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Recommendation 28: x. transition supports for families who have just had a child apprehended or returned
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- Discrimination and hate ,
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- Income insecurity and benefits ,
- Indigenous children and youth in care ,
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Recommendation 11: With the advice and direction of youth in and from government care, the provincial government should develop, resource, and maintain a universal and comprehensive social safety net dedicated to the specific needs and circumstances of the approximately 1,000 youth who ‘age out’ of care annually and all young adults who have spent time in the care system, without age and activity eligibility criteria and length-of-care requirements.
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Recommendation 2: We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with the provinces and territories, to prepare and publish annual reports on the number of Aboriginal children (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) who are in care, compared with non-Aboriginal children, as well as the reasons for apprehension, the total spending on preventive and care services by child-welfare agencies, and the effectiveness of various interventions.
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Recommendation 3: We call upon all levels of government to fully implement Jordan’s Principle.
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Recommendation 2: That the Ministry of Health require health authorities to collect and report key information pertaining to children and youth admitted under the Mental Health Act in a way that is standardized across the province and reported regularly, including but not limited to: identity factors (ethnicity, gender identity); Indigeneity – First Nations, Métis and Inuit identity; standardized length of stay data across all hospital settings; admissions of children on a voluntary basis at the request of their parents; requests for, and outcomes of, second medical opinions; detailed seclusion and restraint data; data related to extended leave; outcomes related to quality of care, effectiveness and patient satisfaction. This work to be completed by June 1, 2022.
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Recommendation 4: These examples indicate a need for there to be an explicit legal obligation on the Ministry to actively consider placing the child with extended family members or returning the child to the parent. The federal standard, as set out in Bill C-92, requires that a reassessment of available alternative placements is “conducted on an ongoing basis.”
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Recommendation 6: There should also be a requirement that the Ministry respond to alternative proposals by parents, Nations, and community-based organizations that support the parent. The Yellowhead Institute recommends that the legislation include “affidavit evidence from the Indigenous group that there is no available placement.
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Recommendation 16: The provincial government should review and enhance supports to grandparents raising grandchildren and other kinship care providers. The federal government should allow grandparents on CPP Disability who are raising their grandchildren to continue to receive the CPP children’s benefit after they turn 65 and remove administrative barriers to receiving the Canada Child Benefit for kinship care providers.
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Recommendation 26: The provincial government should increase investment in public health initiatives aimed to support maternal health and healthy infant development, as well as non-barriered, free, community-based programs and services for all families with young children to ensuring these supports are available throughout the province and designed to reach families experiencing poverty and other threats to their ability to thrive.
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Recommendation 22: The provincial government should ensure K-12 public education funding is sufficient to mitigate inequalities and to ensure appropriate inclusion of students with diverse learning needs. This includes restoring funding to school districts for special education assistants, lost programming in the arts, libraries, counsellors, school psychologists, custodial services, and deferred maintenance, among other areas that still require urgent attention in future provincial budgets. Schools need additional funds to implement the public health response measures during the pandemic.
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