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Recommendation 2:
Develop and build youth-specific housing that includes a variety of accommodations including communal, transitional, supportive, scattered site, and affordable market units. There should be designated low-barrier housing for youth with mental health and substance use concerns, as well as housing for youth who do not use substances. Youth recommend having teachers, nurses, and life-skills workers onsite.
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Recommendation 33:
Develop a “no wrong door” policy by ensuring all organizations know what resources are available and what youth need supports to ensure no youth falls through the cracks. Mental health organizations should partner with non-profits to provide youth with clinical supports and workshops. There should be one referral document for all services such as the Wrapforce program in Kamloops and the One Door initiative in Kelowna.
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Recommendation 23:
Designation of ASL/LSQ as official languages.
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Design permanent funding for programs that prioritize the work of decriminalizing poverty and supporting community-led safety initiatives as part of the path to defunding the police.
Joint Open Letter on Decriminalizing Poverty
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Battered Women’s Support Services, BC Association of People on Methadone, BC Civil Liberties Association, Black Lives Matter – Vancouver, Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity, Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War, Defund 604 Network, Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, Hogan’s Alley Society, Metro Vancouver Consortium, Overdose Prevention Society, PACE Society, Pivot Legal Society, Restoring Collective, Sanctuary Health, SWAN Vancouver, Tenant Overdose Response Organizers, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, WePress, WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Battered Women’s Support Services, BC Association of People on Methadone, BC Civil Liberties Association, Black Lives Matter – Vancouver, Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity, Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War, Defund 604 Network, Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, Hogan’s Alley Society, Metro Vancouver Consortium, Overdose Prevention Society, PACE Society, Pivot Legal Society, Restoring Collective, Sanctuary Health, SWAN Vancouver, Tenant Overdose Response Organizers, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, WePress, WISH Drop-In Centre Society
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Recommendation 2:
Dedicating legal aid funding for:
- a clinic to support people to make police complaints through summary advice, short service, or full representation based on the needs of the individual and the nature of the complaint
- public legal education workshops and materials to help people navigate the process of bringing a lawsuit against a police officer or police force; and
- legal representation for families and/or victims in instances of police-involved serious injury or death to facilitate full participation in a Coroner’s Inquests and civil actions.
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Declare CYSN families “essential workers” for the purposes of allowing them to access critically important services during pandemic lockdowns.
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Recommendation 15:
Create and regularly update an online resource where families in BC can find information on addiction treatment and related substance use services, navigating the addiction system, self-care, advocacy, and support through personal stories.
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Recommendation 3:
Create a roundtable or special working table that brings together designated representatives of CYSN family networks, advocacy groups, community service providers and funding ministries for regular and routine check-ins and brainstorming on emerging needs, barriers to services and access to supports. The work of B.C.’s Social Services Sector Roundtable during the pandemic provides a model. This body must include Indigenous organizations and communities to prioritize the wellness of Indigenous children in B.C.
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Recommendation 81:
Create a cohesive system of youth-specific supports that continues to provide in person services for at risk youth to ensure they don’t slip through the cracks. While the pandemic pay for essential service staff is useful, providing long-term pandemic pay increases will allow the sector to hire qualified staff to respond to the increased needs of youth.
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Recommendation 70:
Continued access to phones, computers, and personal-protective equipment in order to maintain a quicker recovery response in the event of a second wave.
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