Tag: Jennifer Charlesworth

B.C.'s child and youth watchdog said Thursday that progress on overhauling the province's child welfare system has been uneven two years after a landmark report called for sweeping reforms.

The B.C. government has unveiled a plan to prevent vulnerable children and youth from falling through the cracks by improving co-ordination across ministries and services.

British Columbia’s government is creating a new benefit program that broadens support for families of children and youth with disabilities. The province said Tuesday it is investing $475 million over three years in the new benefit and supplement program, as well as expanding support services in B.C. The B.C. Children and Youth Disability Benefit program […] The post B.C. to replace autism funding with broader child disability benefit appeared first on AM 1150.

The B.C. Conservatives are criticizing a government program intended to provide rent supplements for youth aging out of government care, after reports that no payments have been made under the program since February 2024.