The Representative’s report and reconciliation

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Last week, the Representative for Children and Youth, Bernard Richard, released a report on the sustainability and capacity issues faced by the delegated aboriginal agencies in this province. If you have not yet read this report I encourage you to do so. The scale and breadth of these issues should be a concern for ...Read More

The Federation and EVA BC announce new partnership agreement

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The Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC) and The Federation of Community Social Services of BC (The Federation) are pleased to announce a new formal partnership agreement in which both organizations have committed to a collaborative and mutually supportive working relationship.  We are glad to ...Read More

Calling all youth in care: Applications for the Federation Youth Education Bursary are open!

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Since 2009, The Federation’s Youth Education Bursary has been supporting young people who want to pursue a career in the human social services. Over that time, more than 120 recipients have received over $140,000 dollars to help them access post-secondary studies. Applications for ...Read More

Life in BC Snapshots 2017: The state of social care in BC

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Two years ago, The Federation scoured the news, research, and literature to take a ‘Snapshot’ of what life in BC was like. We wanted to understand how good things were for the people of our province. We also wanted to investigate important aspects of day-to-day life that have been overlooked by a govern ...Read More

The Residential Review Report five years later: new funding, new focus, and new opportunities

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Earlier this month in the BC legislature the MCFD Minister was asked about the implementation of the 2012 Residential Review Report that was co-authored by the Ministry and The Federation. In her response, she mentioned that most of the recommendations have been implemen ...Read More

The Federation’s response to the 2017 BC Budget

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Part one: New investments could mean improvements for kids in care. On Tuesday, BC’s Finance Minister released the provincial budget and pledged an additional $796 million over three years to support families, individuals, and children in need. We have been told that this investment includes a much-needed increase to ...Read More

BC’s Health Care Assistant oversight renewal and institutional models of care

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In late 2016, the BC Ministry of Health made clear its intention to move forward with a new model of oversight for Health Care Assistants (HCA) in the province. An HCA Oversight Policy Intentions Paper described a new, single nursing regulator (made up of the three nursing colleges) ...Read More

The Federation’s stance on the recent RCY report

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As many of you know, our province’s new Representative for Children and Youth released his first report last week. It revisits the heartbreaking story about the life and death of a young man who experienced the worst parts of a broken social care system. What happened to Alex Gervais was awful and leaves no doubt th ...Read More

Guiding the future of BC’s Representative for Children and Youth Act

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Some of you may know that The Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth is reviewing our province’s Representative for Children and Youth Act. As part of this process, the committee has invited British Columbians to participate and make submissions to help guide the committee’s review. The Fede ...Read More

Project updates: MCFD policies, innovation, and funding guide template

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Day in and day out, The Federation staff team focuses on a number of projects, initiatives, requests, and organizational goals. We bring forward issues and concerns, as well as possible solutions, to policy makers and politicians on behalf of our members. We are in constant contact with pa ...Read More