Canada: ‘One day there will be no children in care,’ says Cowessess Chief after historic child welfare deal inked (Includes video)
CBC News – July 07, 2021
Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan is the first Indigenous group in Canada to ink an agreement with Ottawa for federal funding of locally controlled child welfare services since the Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families came into force last year. The act allows for First Nations to assume authority over local child welfare systems under so-called co-ordination agreements and paves the way for children in care to remain in their home communities. The deal also comes with $38 million in funding over the next two years to support the band’s further implementation of its own child welfare system, which actually began operating in April.
Also: New support for child and family services in Cowessess First Nation (Press release): https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2021/07/06/new-support-child-and-family-services-cowessess-first-nation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/cowessess-first-nation-child-welfare-trudeau-funding-1.6091631