Reports

The Thin Front Line

MCFD staffing crunch leaves social workers over-burdened, B.C. children under-protected This report reveals a dramatic mismatch between expectations placed on child protection social workers and the number of staff province-wide available to do the work. Despite the demands and complexity of the job increasing in recent years, there are fewer front-line child protection workers in […]

Representative’s Report #24

Reviews and Investigations: Feb. 1, 2015 – May 31, 2015 The purpose of the Representative for Children and Youth’s (RCY) reviews and investigations of child deaths and critical injuries is to identify and thoughtfully analyze issues, particularly in service delivery. The intent is to help prevent similar deaths or injuries in the future and to […]

B.C. Adoption Update

B.c. Adoption Update This Representative’s B.C. Adoption Update provides key statistics for this fiscal year to date and for the two previous fiscal years. Numbers released in this report show improvement in some areas of B.C.’s provincial adoption process, including an increase in the number of approved adoptive homes per month and the number of […]