Keeping First Nations children at home: A few Federal policy changes could make a big difference
Jordan was a young First Nation child from Manitoba who remained in hospital for an extended period of time as federal departments disagreed about who should pay his at-home care costs. Jordan died before the jurisdictional dispute could be resolved and he never had a chance to live in a home enviro...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.564.5367 http://francais.mcgill.ca/files/crcf/2007-Keeping_First_Nations_Children_Home.pdf |
| Summary: | Jordan was a young First Nation child from Manitoba who remained in hospital for an extended period of time as federal departments disagreed about who should pay his at-home care costs. Jordan died before the jurisdictional dispute could be resolved and he never had a chance to live in a home environment. The only home he ever knew was a hospital (Lavallee, 2005). This paper summarizes the results of a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary review of Canada’s funding policy for First Nations child and family service delivery on reserve which was conducted by the First Nations |
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