ALIGN is Alberta’s provincial membership association dedicated to strengthening organizations that serve children, youth, and families—empowering them to create safer, stronger, and more resilient communities.
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A Message From ALIGN's Executive Director & President
In 2024–2025, ALIGN Association of Community Services experienced a year of transition, renewal, and growth. With a change in leadership and staffing shifts, this was a period of ensuring stability while embracing opportunities to strengthen our role as a collective voice for children, families, and communities across Alberta. Guided by our 18-month Strategic Focus Plan, which complemented the 2022–2027 Strategic Directions, ALIGN remained focused on advancing advocacy, system leadership, service excellence, and organizational sustainability.
Indigenous Games & Activities Directory for Children & Youth (ALIGN)
In honor of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, ALIGN hopes to encourage both Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and youth alike to learn more about Indigenous culture through fun and play.
ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers Sept. 2025
CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness.
ALIGN's OHS Community of Practice (CoP)
Next meeting Sept. 23 on ZOOM. Communities of Practice often focus on sharing best practices and creating new knowledge to advance a domain of professional practice. Interaction on an ongoing basis is an important part of this.
Ways to Honor National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025
Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. In 2025, Truth and Reconciliation Week will be observed from September 22 to 26. Explore upcoming events, discover how to host your own, and access ALIGN’s Indigenous Cultural Understanding resources, along with additional tools to strengthen your organization’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation
Proposed Changes to AISH and How to Respond to ADAP Survey by Sept 12th (Inclusion Alberta)
On August 13, 2025, the Alberta Government released the ADAP Discussion Guide, proposing that all current AISH recipients be moved to the new Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) effective July 1, 2026, with a benefit that will be $200 per month lower
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ALIGN welcomes both members and non-members to attend our annual conference and on-going training events & gatherings
