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Discrepancies in the delivery of child welfare services

INCONSISTENCIES IN SOCIAL WORKER PRACTICE STANDARDS

Recommendation 11: MCFD should develop a mechanism for holding regional offices accountable to implement the necessary changes identified through quality assessments


Discrepancies in the delivery of child welfare services

Subtitle:SYSTEMIC RACISM

Recommendation 12: Project participants also expressed the need for training to cover the following topics: genderbased violence; Indigenous rights, identities, and cultures; the role of ongoing colonialism on intergenerational trauma; the potential for communities and families to provide more appropriate solutions to family healing; and the importance of culture and connection to the child’s well-being.


Discrepancies in the delivery of child welfare services

Subtitle:A TOP-DOWN APPROACH

Recommendation 13: MCFD must review its policies and practices to increase the use of ADR processes, including changing the definition of family in ADR processes to recognize and honour Indigenous conceptions of family.


Substance use: Current MCFD approaches and recommendations for change

Recommendation 14: make specialized substance use consultants available to support families to develop timely safety planning including engaging and enabling the support of family members.


Improving financial supports for Indigenous families

A UNIVERSAL BENEFIT FOR ALL CHILDREN LIVING IN EXTENDED FAMILY-BASED CARE

Recommendation 15: Allow for community-based organizations that work closely with the family in the provision of family support to provide a recommendation letter or report setting out the family’s needs.


Improving financial supports for Indigenous families

ENSURING CONSISTENCY IN FINANCIAL SUPPORTS FOR EXTENDED FAMILY-BASED CARE

Recommendation 16: MCFD must fulll the underlying intention of Grand Chief Ed John’s recommendation by undertaking a legislative review and financial policy review to ensure that all extended family-based caregivers are receiving the Child Tax Benefit and other benefits for each dependent in their care.


A pathway forward

THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND THE NEED FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT GOVERNMENT ACTION

Recommendation 17: Furthermore, the report calls on the federal government to ensure that there is full federal funding for Nations that assume jurisdiction over child welfare


A pathway forward

JURISDICTIONAL SHORTFALLS: THE LIMITS OF MODERN TREATIES AND BILL C-92

Recommendation 18: BC government and MCFD to ensure that children are provided with services while the family navigates the process and develop a consistent mechanism for repaying costs for services provided in the interim


A pathway forward

THE SHORTFALLS WITH FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL FUNDING OF CHILD WELFARE SERVICES FOR INDIGENOUS FAMILIES

Recommendation 19: MCFD must continue to work with communities to ensure that they are being adequately funded to provide child welfare services.


Conclusion and Recommendations

Recommendations for systemic reform:

Recommendation 20: The BC government should work with Indigenous communities to undertake a comprehensive and transparent assessment of the steps that need to be taken to address the disparities in the social determinants of health for Indigenous peoples in BC.


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