Child Intervention
View All ResourcesALIGN Letter to Premier Smith Re Child Welfare & Disability Sector Crisis Oct 2022
We would welcome an opportunity to personally connect with your team to discuss our ability to develop and grow a sustainable non-profit sector and community support services that cares for vulnerable Albertans.

ALIGN Association Group Care Agency Survey Report 2022
This report offers a picture of the current Group Care Situation. 22 agencies participated and shared their experiences from 2019 to present. As you read through this report you will see data, numbers, and agency quotes that outline some of the concerns of group care agencies throughout Alberta

ALIGN Kinship Focused Literature Search to Inform Kinship Redesign 2.0 2021
The following focused literature search and environmental scan was conducted to support the development of the Kinship Care Redesign in Alberta 2.0 Report for ALIGN Association of Community Services.

ALIGN Presentation Chief Delorme Cowessess First Nation & Miyo Pimatisowin Act & Coordination Agreement C-92
ALIGN AGM Presentation 2021

ALIGN Journal COVID-19: Meeting the Challenge in Child Welfare Settings 2021
ALIGN Journals support strengthening member agencies and promoting attitudes, practices and conditions that contribute to quality services for children and families

ALIGN Report Agency Response: Kinship Redesign in Alberta 2021
Our team with ALIGN met with Elders Dr. Reg and Rose Crowshoe in October 2021 for a conversation about kinship care in Alberta. Discussion questions included: What principles should agencies adopt when supporting/delivering Kinship Care? What standards of practice should be built to ensure best practice? This is a summary of what we heard.

ALIGN Presentation BILL C-92 From Compliance to Connection
Presented by Dr. Hadley Friedland and Koren Lightning-Earle Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge 2020

Foundations of Caregiver Support (FCS) Report
This document provides the vision and purpose of the Foundations of Caregiver Support and a description of it’s three foundational pillars: child development, trauma, and loss and grief.

Alberta.ca Well-Being and Resiliency Framework, Evaluation Framework and kâ-nâkatohkêhk miyo-ohpikinawâwasowin miyo Resource
Alberta’s approach to well-being and resiliency has been formed by three complimentary documents: the Well-Being and Resiliency Framework, the kâ-nâkatohkêhk miyo-ohpikinawâwasowin (miyo) Resource, and the Evaluation Framework. These documents work together and build on one another to define and implement Alberta’s approach for service delivery staff and agency partners.
