Offer a range of services, supports and programs

Young women and the sex trade

Protection for young prostitutes would be better accomplished by providing more general funding for the services they need than by legislating rescue. [On Her Own]

Canadian service providers have developed impressive expertise in developing programs for battered women…. They have also learned to respond to the challenge of women choosing to go back to their abusive partners. These patterns are very similar to the process of children and youth moving in and out of prostitution as they search for solutions for themselves. It raises the question of why services to women and children involved in prostitution cannot be understood as similar to services for battered women. Indeed, we believe that strategies like those developed to support women escaping violent partners should be created for girls escaping prostitution and domestic male violence. [Bricks and Mortar]

Preventing young women’s homelessness

Develop a specific [federal] initiative to focus on the prevention of youth homelessness. Some nations are making special efforts to prevent and limit the harms of homelessness among youth. For example, several initiatives in Australia are designed for homeless youth. There should be meaningful opportunities for young women to be part of the planning and decision-making. [On Her Own]

Develop new strategies, programs and services within schools and the education system, in collaboration with health and social service agencies, to identify and assist girls and young women at risk before they leave and to improve access to education for young women who are homeless. [On Her Own]

That MCSS and MOH-LTC increase supports for children of visible and hidden homeless women to decrease child poverty and improve the safety and quality of life they experience. [Common Occurrence]

5. Child welfare & homelessness

Given that many children are taken into care because their mothers are poor, that so many girls who are or have been in care become homeless, and that Aboriginal girls are pulled out of their families and cultural communities, child welfare ministries should work to alleviate this situation and should support mothers to parent their children. Mothers, including teen moms, need housing and childcare that is both safe and affordable, as well as community support. [Bricks and Mortar]

First Nation, Métis and Inuit women and child welfare

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  Provincial and Territorial Ministries responsible for child welfare [should]…abide by the principles and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to:
  
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    Increase collaboration with First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations and communities to ensure Aboriginal children in the child welfare maintain their right to culture. [Gender Matters]
    

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  Remove barriers to Aboriginal mothers and families that cause unnecessary suffering and delays in reunification with their children. [Gender Matters]
  
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  Develop strategies, in collaboration with Aboriginal stakeholders, to minimize the impact of imprisonment of parents on Aboriginal children in care. [Gender Matters]
  
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  Ensure effective gender-disaggregated information gathering to monitor policies and practices that impact on Aboriginal youth, in the child welfare system, and remanded or sentenced to youth custody. [Gender Matters]
  

Young women and child welfare

Service gaps for homeless young women who are under 16 years of age must be addressed, although it will be difficult and may require legislative change. Most homeless 12 to 15 year olds have fled from child welfare services or want to avoid involvement, and youth-serving agencies are obligated to notify child welfare authorities when an underage child approaches them. This situation drives some underage children underground. One proposed remedy is safe houses not managed by the child welfare system. [On Her Own]

Reform the child welfare system to make policies and services consistent across the country, reduce the degree of transience for youth in care and provide more stability in their lives, extend services to older youth and explore partnerships with other youth-serving agencies to develop services, such as safe houses, that are adapted to deal with the restrictions that minors currently face. Increase monitoring of children and youth in public and institutional care, including follow-up tracking. [On Her Own]

Review…child welfare system’s mandatory “aging out” and provide contractual service arrangements for wards up to age 21. [On Her Own]

Bring all provincial child welfare legislation in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and guarantee all children under the age of majority support from child welfare ministries. [Bricks and Mortar]

Provide additional funding and direction to the child welfare system to be more proactive, intervene earlier and offer more resources to families. Some balance between prevention and protection efforts must be regained. Co-ordination with youth shelter services should be developed. The age eligibility for youth in care should be raised to 21 years. [On Her Own]

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