It only applies to children with multiple disabilities, and it needs to reach into all health and social services and education services that are provided by government and are available to every other child in Saskatchewan," said Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
It only applies to children with multiple disabilities, and it needs to reach into all health and social services and education services that are provided by government and are available to every other child in Saskatchewan," said Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
OTTAWA The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) is looking for First Nations youth from across the country to get involved in Caring Across the Boundaries: Youth Focus, a two-day workshop designed to help create understanding and co-operation between youth and the volunteer sector organizations that are there to serve them.
It was over a year ago that the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) along with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) filed a complaint with the CHRC regarding insufficient funding for First Nations child welfare.
26-28: Indigenous people and child welfare; Niagara Falls; Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, the National Indian Child Welfare Association, the Child Welfare League of Canada and the Child Welfare League of America; [E] econciliation@cecw-cepb.
Counter to a pervasive stereotype that First Nations children and families living on-reserve have enhanced access to services, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada (Nadjiwan and Blackstock 2003) found that First Nations families have significantly less access to child welfare-related resources in the public, corporate and voluntary sectors.
The announcement last month that as much as $1 billion in new money will be directed to improving the health outcomes of Aboriginal people doesn't impress Cindy Blackstock, the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
