Recently added articles from Community Action:
Indifferent parents--us.(provincial government's duty in foster care)
Mar 20, 2008 ... "A small child you carry on your arm and a grown one you carry on your head," so says a Yiddish folk saying. These words remind us that most parents keep their children in mind long after their offspring have passed the legally mandated age of parental responsibility. Certainly, this is ...
Need a transition process for youth who age out of care.
Mar 20, 2008 ... "Our key message and primary recommendation: youth from care need to have as gradual and extended a transition process to adulthood as youth in the general population," says Deborah Rutman and Carol Hubberstey after a 30 month study of young people who age out of care in British Columbia. ...
Quebec health minister rejects Castonguay's financing scheme.
Mar 20, 2008 ... Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services Philippe Couillard, rejected key recommendations of the Casonguay task force on the financing of the province's health care system. The Castonguay report expresses a serious concern of public health care expenditures, that is growing ...
Joint custody, disability support, kids Ontario court splits the difference.(Brief article)
Mar 20, 2008; ... Where there is joint custody of children, how should the Ontario Disability Support Program payments for dependent children be allocated? This question exposes a gap in this program. The law had not anticipated joint shared custody has no clear provision for this situation., The ...
Violence to staff in long term care.
Mar 20, 2008 ... Long-term care workers in Canada are almost nearly seven times more likely to experience violence than similar staff in the Nordic countries, according to a study at York University, co-authored by Sociology professor Pat Armstrong. The main difference between Canada and Nordic countries ...
Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
Mar 20, 2008 ... Mar. 27-28: Supporting Trauma Survivors--Essential Skills for Frontline Workers; CAST Canada; Oakville, ON; www.cast-canada.ca Mar. 28-29: Continuing Education Workshop; Relapse and Recovery: Strategies to Maintain Change; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com ...
Foreign calendar.(Calendar)
Mar 20, 2008 ... Mar. 26-28: International Conference: Organizational Behaviour in Health Care; Sydney, Australia; www.obhc2008.org Mar. 26-29: World Congress: Health Professions; Perth, Australia; www.worldhealthcongress.org Apr. 3-6: International Conference: Emergency Medicine; San ...
Vancouver aboriginal agency takes on full child welfare services.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
Mar 20, 2008 ... The Vancouver Aboriginal Children and Family Services Society will take on full child welfare services to its functions under an agreement with the Ministry of Children and Family Development, the first such arrangement in British Columbia. The agency, founded in 1992, and ...
Funding formula and benchmarks for agencies still lacking--Ontario Auditor.(Jim McCarter's report)(Brief article)
Mar 20, 2008 ... Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter found "good progress has been made in several areas" since his 2006 review of child welfare in the province. The review had covered four programs of the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and four Children's Aid Societies. However, the ...
Father's long term contact affected by separation period.(Brief article)
Mar 20, 2008 ... The period immediately following separation is crucial for the long-term contact between fathers and their children with whom they no longer live, according to a study conducted through Statistics Canada's Research Data Centre program and published in the Journal of Family Issues. ...
Physical punishment has no useful role joint statement declares.(Brief article)
Mar 20, 2008 ... "The evidence is clear and compelling--physical punishment of children and youth plays no useful role in their upbringing and poses only risks to their development, says the statement on a new edition of The Joint Statement on Physical Punishment of Children and Youth. "Parents should be ...
300 sign for Alberta class action.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
Mar 20, 2008 ... Edmonton lawyer Robert P. Lee has received approval from a Jugde to proceed with a class action suit against the Alberta government. The suit includes all children who had been in provincial care. About 300 people have so far signed to the claim, Lee reports. The numbers could ...
Virginia trains child abuse reporters.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
Mar 20, 2008 ... The Virginia Department of Social Services has created a free online course for "certified mandated reporters." The reporters will be trained to report on suspected child abuse ...
Citizenship and Immigration Canada.(Brief article)(List)
Mar 20, 2008 ... Citizenship and Immigration Canada 613-954-1064 Halton District School Board, Burlington. $2,072,946 Halton Multicultural Council, Oakville. $1,311,987 Halton Multicultural Council, Oakville. $874,629 Halton Multicultural ...
Trillium Foundation, Ontario.(foundations)(List)
Mar 20, 2008 ... Trillium Foundation, Ontario 800-263-2887 Whitefish River First Nation. To construct a softball field as a means to increase physical activity and improve the health of residents of this First Nation community. $75,000 over one year. Big ...
The Maytree Foundation Ontario.(FUNDING)
Mar 20, 2008 ... The Maytree Foundation Ontario 416-944-2627 Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), Montreal. To strengthen CCR's communications capacity, which will include working more effectively with the media; educating the public on refugee issues and thus increasing ...
Public Health Agency of Canada.(FUNDING)
Mar 20, 2008 ... Public Health Agency of Canada 613-957-2991 Association canadienne franeaise de l'Alberta, Calgary. To improve the health and well-being of children and their families living in conditions of risk; reduce developmental delays at the time of school entry; enhance ...
International body criticizes Canada for its drug policies.(International Narcotics Control Board)(Brief article)
Mar 20, 2008 ... Two international organizations are at odds over Canada's programs for dealing with drug addictions program. While the World Health Organization and most international health authorities support Canada's harm reduction programs, International Narcotics Control Board condemns Canada's ...
No clear return on public safety as U.S. jail rates reach 1 in 100, cost $49 billion.(Brief article)
Mar 20, 2008 ... For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 adults in America are in jail or prison--a fact that significantly impacts state budgets without delivering a clear return on public safety, according to the Pew Center on the States' Public Safety Performance Project. ...
New domestic violence centre for Edmonton.(JUSTICE)
Mar 20, 2008 ... Edmonton's planned Domestic Violence Centre will aim to help 3,000 Aboriginal and immigrant girls and women a year in a new building that is being designed. The planners estimate about "one third of these people will be in high-risk situations destined for the courts." The ...