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New foster caregivers promised more help to keep kids in NWT

Cabin Radio, September 20 2021

https://cabinradio.ca/73427/news/health/new-foster-caregivers-promised-more-help-to-keep-kids-in-nwt/ 

Yellowknife's Sidedoor appoints new executive director

Cabin Radio, October 31 2020

https://cabinradio.ca/48622/news/yellowknife/yellowknifes-sidedoor-appoints-new-executive-director

A bus gets Yellowknife's Foster Family Coalition moving

Cabin Radio, October 28 2020

https://cabinradio.ca/48313/news/yellowknife/a-bus-gets-yellowknifes-foster-family-coalition-moving

Foster Family Coalition hopes for return of stolen tipi

Cabin Radio, October 2 2020

https://cabinradio.ca/46394/news/yellowknife/foster-family-coalition-hopes-for-return-of-stolen-tipi/​

NWT Foster Family Coalition’s $2,300 Yellowknife tipi goes missing

NNSL, October 2 2020

https://nnsl.com/yellowknifer/nwt-foster-family-coalitions-23000-yellowknife-tipi-goes-missing/​

How Foster Family Coalition transformed itself this year

Cabin Radio, September 30 2020

https://cabinradio.ca/45988/news/yellowknife/foster-family-coalition-shows-off-new-facilities/​

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/30/how-nwts-foster-family-coalition-transformed-itself-this-year.html

NWT Foster Care March for Reform: Yellowknife / Sǫ̀mba k'è, NT, 🇨🇦 June 29 2020

Organized by Sandra Noel, June 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0tGvPQyb4

Some N.W.T. day home operators say they won't take in foster children amid concerns with system

CBC, February 3 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/day-home-operators-foster-system-1.5448451?fbclid=IwAR2LI2r36W8Wv9M8cM2JXBWZD3tVRphpiwfPukpDDtS4hy57dwxdudF-qZE

Yellowknifer editorial: Kids in care test new government

Yellowknifer, February 2 2020

https://nnsl.com/yellowknifer/yellowknifer-editorial-kids-in-care-test-new-government/?fbclid=IwAR1gJMndC5xCZmRfAfOSoQPzywaZ5wDlA2VVB5RLFxmsbKODSobcirtep0g

Northern Wildflower: No easy fix for foster care

Catherine Lafferty, NNSL, February 2 2020

https://nnsl.com/nwtnewsnorth/northern-wildflower-no-easy-fix-for-foster-care/

Health minister meets with foster family board of directors

Yellowknifer, January 31 2020

https://nnsl.com/yellowknifer/health-minister-meets-with-foster-family-board-of-directors/?fbclid=IwAR0rWuTC_3K6LELJ-Pai-jQZQTMZ1OrHQ9bC7vgcenUIdT8DwnZ-aOrJ-Bg

Kinship foster families in N.W.T. say they 'don't have any rights'

CBC, January 29 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/kinship-foster-families-nwt-rights-1.5443831?fbclid=IwAR21TZD1AsrKbglT-0S4qIqZTxTx03akZZWTc4z11KQ4l9wu0emYE3SR48k

 

Fixes to child welfare system will take years, premier tells caregivers

Yellowknifer, January 28 2020

https://tinyurl.com/syppohm

"We're not getting the support we need": NWT foster care employees speak out

CBC, January 27 2020

https://tinyurl.com/wz95fjc

 

‘This is not good:’ health minister commits to ‘action’ amid child welfare ‘crisis’

Yellowknifer, January 24 2020

https://tinyurl.com/r2un69d

Social services minister: 'We need to do better' for foster families

Cabin Radio, January 24 2020

https://cabinradio.ca/29130/news/health/social-services-minister-we-need-to-do-better-for-foster-families/

Kieron Testart, OPINION | N.W.T. Child and Family Services is broken, will MLAs be able to fix it?

CBC, January 24 2020

https://tinyurl.com/ronvjoq

Editorial: F for 33% progress on foster care

Yellowknifer, January 22 2020

https://tinyurl.com/wgyayvj

Health minister to hear foster family concerns at Jan. 30 meeting

Yellowknifer, January 21 2020

https://tinyurl.com/t98hksv

Here's how N.W.T. MLAs, auditor general's office reacted to foster parents' horror stories

CBC, January 20 2020

https://tinyurl.com/sz7sd79

Mass chaos' in social services, say foster caregivers in crisis

Cabin Radio, January 19 2020

https://tinyurl.com/ryu2cmg

N.W.T. premier, health minister say little in response to foster families' allegations

CBC, January 18 2020

https://tinyurl.com/vupkg2z

'We're done': Foster parents share horror stories about broken N.W.T. system

CBC, January 17 2020

https://tinyurl.com/v37maod

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