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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 5:
MCFD may need more resources (perhaps hire more intake and assessment staff) in to address backlogs and inaccessibility. Additionally, MCFD needs to review its systems of approval to improve efficiency. Concern was also expressed that when school resumes, there is a need for greater efficiency and responsiveness to youth requesting permission for field trips.
COVID-19 & Youth Homelessness Special Report
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BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness
BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness
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2020
2020
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Recommendation 4:
Mandate the new provincial health sector occupational health and safety organization (announced in 2019) to analyze injury levels and risk factors in assisted living, and develop an injury-prevention strategy and plan for the sector.
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Recommendation 119:
Making funds available for non-Indigenous foster care services but not for supporting Indigenous families perpetuates the detrimental cycle of apprehension. Increase available supports and preventative services for mothers and families.
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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 145:
Make it easier to file a police complaint and establish an independent civilian watchdog that conducts investigations of reported incidents of serious police misconduct, including allegations of police violence and sexual assault. Increase liability for the misconduct of police officers to include criminal charges.
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Recommendation 4:
Make discrimination based on social condition a priority for systemic investigation by the Commission.
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Recommendation 31:
Low-barrier support that provides drop in programming or short, easy life-skills workshops such as budgeting, employment, career training, mental wellness, and social activities. Youth recommend non-clinical activities such as walking with a community support worker.
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Recommendation 6:
Limit the role of the ERT/CEE teams to emergencies involving imminent threats of serious physical harm, such as hostage takings or riots. Ensure decisions to deploy the ERT consider the potential traumatic impact of the team on the prisoner and weigh the potential for psychological harm against the potential benefit of using this high level of force. Amend the Adult Custody Policy to reflect this.
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