Transitioning Out of Care Eligibility Reduced by Two Years November 2021

Schulz confirmed the government has moved forward on a long-planned change to lower eligibility by two years to a maximum of 22 years old from 24 under the Support and Financial Assistance Agreement (SFAA). She said “the vast majority” of SFAA recipients who are no longer eligible have been moved into other adult services or are being moved out of SFAA.
While there may be more than 450 people impacted by the change in policy, Schulz’s press secretary Rebecca Polak said in a Wednesday evening email as of Nov. 1, 154 people between the ages of 21 and 24 had been shuffled from the program…  Learn more in the news article
Alberta on track to report a record-breaking number of deaths among those under child intervention, supports (Edmonton Journal Nov 25, 2021)
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