BC Legislature - Children and Youth Committee, 38th Parliament

Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation

Information program for high school students See Student financial assistance under Post-secondary education

Cantelon, Ron (Nanaimo-Parksville)

Children

child deaths and critical injuries, reporting 10:1040-1045

studies on child welfare, government response 6:1215-1220, 6:1245-1250

Children and Youth Committee

adoption of service plan for Representative for Children and Youth 9:1610

election of Chair 8:1600-1605

mandate 6:1355

mandate, scope 9:1700-1705, 10:1010-1015

meeting schedule 5:1340, 9:1610-1615, 10:1205-1210

members, access to reports 9:1650

relationship with children and family services organizations 5:1350

relationship with government ministries 10:1210

subcommittee on child death reviews, election 10:1015

subcommittees, proposal for subcommittee on child death and injury cases from transition period prior to committee establishment 4:1055-1100

Children and Youth Representative Appointment Committee

terms of reference, scope 3:1010

Children, early childhood development

school readiness 7:1145-1150

Christensen, Tom

letter re discussions between Children and Family Development Ministry and Representative for Children and Youth 10:1000

Education

education of first nations people, enhancement agreements 6:1245

education of first nations people, performance targets and measurement 6:1245

students, evaluation and testing 6:1120, 7:1245-1250

Education Ministry

personal education number 6:1200

Education, school boards and districts

accountability, achievement contracts 6:1245-1250

Mental health

mental health of children and youth

role of federal and provincial governments 7:1250

Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area

government services for children and families, service delivery office 7:1150

Post-secondary education

student financial assistance 6:1215-1220

Representative for Children and Youth

budget and service plan, endorsement by Children and Youth Committee 10:1010-1015

information management system, data-sharing and privacy 6:1150, 6:1200

investigation of child deaths, referral of cases by Children and Youth Committee 4:1050

relationship with government ministries 3:1010, 10:1000

relationship with select standing committees, Finance and Government Services Committee 10:1210

report on child protection review recommendations, government response 9:1610, 10:1000

research activities 9:1610

review of Hughes report on child protection 8:1605

service plan 8:1605, 9:1610

Representative for Children and Youth Act

provisions on critical injury and death reviews 10:1045

Carrier-Sekani Family Services

Relationship with Representative for Children and Youth, welcoming ceremony for Prince George office See Prince George office under Representative for Children and Youth

Child and youth officer

Elimination of office and transfer of responsibility to Representative for Children and Youth (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0915

Elimination of office and transfer of responsibility to Representative for Children and Youth, government transition steering committee (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1325-1330

Child and youth representative See Representative for Children and Youth
Child care See Children – Child care
Child, Family and Community Service Act

Provisions on child protection workers See Child protection, legislation under Children

Provisions on interim and temporary custody See Children in government care, custody under Children

Child in the Home of a Relative program See Foster care
Children

Child care See Children – Child care

Child death reviews

report on review process See Child protection review below under this main heading

review process (Greschner, J.) 7:1235 (MacKay) 7:1235 (Simons) 7:1235 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 10:1020-1030

Child deaths and critical injuries

investigation by Representative for Children and Youth See Investigation of child injuries and deaths under Representative for Children and Youth

reporting (Cantelon) 10:1040-1045 (Karagianis) 10:1045 (Krog) 10:1035 (Simons) 10:1035-1040 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 10:1020-1025, 10:1035-1045

Child deaths and critical injuries, investigation by Representative for Children and Youth See Investigation of child injuries and deaths under Representative for Children and Youth

Child deaths and critical injuries, review (Simons) 3:0955 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0915-0920, 3:0955-1000, 5:1315-1320, 9:1635, 9:1645

Child protection

advocacy (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0910, 3:0920, 5:1310

complaint process (Bennett) 7:1240 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 7:1215-1220, 7:1240-1245, 9:1635-1640

court ruling on child protection laws (Simons) 7:1235 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 7:1230-1240

goals and objectives, consensus and collaboration (Simons) 3:1020 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0940-0950, 3:1010-1020

legislation (Sieben, M.) 6:1020 (Simons) 7:1235 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 7:1225-1240

system, accountability (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 7:1240

system, information-sharing (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 7:1215, 7:1250, 9:1635, 9:1645

system, performance measurement See also Studies on child welfare below under this main heading

(Rustad) 3:1025 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0945-0955, 5:1315, 9:1630

system, relationship with first nations See Children, child protection system under First nations

workers See Child protection workers below under this main heading

Child protection review

implementation of recommendations (Brar) 9:1655 (Karagianis) 3:0930 (Sieben, M.) 6:1340-1350 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0930-0935, 3:0955, 5:1010, 5:1025, 5:1120, 5:1305-1330, 6:1350, 7:1215, 7:1240-1245, 9:1625, 9:1635, 9:1645

implementation of recommendations, government transition team See Elimination of office and transfer of responsibility to Representative for Children and Youth under Child and youth officer

recommendations (Polak) 4:1050 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0915, 9:1630, 10:1020 (Whittred) 3:0905

review by Representative for Children and Youth See Representative for Children and Youth

Child protection workers See also Staff under Children and Family Development, Ministry of

(Sieben, M.) 6:1025, 6:1040, 6:1110 (Simons) 3:0935, 5:1240-1245, 7:1235 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0935, 7:1240, 9:1625

Child protection workers, relationship with teachers See Teachers

Children at risk, data collection and information-sharing by public agencies (Polak) 10:1040 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 9:1635, 9:1645, 10:1040

Children at risk, numbers and socioeconomic status (Kendall, P.) 5:1235

Children in government care See also Children in government care under First nations; Foster care

academic performance (Bennett) 5:1220-1230 (Dosdall, E.) 6:1200 (Kendall, P.) 5:1230 (McPhee, R.) 5:1225 (Sieben, M.) 6:1010, 6:1200 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0945, 3:1000, 5:1015, 5:1035-1040, 5:1150, 5:1200-1235

age distribution (Sieben, M.) 6:1035

apprehension or surrender (Brar) 5:1155 (Krog) 5:1125 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1125, 5:1155

continuity of care (Brar) 5:1150, 6:1050, 6:1155 (Dosdall, E.) 6:1145-1150 (Krog) 5:1125, 6:1045 (Polak) 6:1055-1100 (Sieben, M.) 6:1035, 6:1050-1055, 6:1155 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1105, 5:1150-1155

custody (Sieben, M.) 6:1025-1035

demographic profile (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 6:1235-1240

education, strategy for first nations children in care See Children in government care under First nations

education, transition to post-secondary education (Bennett) 6:1230-1235 (Polak) 6:1225 (Sieben, M.) 6:1220-1225 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 6:1235-1240 (Vincent, T.) 6:1215-1225

education, youth educational assistance fund See Student financial assistance under Post-secondary education

educational plan See periodic assessment and monitoring plan below under this main heading

enrolment in schools (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 6:1155

first nations children See First nations

government strategies to improve outcomes for children in care See Government strategy for children and youth below under this main heading

information and statistics (Bennett) 5:1220 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1220

link to family poverty (Simons) 3:1015

numbers (Brar) 6:1045 (Sieben, M.) 6:1010-1020, 6:1045

numbers and regional distribution (Krog) 3:0930, 3:1015 (Simons) 3:1015 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0930, 3:0945

numbers, reduction strategy See Government strategy for children and youth below under this main heading

periodic assessment and monitoring plan See also Special education and special needs, assessment and individual education plans (IEPs) under Education

(Dosdall, E.) 6:1050 (Krog) 3:1010, 6:1205 (Polak) 5:1120 (Sieben, M.) 6:1025-1030, 6:1110, 6:1200-1205 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0945, 5:1025, 5:1040, 5:1120

permanency planning See continuity of care above under this subheading

pregnancies (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0945, 3:1000-1005

school-age children, information and statistics See information and statistics above under this subheading

status (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0945

studies See Studies of child welfare below under this main heading

time in care (Krog) 6:1040-1045 (Sieben, M.) 6:1035, 6:1045

vulnerability (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1030, 6:1120, 6:1145

young offenders (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 9:1500

youth leaving care at age 19 (Sieben, M.) 6:1030

youth leaving care at age 19, government supports for education and development (Karagianis) 5:1100 (Kendall, P.) 5:1045-1050, 5:1155-1200 (MacKay) 5:1155-1200 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1200-1205

youth leaving care at age 19, transition to income assistance program See Recipients, youth transitioning from foster care or government care under Income assistance

Children's forum (Roddick) 9:1555 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0915, 5:1315-1320, 9:1600, 9:1610, 9:1625

Children's forum, relationship with select standing committees (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 10:1040-1045

Children's plan (Roddick) 9:1555 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 9:1600

Early childhood development See Children – Early childhood development

First nations children See First nations

Government strategy for children and youth See also Children in government care, education above under this main heading

(Bennett) 3:1005, 5:1230-1235 (Dosdall, E.) 6:1125-1130 (Polak) 6:1130 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0945-0950, 3:1005, 5:1235, 6:1145, 6:1210, 9:1635, 9:1645

Government strategy for children and youth, role of Treasury Board See Treasury Board

Outcome-based framework See Government strategy for children and youth above under this main heading

Population health model (Kendall, P.) 5:1015-1020, 5:1155 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1120, 5:1155

Programs and services for children and families

children and family services organizations, relationship with Children and Youth Committee See Relationship with children and family services organizations under Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on

data collection See Children at risk, data collection above under this main heading

monitoring by Representative for Children and Youth See Monitoring and evaluation under Representative for Children and Youth

programs and services (du Toit, L.) 7:1015-1020

reorganization and regionalization (Bennett) 7:1110-1115 (Boon, L.) 7:1040-1050, 7:1115 (Cunningham, P.) 7:1105-1110 (du Toit, L.) 7:1040, 7:1115-1120 (Karagianis) 7:1120 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 9:1640

service agencies and providers (Boon, L.) 7:1155 (Krog) 7:1150 (Markwart, A.) 7:1150-1155

service agencies and providers, reporting of child deaths and injuries See Child deaths and critical injuries, reporting under Children

service delivery See also reorganization and regionalization above under this subheading

service delivery, neighbourhood hub model (Boon, L.) 7:1050

service delivery, performance measurement (du Toit, L.) 7:1130 (Rustad) 7:1125-1130 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 9:1640

services for first nations children See First nations

strength-based approach (du Toit, L.) 7:1130 (Rustad) 7:1130

Promotion of goals and objectives for children's well-being See Government strategy above under this main heading

Special needs children, assessment See Special education and special needs, assessment and individual education plans under Education

Studies on child welfare See also Child protection system, performance measurement above under this main heading

education issues (Bennett) 5:1220-1235 (Kendall, P.) 5:1020-1035, 5:1045-1100, 5:1155-1200, 5:1210-1215, 5:1230-1235 (MacKay) 5:1155-1210 (McPhee, R.) 5:1225 (Simons) 5:1240-1245 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1010-1055, 5:1200-1235 (Whittred) 5:1325

government response (Bennett) 6:1055, 6:1230-1235, 6:1330 (Brar) 5:1140, 6:1230, 6:1320-1335 (Cantelon) 6:1215-1220, 6:1245-1250 (Dosdall, E.) 6:1100-1140, 6:1240-1255 (Karagianis) 6:1250-1255, 6:1320, 6:1355-1400 (Krog) 6:1325-1330 (MacDonald, C.) 6:1310-1315, 6:1325 (Polak) 6:1225 (Sieben, M.) 6:1005-1110, 6:1055, 6:1220-1230, 6:1250, 6:1325-1335 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1110, 5:1140, 6:1235-1240 (Vincent, T.) 6:1215-1235 (Wharton, A.) 6:1315-1335 (Whittred) 6:1005, 6:1055-1100, 6:1255, 6:1330-1335, 6:1355

health issues (Kendall, P.) 5:1010-1015, 5:1130-1135 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1035, 5:1130, 6:1135

implementation of recommendations (Bennett) 6:1105, 6:1140 (Dosdall, E.) 6:1105-1110, 6:1125, 6:1140-1150 (Karagianis) 6:1135, 6:1150 (Krog) 6:1205 (Sieben, M.) 6:1100, 6:1135, 6:1205 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 6:1155, 7:1210-1215

studies (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0950-0955, 3:1005, 9:1455-1500

studies in B.C. and elsewhere (Bennett) 5:1225 (Krog) 5:1320 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1225, 5:1315-1325

Children – Child care

Funding (Markwart, A.) 7:1145

Workers, recruitment and retention (Bennett) 7:1140-1145 (du Toit, L.) 7:1140 (Markwart, A.) 7:1140-1145

Children – Early childhood development

Early learning, programs (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1030

Programs and services (Markwart, A.) 7:1150

School readiness (Cantelon) 7:1145-1150

School readiness, use of early development indicator (Dosdall, E.) 6:1110

Studies (Kendall, P.) 5:1235

Children and Family Development, Ministry of

Action plan See Government strategy for children and youth under Children

Coordination and communication with other ministries See Government strategy for children and youth under Children

Dispute resolution process See Child protection, complaint process under Children

Implementation of Hughes report recommendations See Child protection review, implementation of recommendations under Children

Joint framework report See Service plan and reports under Representative for Children and Youth

Minister's letter to Children and Youth Committee See Christensen, Hon. Tom (Okanagan-Vernon)

Organization and services (du Toit, L.) 7:1015-1025

Relationship with Children and Youth Committee See Relationship with government ministries under Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on

Relationship with first nations See Relationship with government ministries under First nations

Relationship with Representative for Children and Youth See Relationship with government ministries under Representative for Children and Youth

Relationship with service providers (Sieben, M.) 6:1020

Reporting of child deaths and injuries See Child deaths and critical injuries, reporting under Children

Response to Representative for Children and Youth review of Hughes report implementation See Report on child protection review recommendations under Representative for Children and Youth

Role in child death review process See Child death reviews, review process under Children

Role in educational monitoring and planning See Children in government care, periodic assessment and monitoring plan under Children

Service delivery, transfer of responsibility for programs and services for children and families See Programs and services for children and families, reorganization under Children

Special needs agreements See Disabled and handicapped persons

Staff engagement (Boon, L.) 7:1050

Staff recruitment and retention (du Toit, L.) 7:1125 (Karagianis) 7:1120 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 9:1625

Staffing (Brar) 5:1140-1145 (Sieben, M.) 6:1010 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0910, 5:1145

Vision and goals (du Toit, L.) 7:1025-1030

Voluntary care agreements See Foster care

Children and youth representative See Representative for Children and Youth
Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on

Adoption of service plan for Representative for Children and Youth (Cantelon) 9:1610

Communications, information and openness (Whittred) 4:1055

Communications, proposal for letters to school boards See also Mandate below under this main heading

(Bennett) 6:1120 (Whittred) 6:1125

Decision-making, development of criteria framework (Whittred) 4:1100

Election of Chair (Cantelon) 8:1600-1605 (James, C.) 8:1600 (Krog) 8:1600

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair (Krog) 3:0900 (Polak) 3:0900 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 3:0900 (Whittred) 3:0900

Goal (Roddick) 10:1210

In-camera proceedings, motions to move in camera See Motions and resolutions

Information and research, media scans for committee members (Fershau, J.) 5:1345 (Whittred) 5:1345

Issues, background information and discussion (Whittred) 4:1100

Mandate (Bennett) 6:1400 (Cantelon) 6:1355 (Karagianis) 6:1355-1400 (Whittred) 6:1355

Mandate, scope (Bennett) 9:1700 (Brar) 9:1700-1705 (Cantelon) 9:1700-1705, 10:1010-1015 (Karagianis) 9:1700 (Krog) 9:1700 (Polak) 9:1655-1700 (Simons) 9:1655

Meeting schedule (Brar) 5:1345 (Cantelon) 5:1340, 9:1610-1615, 10:1205-1210 (Karagianis) 5:1340-1345, 9:1610 (Krog) 5:1340-1345 (MacKay) 7:1230-1235 (Polak) 5:1340 (Simons) 10:1210 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 6:1355 (Whittred) 5:1340-1345, 6:1355

Meetings with children and family services organizations See Relationship with children and family services organizations below under this main heading

Meetings with government ministries See Relationship with government ministries below under this main heading

Meetings with Representative for Children and Youth See Relationship with select standing committees under Representative for Children and Youth

Members, access to reports (Cantelon) 9:1650 (Karagianis) 9:1650 (Krog) 9:1700

Motions See Motions and resolutions

Relationship with children and family services organizations (Cantelon) 5:1350 (Karagianis) 5:1345-1350 (Krog) 5:1350 (Whittred) 5:1350, 6:1355

Relationship with children's forum See Relationship with select standing committees under Children's forum

Relationship with government ministries (Brar) 5:1345 (Cantelon) 10:1210 (Simons) 10:1210 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 6:1355, 10:1210 (Whittred) 5:1340-1345, 6:1355

Relationship with oversight entities See also Children's forum, relationship with select standing committees under Children

(Polak) 10:1040 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 10:1030, 10:1040-1045

Relationship with Representative for Children and Youth See Relationship with select standing committees under Representative for Children and Youth

Reporting (Whittred) 4:1105

Role and responsibilities, workplan (Whittred) 3:0905, 3:1035, 3:1045

Staffing, research staffing (Whittred) 4:0905

Subcommittee on child death reviews (Cantelon) 10:1015 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 10:1020, 10:1035

Subcommittees, proposal for subcommittee on child death and injury cases from transition period prior to committee establishment (Cantelon) 4:1055-1100 (Krog) 4:1100 (Rustad) 4:1055-1100 (Simons) 4:1055-1100 (Whittred) 4:1055

Witnesses

invitations, motions See Motions and resolutions

potential witnesses (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1140

presentation content and time (Bennett) 6:1055

role of committee and scope of questions See Mandate, scope above under this main heading

scope of questions to witnesses (Whittred) 6:1050

Children and Youth, Special Committee to Appoint a Representative for

Terms of reference, scope (Cantelon) 3:1010 (Rustad) 3:1025

Christensen, Hon. Tom (Okanagan-Vernon)

As subject

letter re discussions between Children and Family Development Ministry and Representative for Children and Youth (Cantelon) 10:1000

Community Living British Columbia

Dispute resolution process See Child protection, complaint process under Children

Special needs agreements See Disabled and handicapped persons

Comprehensive plan of care (CPOC) See Children in government care, periodic assessment and monitoring plan under Children
Coroners Service See British Columbia Coroners Service
Corrections system

Youth corrections

community youth justice services (MacKay) 7:1055, 7:1105 (Markwart, A.) 7:1100

education of young offenders (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 5:1200

incarceration rate in B.C. and elsewhere (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 3:0945

reporting of youth deaths and critical injuries See Child deaths and critical injuries, reporting under Children

Cranbrook, B.C.

Alternative education programs (Bennett) 6:1230-1235

Cunningham, Peter

Children

programs and services for children and families

reorganization and regionalization 7:1105-1110

First nations

children, services and service delivery 7:1110-1115

Smithers

residential youth justice services in area 7:1100-1105