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  • test test posted about A Comprehensive Action Plan on Facebook 2018-04-24 13:47:34 -0700
    Sign the petition: A Comprehensive Action Plan

    A Comprehensive Action Plan

    934 signatures

    On April 11, we heard official youth transition stats from Ministry of Children and Family Development representatives. They told us that 87% of eligible, post-19 youth from government care are not accessing MCFD Agreements with Young Adults (AYA) services. AYAs are the primary way MCFD supports the 1000 youth who age out of care every year. It tells us that the program intervention the government has relied on for years is not working.

    Premier Horgan told us that the government is working on an action plan: let's ensure it's comprehensive.

    Decision makers are listening and it's time for us to act. On Thursday, April 12, Premier John Horgan responded on behalf of six ministries to our policy asks made on October 24. He made a commitment to "expand and improve supports to youth transitioning from care through the development of an action plan to be created by the Cross-Ministry working group." 

    It's government-speak, but represents a milestone for the youth-in-care community. We successfully nudged the creation of a cross-ministry task force dedicated to achieving better outcomes.

    We know that better outcomes come from comprehensive, evidence-based policy, and that youth must be included in planning. Youth from care are experts in understanding policy impacts. This expertise is essential to creating a successful action plan.

    Please sign our call for a comprehensive action plan

    "Premier Horgan, it's essential that bold changes are made for youth from care after 19. In your mandate letter to Minister of Children and Family Development Katrine Conroy, you said that you expect substantive progress in funding increases to Agreements with Young Adults "in order to offer supports to all youth aging out of care who need it, not just a few." Your Cross-Ministry action plan must ensure:

    1. Guaranteed, consistent, and adequate financial support until age 25 through the Agreements with Young Adults program, eliminating all eligibility criteria.
    2. Government and youth from care advocates come together before the fall legislature to hear youth input and explore universal AYA policy development."

     

     

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  • test test posted about Public Petition on Facebook 2016-05-09 21:31:35 -0700
    Write the future for youth aging out of foster care. Sign the Petition now!

    Sign the Petition

    17,376 signatures

    Most young adults in BC can count on financial support, relationships and family connections to help them get a good start in life. However, that’s not the case for everyone.

    Cut off from support at 19, youth aging out of foster care too often end up homeless, don’t finish high school, and have no one to turn to in their 20’s.

    But you can change this.

    Sign the petition today, and help write the future with youth aging out of foster care.

    “We believe youth aging out of foster care should be able to count on three things until age 25:

    1. Consistent financial support with basic living costs like housing, transit, and food while they attend school, learn skills, and find work.

    2. Long-term relationships with caring dependable adults for support, advice, and references, so that they always have somewhere to turn.

    3. A chance to connect and contribute to their communities through creative, cultural, and volunteer   activities, so that they feel like they belong.

    We believe this will make a difference, and ask community, political, and business leaders to commit to a plan that includes these supports.”

     

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  • test test posted about Home on Facebook 2015-07-14 16:25:13 -0700
    Join me to make sure young people leaving foster care in BC get opportunities and support

    Fostering Change

    Youth will change the system.


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