Alberta child advocate concerned about office budget cap, calls for action to support youth with disabilities by Lisa Johnson Published Edmonton Journal Jan 24, 2024

Alberta’s child and youth advocate says a budget increase cap next year could make it more difficult for her office to investigate the deaths of young people in government care. While the next provincial budget isn’t expected until the end of February, a legislature committee approving the budgets of independent offices of the legislature, including the office of child and youth advocate Terri Pelton, voted Tuesday to cap increases for several offices at 2.1 per cent in 2024-25…Read Full Alberta child advocate concerned about office budget cap, calls for action to support youth with disabilities by Lisa Johnson Published Edmonton Journal Jan 24, 2024
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