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West Coast LEAF
Recommendation 8:
MCFD must review hiring and human resource policies to remove barriers for Indigenous applicants and make workplaces safe for Indigenous employees
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Recommendation 16:
MCFD must fulll the underlying intention of Grand Chief Ed John’s recommendation by undertaking a legislative review and financial policy review to ensure that all extended family-based caregivers are receiving the Child Tax Benefit and other benefits for each dependent in their care.
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Recommendation 10:
MCFD must ensure that efforts are embedded at all organizational levels including by training supervisors, providing opportunities for Indigenous managers, and promoting the involvement of Indigenous employees in strategic planning and practice development
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Recommendation 19:
MCFD must continue to work with communities to ensure that they are being adequately funded to provide child welfare services.
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Recommendation 17:
MCFD must advocate with the provincial government for the creation of a universal kinship caregiver benefit that is provided to all families in kinship care. This should apply to all children living in kinship care including families in which kinship caregivers have been granted guardianship orders under the FLA.
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Recommendation 14:
make specialized substance use consultants available to support families to develop timely safety planning including engaging and enabling the support of family members.
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Recommendation 11:
Increase court oversight of MCFD’s efforts to identify less disruptive measures by adding the following provisions to the CFCSA:
- The court shall not make an order removing the child from the care of a parent or guardian unless the court is satisfied that less disruptive measures, including services to promote the integrity of the family, have been attempted, refused by the parent or would be inadequate to protect the child;
- Where the court determines that it is necessary to remove the child from the care of a parent or guardian, the court shall, before making an order, consider whether it is possible to place the child with a person or group in accordance with the order of preference of placements.
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Recommendation 13:
In the meantime, the BC government and MCFD should bridge the gap between the current welfare and disability rates and the MBM for all families that are at risk of having children apprehended by MCFD.
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- Ableism ,
- Accessibility ,
- Accessible services and technology ,
- Classism ,
- Decolonization and Indigenous rights ,
- Disability and parenting ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Economic inequality ,
- Health, wellness and services ,
- Income insecurity and benefits ,
- Indigenous children and youth in care ,
- Poverty ,
- Poverty and economic inequality
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Recommendation 4:
IMPROVEMENTS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PROCESSESS AND SUPPORT FOR ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES—exploration of alternative programs and changes to the courtroom practices
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Recommendation 5:
IMPROVED SUPPORTS FOR SURVIVORS—expanded social and health services, information for survivors, and access to independent counsel
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