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Recommendation 43:
There should be pro-active prevention work to help youth access detox or treatment before overdosing. Youth need increased support with safety planning and managing triggers such as connecting with negative people due to boredom or isolation.
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Recommendation 126:
The provincial government, in consultation with the community, must: establish a time-limited, inter-agency, multi-minority team to address the problems of family and sexual violence in the context of minority cultures. (p.5)
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Recommendation 283:
The province should provide strong leadership and develop a coordinated, cross-sectoral strategy, involving the justice, health, social services and education systems, to ensure effective utilization and enforcement of justice and MCFD protection orders…(p.2)
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Recommendation 23:
The Province should make contraception widely and freely available for all people in British Columbia. At the very least, government must reinstate funding for IUDs for women with disabilities.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
2014
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Recommendation 6:
That the Ministry of Health incrementally reduce wait times for complex developmental behavioural conditions (CDBC) diagnostic clinics, and also secure additional resources to provide for periodic follow-up assessments, at key development stages from infancy through to adolescence. The Ministry of Health to reduce wait times to nine months by March 31, 2022; to six months by March 31, 2023; to three months by March 31, 2024; and thereafter increase capacity to provide for follow-up assessments.
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Recommendation 109:
The Ministries of Public Safety & Solicitor General, Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Services, Health Planning and Health Services allocate core funding directly to Aboriginal organizations and programs in the areas of anti-violence and health related services. (p.16)
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Recommendation 34:
The Legal Services Society of BC must provide legal support for appeals where a person has been denied income assistance or disability assistance.
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Recommendation 42:
The healthcare professional should complete a written report that includes the prisoner’s account of the incident and their assessment of any physical injuries and/or psychological impact. This report should be included in the use of force review if the prisoner consents, and a copy should be provided to the prisoner.
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Recommendation 428:
The development of a public education campaign that raises awareness of the serious risk associated with family distress, including risks for suicide and homicide. The implementation and evaluation of the strategies necessary for the appropriate inclusion of this education campaign in provincial school system curricula. This campaign should encourage citizens to seek assistance from appropriate social service, health care and criminal justice agencies and be available in all major languages represented in the provincial population…(p.10)
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Recommendation 9:
MCFD together with the Ministry of Citizens’ Services to initiate the development of a cross-ministry plan, in collaboration with the ministries of Health, MMHA, Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and Education, and in association with DAAs, health authorities and Community Living BC, to routinely collect high-quality demographic and service data that allows for disaggregation, providing an essential foundation for more effective policy development, program provision and service monitoring for children and youth with special needs and their families, including those with FASD who are receiving services from these public bodies. The cross-ministry plan to be completed and implemented by April 1, 2022 and fully
implemented by March 31, 2024.
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