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Province proclaims Protection of Children (Information Sharing Act)

BlogBy General AuthoritySeptember 18, 2017

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…

Thirty per cent of U.S. foster children being raised by grandparents

BlogBy General AuthoritySeptember 12, 2017

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…

Former foster youth develops online course to help foster children

BlogBy General AuthoritySeptember 4, 2017

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…

Local organization helps fill backpacks for children in care

BlogBy General AuthorityAugust 17, 2017

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.

Ideas for change from 12 former foster youths

BlogBy General AuthorityAugust 8, 2017

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…

New research looks at how toxic stress can affect children`s health

BlogBy General AuthorityJuly 18, 2017

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…

New shelter opens for women and children in Selkirk

BlogBy General AuthorityJuly 4, 2017

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…

Wendy’s Wonderful Kids aims to expand to every state by 2028

BlogBy General AuthorityJune 21, 2017

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 passes new child welfare legislation

BlogBy General AuthorityJune 9, 2017

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…

New online campaign launched to prevent sextortion among teenaged boys

BlogBy General AuthorityJune 1, 2017

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…

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