Transition to Adulthood (TAP)
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CFS Rate Schedule Reflecting Increases for Foster, Kinship and Other Caregivers Effective June 1, 2024
Caregiver rates will be increasing June 1, 2024, by 4.2 per cent as per the Caregiver Rate Schedule and will be adjusted on an annual basis starting on January 1.
Alberta Transition to Adulthood Program (TAP)
The Transition to Adulthood Program will provide young adults with targeted services they choose based on their goals and dreams for their future. Additional supports will be provided, which will focus on supports and services the young adult needs to successfully transition into adulthood.
Housing First For Youth Vs. Housing First: What’s the Difference in Models?
To understand the differences between HF4Y and HF, it’s important to understand why a youth-focused program is needed in the first place.
The New Normal” for Youth Transitioning out of the Child Welfare System
Examining how we can make changes to the age cut-offs mandated for young people transitioning out of public institutions and systems is a critical part of preventing and ending youth homelessness
Alberta Affordable Housing Online Tool Supporting Youth Transition to Adulthood
The tool can also be used by family members, nonprofit organizations, and social service agencies to help others access housing information and affordable housing solution
Reconnect Program Guide: An Early Intervention Approach to Preventing Youth Homelessness
This Reconnect Program Guide outlines the core programmatic elements of YR based on lessons learned from practitioners and program evaluations.
Alberta.ca Increases to Caregivers Rates & Information Regarding Transition to Adulthood Program March 2024
The Alberta Government is investing in increases to caregivers rates over the next 3 years. The total amount to be invested in this support is $22 million, divided over the next 3 years, based on the Consumer Price Index.
Foster, Kinship Care, and Transition to Adulthood: Do Child Welfare System Processes Explain Differences in Outcomes?
This study from Elsevier Children and Youth Services Review Volume 153, October 2023, 107098 examined teenage parenthood and incarceration based on initial placement in kinship or nonrelative family foster care.
Findings - Child Protection Services and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
In this paper from Elsevier Children and Youth Services Review Volume 153, October 2023, 107088, they examine the extent to which youth accessing homelessness services with a history of involvement with CPS differ from their peers who have not interacted with CP
