Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 1: Child Welfare (1-5)

Budget 2021

April 19, 2021

Budget 2021 announced 1 billion over five years, and $118.7 million ongoing starting in 2021–22, to increase funding under the First Nations Child and Family Services program. This additional funding is intended to support the development and delivery of prevention services to First Nations living on-reserve and in Yukon that can address their historical, cultural and geographic needs and circumstances, and—ultimately—keep children and families together. Reducing the number of Indigenous children in care remains one of the government’s top priorities