Run as a branch of Kw’umut Lelum - an #Indigenous agency which serves families & children in 9 #FirstNations on #VancouverIsland — centre provides 20 #SubstanceUseTreatment beds for youth aged 12-18 yrs old. 10 beds are reserved for short-term #detox & stabilization & 10 are for those taking part in a 10 wk residential #wellness & #healing program.
The report, published Monday as part of the “OurCare” project, included #insights & #recommendations from a roundtable discussion in Nov. It calls for an approached rooted in #AuntieStyle, where systems & workers are focused on #kinship & #CulturallySafe care can be provided.
‘He ruined so many lives’: A victim of social worker Robert Riley Saunders is speaking out after the man who was sentenced to prison for stealing money from Indigenous youth was released on parole.