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The legal context: Assessing the child welfare legislation from a rights-based framework

THE STATE’S POSITIVE OBLIGATION TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS FAMILY VIOLENCE

Recommendation 2: States should allocate adequate resources to address risk factors and prevent violence before it occurs. Policies and programmes should address immediate risk factors, such as a lack of parent-child attachment, family breakdown, abuse of alcohol or drugs, and access to rearms. In line with the Millennium Development Goals, attention should be focused on economic and social policies that address poverty, gender and other forms of inequality, income gaps, unemployment, urban overcrowding, and other factors which undermine society


Recommendations for improving prevention-based efforts

Recommendation 19: The BC government and MCFD should increase preventative program funding to Indigenous communities for existing or new promising practices. Funding must be equitable, sustained and long-term, and cover the delivery of holistic services as identified by communities. Funding should cover services such as:

  • Human resource needs of community-based groups including issues with retention, burn out, inequity in pay scales etc.
  • In-home support
  • Pregnancy support and baby welcoming programs
  • Transition support programming for families after children have been removed or upon being returned home
  • Supports for parents whose children are in care
  • Provide in-home support immediately as a tool to prevent removal
  • Funding for cultural programming that is consistent and frequent



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