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Be Part of a Provincial Story of Well-Being Impact! Deadline December 1, 2024 (Well-Being Eblast Nov 2024)

 November 28, 2024

This month we invite you to share your organization’s work of supporting well-being and create a Provincial Story of Impact with the ALIGN Well-Being Impact Portal and Dashboard.

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Well-Being CoP Meeting December 17, 2024 Learn More!

 November 27, 2024

The CoP meets monthly, every third Tuesday and is an informal community of like-minded practitioners and evaluators in the child and family serving sector who are interested in growing their organization's impact on child and youth well-being.

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Alberta.ca Survey on How to Improve Family Justice Services Deadline Dec. 20, 2024

Alberta government wants to hear about your experiences with Alberta's family justice system and the Family Justice Strategy.

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ALIGN Well-Being in Child and Family Services Initiative

 November 26, 2024

The way we define and understand child and youth well-being matters.

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The State of Mental Health in Canada 2024 Report (CMHA)

 November 26, 2024

On November 19, 2024 the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) released The State of Mental Health in Canada 2024, a first-of-its-kind deep dive into the landscape of mental health, addictions, and substance use health care in Canada using data from across the country.

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Seeking Youth Engagement on the Second State of Youth Report 2025 (Government of Canada)

 November 26, 2024

Are you a youth between the ages of 16 and 29 living in Canada? The Government of Canada want to hear from you! The second State of Youth Report will be released in 2025.

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A Generation at Risk: The State of Youth Mental Health in Canada October 2024

 October 30, 2024

Mental Health Research Canada's (MHRC) report is the first comprehensive and collaborative national report of its kind to be released in at least five years.

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Alberta.ca Ensuring Wraparound Services

 October 25, 2024

Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange and Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services Jason Nixon issued the following update on continuing care and the health refocusing work originally announced in November 2023: “

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MCHB: Centering Stories in an Ecological Framework (ALIGN's Well-Being Eblast Oct. 2024)

 October 24, 2024

This month we feature Hannah Goa’s experience of piloting the toolkit at the Multicultural Health Broker Cooperative (MCHB) in Edmonton. Hannah has been supporting the Intercultural FRN work for the past 4 years and is responsible for reporting to funders. She became interested in joining the toolkit pilot group to inspire her work on their Evaluation Framework that uniquely reflects the values and principles of cultural brokering.

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Establishing Community Pathways to Prevention Services In the Context of the Family First Prevention Services Act Report 2024

Authors Krista Thomas, Olivia Wilks / Chapin Hall 2024. Many families facing difficulties often don’t receive support until their situations become serious, putting them at risk of child welfare involvement.

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Toolkit Mobilizing on the Right to Housing for Women, Two-Spirit, & Gender-Diverse People

 October 22, 2024

If you or your community has been impacted by the gendered housing crisis, your voice is needed! Check out the toolkit to learn how you can get involved in this historic process.

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Call for Papers Mobilizing Social Innovation to Support the Prevention of Youth Homelessness

 October 15, 2024

If your work advances youth homelessness prevention, submit a proposal for a chance to showcase your work. Deadline March 2025

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ESPC Report: A Profile of Poverty in Edmonton: 2024

 September 25, 2024

This report presents a snapshot of what poverty looks like in Edmonton in 2024.

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Homelessness Data Improvement Framework (Homelessness Learning Hub)

 September 25, 2024

This tool can also be used to guide discussions on data quality amongst community partners and local leaders

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CDS Sector Priorities 2023 – 2026 (PDD)

 September 12, 2024

ACDS has highlighted seven priorities to guide our advocacy work for the CDS sector and corresponding collaborative opportunities with the Government of Alberta

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ALIGN Statement: Nurturing Children’s Needs: Analyzing the Connection of Gender Policy in Alberta

 September 11, 2024

Understanding the Importance of Gender Policy in Alberta: Promoting Children's Rights and Well-Being

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Alberta Action Plan for Youth Suicide Prevention 2019 - 2024

 August 24, 2024

A suicide prevention plan for youth under the age of 25 in Alberta.

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Youth Perspectives on FNS Wraparound Supports (Homeless Hub)

 August 15, 2024

This blog explores the impact of the The Family and Natural Supports FNS intervention’s wraparound approach and how it addresses some unique issues youth have faced.

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Violence Prevention Modules (Shift to Learn)

 August 1, 2024

Efforts to prevent domestic and sexual violence relies on the size and competence of the primary prevention workforce, as well as our ability to innovate, design, develop, plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate primary prevention initiatives to understand impact and change.

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ALIGN Journal for Services to Children and Families 2024

 July 25, 2024

The ALIGN Journal for Services to Children and Families (the Journal) is intended to be a forum for significant, critical and serious inquiry related to the work of the agencies – children, youth, families, organizations, leadership and wellness. ALIGN Journals support strengthening member agencies and promoting attitudes, practices and conditions that contribute to quality services for children and families

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Alberta.ca Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE)

 July 17, 2024

Based in Alberta, Canada, CoRE will provide leadership in recovery excellence within Alberta, across Canada, and internationally by informing best practices for recovery, conducting research and program evaluation, and supporting the development of evidence-based policy.

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A Caregivers Guide to FASD Diagnosis for Kinship, Foster Parents (CanFASD)

 July 17, 2024

This guide is intended for caregivers with children who are soon-to-be assessed for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), or have recently been diagnosed with FASD.

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Culture is Healing: An Indigenous Child & Youth Mental Wellness Framework 

 July 11, 2024

First Nations are disproportionately represented in the number of people dying by toxic drug poisoning. The Our Children Our Way Society recognizes the urgency of this crisis and that an immediate and dedicated response is needed now.

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Toolkit for Communities: Considerations for Creating a Lived Experience Circle on Homelessness

 July 11, 2024

This toolkit available on the homelessness learning hub supports small cities and rural communities interested in creating advisory groups of people with lived or living experience of homelessness

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Alberta Living Wage Network - Research & Resources

 July 10, 2024

A living wage is the hourly wage a worker needs to earn to cover their basic expenses and participate in their community.

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Caregiver Resources for Natural Disasters and Emergencies

 July 9, 2024

Emergencies and disasters can impact individual, family and community well-being. Children’s reactions to disasters and their aftermath are strongly influenced by how their parents, grandparents, families, teachers, and other caregivers cope during and after the events

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Maytree's Social Assistance Summaries for Territories and Provinces & Welfare in Canada Report

 July 9, 2024

To support your advocacy efforts, find the latest data for the number of social assistance recipients and welfare incomes in every province and territory

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SUPE: Substance Use Prevention Education – Protecting Children From Online Drug Dealers

 July 9, 2024

Provides essential tools to safeguard children including the EMOJI DRUG CODE The more educated you become, the better equipped you are to spot illegal activity online.

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AASAS Training - Courses For Those Working with Survivors of Sexual Violence and the Violence Prevention Sector

 July 9, 2024

Designed for counselors, therapists, and other mental health practitioners who are new to working with survivors of sexual violence, or who may be already working with survivors and would like to more deeply inform their counselling practice.

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Homelessness Prevention: Bridging Research to Practice On Demand Webinar

 July 2, 2024

The knowledge base on homelessness prevention has expanded in the last few years. Communities are using research/evidence to make prevention programs more effective and impactful.

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Toolkit Pivoting Practice: Building Capacity to Serve Youth Impacted by Trafficking (Exploitation)

 July 2, 2024

This tool-kit is intended to be used in learning about human trafficking and evidence-based best practices for supporting youth within the current Canadian landscape.

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The Family and Natural Supports (FNS) Approach to Preventing Youth Homelessness

 July 2, 2024

Research shows that youth at risk of or experiencing homelessness have better outcomes when their family and natural supports are engaged in their lives. The FNS can be a consideration for youth transition to adulthood program (TAP) as well as early intervention for those vulnerable to or experiencing homelessness

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Free Online Eviction Prevention Training

 July 2, 2024

Learn about the importance of understanding evictions, the evictions process and the supports available for both tenants and service providers

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Food Bank Poverty Vulnerability Map 

 June 28, 2024

A bird’s eye view of what poverty looks like across our country.

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Ending Poverty Pathways Online Course (Tamarack Institute)

 June 13, 2024

Join Natasha Pei, Associate Director of the Communities Ending Poverty team, in this new five-module course designed to help you learn at your own pace as you advocate for and advance high-impact ending poverty pathways in your community

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CSP Workshops Preventing Suicide in Indigenous Children & Youth

 June 13, 2024

Little Cub and River of Life half day workshops examine suicide prevention in Indigenous children and communities and strategies to strengthen the protective factors of young people considering suicide.

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