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View All ResourcesCommunity Mental Health Action Plan (Edmonton & Area) Engagement Report
Edmonton’s Strategy for Community Mental Health Equity Deserving Community Engagement Report Prepared by pipikwan pêhtâkwan 2023

Report Not My Home: The Overrepresentation of Indigenous Children in Care (ESPC 2023)
According to the 2021 Canadian federal census, 53.8% of children in foster care are Indigenous, but account for only 7.7% of the child population.

Alberta's Historic Agreement to Support First Nations Child and Family Well-Being Services (C-92)
Over the next five years, the agreement will transfer $149.4 million from the federal government to the FFNs to support their law implementation.

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 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.
