood — from grinding poverty, neglect, parents’ substance abuse and other adversity — can smoulder beneath the skin, harming kids’ brains and other body systems. But…
A new emergency shelter for women and children has been opened in Selkirk. The shelter has 22 beds and four apartments to accommodate more women and children leaving domestic violence situations in the Interlake and…
Great news from the Chronicle of Social Change: In February of 2016, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (DTFA) found out it was in line to become part of one of the biggest philanthropic investments…
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…
The 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…
May 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…
Interesting 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
From 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…