In April 2023, BC’s Representative for Children and Youth published “Missing: Why are children disappearing from B.C.’s child welfare system?” The report aims to begin exploring the question of why so many children and youth in care across B.C. become lost, go missing, or disappear from care. Recommendations focus on specific actions the Ministry of Children and Family Development can take to improve its policies and practices in this context, and also on addressing all child-serving systems, communities, and individuals to address this systemic problem.
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Recommendation 1:
The Representative is calling for a special convening of the child-serving systems and the children, youth, families and communities they serve to respond to the cracks in our care system that are contributing to children and youth being pushed and pulled away from the systems of care and being subjected to increased risks of serious incidents or critical injuries and deaths. To address the root systemic and structural causes of children and youth going missing from the child welfare system we need to collectively explore:
- What are the conditions of unbelonging that lead to children becoming lost or missing in the child welfare system?
- How are children’s unmet needs across systems contributing to them going missing?
- How do we align systems of care and protection to respond more effectively and uphold the rights of children who have disappeared in the system?
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- Academic institutions ,
- Faith and cultural groups ,
- First Nations governments ,
- General public ,
- Government of British Columbia ,
- Health authorities ,
- Human rights institutions ,
- Independent offices of the Legislature ,
- Indigenous organizations ,
- Municipal governments ,
- Non-profits and community organizations ,
- Public sector
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