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ALIGN Empowering Futures Presentation Materials

 April 30, 2025

This event allowed us to engage in deep discussions about Indigenous jurisdiction over child welfare, the barriers and opportunities in Alberta, and what meaningful action looks like moving forward.

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Alberta.ca Increasing Financial Support for Foster and Kinship Caregivers

 March 17, 2025

Minister Searle Turton announced that if passed, Budget 2025 will provide a two per cent rate increase for foster and kinship caregivers, an investment of $3.1 million, to help support with the costs of raising a child or youth in their care.

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A Guide to Serve & Return (Center on the Developing Child Harvard University)

 March 5, 2025

The resources in this guide offer more on the science behind serve and return, practical ways to implement it, and strategies to support caregivers and children.

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Our Journey to Reconciliation (ALIGN)

 February 28, 2025

By Rhonda Barraclough

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MHRC Report Unsupported Needs: Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Services...

 February 18, 2025

Diving deeper into national trends of mental health service access, this report explores how severity of mental health symptoms or substance use behaviours relates to how Canadians are accessing support

Teen male youth sitting at a table with a bunch of pills spread out on the table in front of him
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OCYA Calling for Change Investigative Reviews Consolidated Report 2023-2024

 January 22, 2025

OCYA is excited to share the latest initiative from the OCYA, focused on advocating for positive change in youth services. This call for action invites everyone to be part of a movement that’s shaping the future for Alberta’s youth.

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ALIGN Introduction to Child Intervention In Alberta Online Self Study Guide

 January 22, 2025

This self-paces online self-study guide is an orientation for those new to the work with children and families in Alberta.

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‘We Need to Take Care of Our Own Children’ (The Tyee)

 January 17, 2025

Inside the fight for Indigenous jurisdiction over child services in Canada. First in an occasional series.

A First Nations man wearing regalia stands with his hands resting on the shoulders of a boy at sunrise.
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Caring society files motion to force Canada back to negotiating table on child welfare reform (APTN)

 January 16, 2025

Chiefs in Ontario decided last week to continue negotiating and refining the existing FSA. Then Patty Hajdu, minister of Indigenous Services wrote to the AFN national chief saying the government’s mandate “does not permit further negotiations at a national level.” That seemed to cut First Nations outside Ontario out of future negotiations.

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