Actions and Commitments:
Exploring Theme: "Reducing # of children-in-care"
Updates on this page: 3
(Filtered by Stakeholder "Prince Edward Island")
February 1, 2021
End of Birth Alerts
PEI to end the practice of Birth Alerts in the province....
September 6, 2019
Draft Child and Youth Advocate Act
Feathers of Hope: In July, a draft of the Child and Youth Advocate Act was prepared with intent to establish the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate as independent from government and reporting to the PEI Legislative Assembly. One of the intents of the proposed legislation is “Recognize the importance of the preservation and promotion of...
March 1, 2019
On-Reserve Programs
Currently on P.E.I., Marilyn Birch, director of the child and family services program with the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I. said the province provides child protection services to all children who live on the Island, while the confederacy program provides prevention and early intervention services for children in families that live on-reserve....