Canada: Alberta’s child advocate says ‘checking boxes’ approach to child welfare needs overhaul
Express Informer – September 07, 2021
Some of Alberta’s most vulnerable children are struggling to access care in a system focused on “checking boxes” and meeting deadlines, says the province’s child advocate. In his latest report, issued Tuesday, Child and Youth Advocate Del Graff says the child welfare system needs to measure its success based on the individual social outcomes of each child, not on “hitting targets.” “Governments are able to count quite effectively … but there is a greater challenge, and that relates to the quality of the services provided,” Graff said in an interview.
Also: Report: Strengthening Foundations: An Investigative Review: https://www.ocya.alberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/InvRev_Strengthening-Foundations-2021Sept7.pdf

Alberta’s child advocate says ‘checking boxes’ approach to child welfare needs overhaul