Apr 4, 2023 | Children & Families, News Releases
Assembly of First Nations & Caring Society – Press Release (Ottawa, ON) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Caring Society) are pleased to announce a revised Final Settlement Agreement (FSA) on compensation...
Mar 30, 2023 | Children & Families, News Releases
B.C. boosts payments for children in foster, kinship, out-of-care placements Foster parents and others who support vulnerable children and youth will soon have more assistance with monthly costs, with an increase to payments that help cover food, clothing and...
Mar 27, 2023 | Children & Families, News Releases
First Nation becomes first in B.C. to sign agreement asserting rights over child welfare The Splatsin First Nation became the first Indigenous community in B.C. to take control of its child-welfare system under new federal and provincial legislation Read...
Dec 5, 2022 | Children & Families, Projects & Reports
BC First Nations Tripartite Children & Families Working Group – Discussion Paper Discussion Paper November 24, 2022 – BC First Nations Tripartite Children and Families Working Group DEVELOPING A NEW FUNDING MODEL AND APPROACH FOR BC FIRST NATIONS...
Mar 31, 2022 | Children & Families
Internal review into Indigenous Services Canada should be public: advocate Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, holds a press conference regarding First Nations child welfare in Ottawa in 2016. SEAN...
Mar 3, 2022 | Children & Families
Job Opportunity: Senior FNLC Policy Analyst The First Nations Leadership Council (a collaborative working partnership between the political executives of the BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit and Union of BC Indian Chiefs) is seeking a permanent,...
