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From YouTube: Standing Committee on Public Accounts - Dec. 13th, 2022
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This
meeting
took
the
Public
Accounts
committee
to
order
and
welcome
everyone
in
attendance.
My
name
is
Shannon
Phillips
I'm,
the
MLA
for
Less
Bridge
West
and
the
chair
of
this
committee.
As
we
begin
this
morning,
I'll
invite
members
guests
and
Lao
staff
at
table
to
introduce
themselves
I'll
start
over
here
with
the
deputy
chair.
Please
awesome.
C
H
B
M
B
Thank
you,
and
so
we
have
a
few
housekeeping
cited
housekeeping
items
to
address.
The
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Warren.
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B
Looking
to
the
room,
seeing
none
I'll
ask
that
somebody
moved
at
the
standing
Committee
on
Public
Accounts
approved
the
draft
agenda
for
today's
meeting
as
distributed
I.
Have
that
moved
by
member
turton?
Is
there
any
discussion
on
this
motion
looking
to
the
floor,
then
all
in
favor
there
any
opposed
I'll.
Look
to
online
no
okay!
Thank
you.
That
motion
is
carried
we'll
move
to
the
approval
of
the
minutes.
We
have
minutes
from
our
December
6th
meeting.
B
B
Thank
you
that
motion
is
carried.
Friends,
will
now
move
to
the
ministry
of
children's
services.
I'd
like
to
welcome
our
guests,
who
are
here
to
address
the
ministry's
annual
report
from
2122.
The
ministry's
opening
remarks
will
be
10
minutes.
The
oag's
opening
remarks
will
be
five
and
I'll
remind
members
that
we
are
in
an
ordinary
two-hour
meeting,
that
is
to
say,
we
have
the
opening
rotation
of
15
minutes
per
side
and
then
three
rotations
of
10
minutes
each.
So
with
that
the
ministry
of
officials
May
provide
opening
remarks.
I
In
the
2122
fiscal
year,
the
ministry
focused
on
building
a
more
affordable
child
care
system
for
Alberta
families
that
provides
high
quality,
accessible
and
inclusive
child
care.
The
system
built
upon
the
provincial
Child
Care
Subsidy
program
supported
Alberta's
economic
recovery
and
lowered
child
care
costs
for
Alberta
families.
That's
not
to
say
the
child
care
sector
didn't
also
have
its
share
of
challenges
that
last
fiscal
year.
Sorry,
you
need
me
to
speak
up
in
2122
was
the
second
year
of
the
pandemic,
of
course,
and
created
uncertainty
for
both
parents
and
operators.
I
In
response,
Children's
Services
continue
to
provide
essential
relief
for
parents,
Child,
Care
programs
and
workers.
This
included
a
13.4
million
dollar
investment
to
help
licensed
Child
Care
programs,
stay
open
and
keep
children,
staff,
children
and
staff
safe
and
healthy.
We
also
committed
additional
funds
to
support
the
mental
health
and
well-being
of
Children
and
Youth
in
the
province.
I
Children
services
provides
a
range
of
programs
and
supports
to
promote
positive
mental
health,
Foster
resilience
and
improve
the
well-being
of
Children
and
Youth
involved
with
Children's
Services,
as
well
as
those
at
risk
and
involved.
One
of
children's
services
main
functions
is
to
provide
child
intervention
services
to
children,
youth
and
families
in
Alberta,
under
the
child,
Youth
and
Family
enhancement
act,
we
become
involved
with
children
who
are
at
risk
of
being
abused,
neglected
or
otherwise
in
need
of
support.
I
We
support
children
to
be
safe
at
home,
with
their
families
when
a
child
or
youth
cannot
safely
remain
at
home.
We
find
temporary
placements
where
they
can
be
safe
and
secure
and
have
all
of
their
needs
met,
including
their
need
for
cultural
and
family
connection,
and
finally,
Children's
Services
continues
to
work
closely
with
indigenous
communities
to
ensure
children
in
care
are
connected
to
their
communities.
Services
are
provided
culturally
sensitive
and
relevant
and
consultation
occurs
on
decisions
about
children.
I
I
now
like
to
provide
some
more
detail
about
specific
initiatives
having
access
to
affordable
child
care
has
never
been
more
important
as
the
cost
of
living
increases.
We
know
that
providing
high
quality,
affordable
and
accessible
Child
Care
helps
parents,
particularly
women,
enter
or
remain
in
the
workforce,
while
keeping
more
money
in
their
pockets
to
do
that.
In
2021-22
we
helped
license
programs
operate
safely
so
that
they
could
remain
open.
We
supported
programs
to
align
operations
with
the
new
Early
Learning
and
Child
Care
Act.
I
We
also
supported
the
creation
of
more
than
sixteen
hundred
new
child
care
spaces
with
capacity
building
funds
to
address
High
need
areas
and
those
addressing
flexibility
for
parents,
foreign.
We
know
that
creating
spaces
is
just
one
piece
of
improving
access
to
child
care.
The
other
is
supporting
programs
to
recruit
and
retain
Early
Childhood
educators.
I
In
March
of
2022,
there
were
19
756,
Early,
Childhood,
Educators
working
in
licensed
programs.
That's
a
32
percent
increase
from
the
previous
year
and
higher
than
pre-pandemic
levels,
but
we
did
hear
from
operators
that
there
weren't
enough
ECS
in
the
province.
That's
why
we
continue
to
support
licensed
programs
in
2122
to
recruit
and
retain
well-qualified
staff
by
providing
funding
wage
top-ups
for
certified,
eces
and
professional
development
opportunities.
I
I
The
safety
and
well-being
of
Children
and
Youth
is
our
highest
priority.
Since
2019
Children's
Services
has
provided
approximately
4.5
million
dollars
in
grant
funding
to
implement
the
youth,
Suicide
Prevention
action
plan
and
in
March
of
2022
we
announced
a
new
grant
program
that
provided
another
three
million
dollars
over
two
years
to
organizations
supporting
youth,
mental
health
and
suicide
prevention.
I
I
We
have
also
been
focused
on
helping
young
people
successfully
transition
out
of
the
child
intervention
system
into
attitude.
In
2122
alone,
more
than
1
000
young
adults
have
benefited
from
the
advancing
Futures
program.
It
takes
a
strength-based
approach
to
supporting
Youth
and
recognizes
the
potential
of
students
to
reach
their
educational
goals
and
to
overcome
challenges
they
may
face,
and
it
is
the
only
program
of
its
kind
in
Canada.
I
Benefits
of
the
program
include
improved
labor
market
participation,
higher
earnings,
improved
life
skills
such
as
parenting
and
improved
mental
health,
physical
health
and
overall
well-being.
We
recognize
that
investing
in
the
successful
transition
of
young
people
out
of
the
child
intervention
system
results
in
longer-term,
individual
and
societal
benefits,
and
that
is
what
this
program
does.
I
Children's
Services
relies
on
collaborative
Partnerships
with
indigenous
communities
to
achieve
its
goals,
to
ensure
that
children,
youth
and
families
have
the
supports
and
services
they
need.
We
work
with
indigenous
communities
in
several
ways.
We
have
delegated
First
Nations
agencies
delivering
service
agreements.
I
We
have
the
development
of
training,
we
participate
in
protocol
agreement
subtables
and
we
participate
in
the
development
of
coordination
agreements
under
the
federal
act.
Through
this
collaborative
approach,
we
continue
to
improve
the
culturally
appropriate
prevention
and
early
intervention
services.
We
provide
to
families
who
need
them.
I
Our
first
priority
will
always
be
to
ensure
vulnerable
children
both
on
and
off
Reserve
are
safe
and
have
the
supports
they
need.
When
the
federal
government
brought
forward
an
act
respecting
First,
Nations,
Inuit
and
metis
children,
youth
and
families,
our
ministry
committed
to
working
with
both
First
Nations
and
the
government
of
Canada.
I
Our
approach
to
implementing
the
federal
federal
legislation
is
that
indigenous
children
should
be
raised
in
their
Community
with
their
families
and
according
to
their
cultures
and
traditions.
Children's
Services
actively
supports
First,
Nations
communities
that
are
choosing
to
assume
Authority
for
Child
and
Family
Services.
I
There
are
70
frns
across
the
province
that
continue
to
show
a
strong
commitment
to
serving
the
needs
of
children,
youth
and
their
families
in
their
communities
of
these
70
Network
areas.
18
networks
specifically
support
unique
cultural
and
linguistic
communities
such
as
francophone
and
Indigenous
communities
in
2120
22.
I
We
further
strengthened
the
supports
offered
through
frns
after
identifying
areas
for
further
investment,
including
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
expand
services
for
Rural
and
remote
communities
across
large
Geographic
areas
in
the
Northern
Alberta,
one
million
to
expand
brief
mental
health,
counseling
services,
province-wide
and
260
thousand
dollars
to
enhance
youth
programming
for
pregnant
and
parenting.
Teens
I
would
like
to
thank
our
staff
and
Department
partners
and
stakeholders
who
worked
hard
on
multiple
new
initiatives
and
managed
all
of
this.
While
dealing
with
various
challenges,
including
the
global
covid-19
pandemic,.
J
Well,
good
morning,
chair
and
committee
members
great
to
be
with
you
again
today,
I'll
take
just
a
couple
of
minutes
to
highlight
the
outstanding
recommendations
we
have
relating
to
this
ministry
and
then
Briefly.
Summarize
the
audit
work
that
we
perform
on
the
financial
transactions
within
the
ministry.
J
We
currently
have
four
outstanding
recommendations
at
this
ministry,
and
the
committee
would
have
received
a
full
briefing
in
your
in
your
packages
and,
as
you
will
know,
these
recommendations
have
been
outstanding
for
quite
some
time.
One
is
dating
back
to
2014
and
the
other
three
date
back
to
2016..
J
The
department
has
indicated
that
two
two
of
the
recommendations
are
ready
for
us
to
do
follow-up,
in
other
words,
they're,
asserting
that
two
of
the
recommendations
are
fully
implemented,
but
they're
also
stating
that
two
of
the
other
recommendations
are
are
not
implemented,
and
those
are
the
two
that
I'll
just
focus
on
this
morning.
First
was
the
2014
recommendation
that
we
made,
and
that
was
designed
to
deal
with
improving
user
access
controls.
J
More
specifically,
we
found
that
employees,
user
access
was
not
disabled
promptly
when
from
the
Department
Information
Systems,
when
employees
left
their
employment
or
their
role
with
the
Department
system.
Access
controls
are
a
Cornerstone
of
data
security.
They
ensure
only
authorized
employees
have
access
to
systems.
The
recommendation
was
repeated
in
2020.
I
was
pleased
to
read,
as
I
said,
to
the
that
in
the
committee
briefing
materials
that
the
department
has
asserted
to
this
committee,
it
anticipates
being
in
a
position
to
formally
notify
my
office
of
the
implementation
of
this
recommendation
before
the
end
of
this
year.
J
J
The
department
has
asserted
to
this
committee
that
the
recommendation
is
near
completion.
We
await
that
notification
and
look
forward
to
closing
all
outstanding
recommendations
to
the
department.
As
I
said
earlier,
these
recommendations
have
been
outstanding
for
quite
some
time
in
terms
of
the
financial
statement
work.
We
completed
audit
work
on
the
financial
transactions
at
the
ministry
that
are
used
to
support
our
audit
opinion
on
the
Consolidated
financial
statements
of
the
province.
There
were
no
significant
findings
and
we
have
made
no
recommendations
to
the
department
related
to
our
financial
statement,
work
I'll,
close
there
chair.
N
B
L
Good
morning
and
thank
you
to
Ministry
staff
for
being
here
today
to
report
on
the
Ministries
progress
in
the
2021
fiscal
year,
I'd
like
to
begin
to
discuss
child
intervention,
and
specifically
the
annual
report,
doesn't
report
how
many
children
and
youth
actually
received
intervention
services
in
the
2021
fiscal
year.
Can
you
just
confirm
that
number
for
the
committee.
I
L
You
Deputy
so
in
2021,
the
budget
for
child
intervention
was
879
million
dollars.
I
note
that
it
was
the
annual
report
indicates.
It
was
underspent
by
16.6
million
we'll
get
to
that
later,
but
essentially,
you've
got
an
880
million
dollar
budget.
879
million
dollar
budget
you've
indicated
there's
about
10,
000,
Children
and
Youth,
who
are
receiving
child
intervention
services
in
the
2021
fiscal
year.
On
page
24
of
the
annual
report
out,
it
lists
outcome,
two,
which
is
the
well-being,
resiliency
and
cultural
connections
of
children.
L
Youth
and
families
are
supported
and
Children
and
Youth
are
protected.
I've
been
privileged
to
be
the
critic
for
children's
services
for
three
and
a
half
years
now
and
I.
Essentially
my
question
after
reading
for
three
years:
the
annual
reports,
the
business
plans,
the
estimates
all
of
that
information.
What
I
don't
understand
when
I
look
at
the
21,
fisc
or
annual
report
or
frankly
any
of
the
documents
is,
is
how
albertans
can
actually
tell
you
know
what
children's
services
is
actually
achieving.
L
With
this
outcome,
there's
an
879
million
dollar
budget,
ten
thousand
children
who
are
receiving
child
intervention
services.
What
does
success?
Look
like
the
annual
report,
only
reports
on
the
number
of
young
people
in
advancing
Futures
who've
completed
their
studies.
That's
great
information!
That's
roughly
about
900
of
the
10
000
right
that
are
receiving
Services.
It
reports
how
many
children
in
care
are
placed
in
family-based
homes
which
are
foster
homes
and
kinship
homes.
What
I
don't
understand
is
what
is
success?
L
Well,
how
does
the
ministry
more
importantly,
how
do
albertans
know
that
the
other
9
000
children
receiving
Services,
there's
that
they're,
safe
and
protected,
and
that
their
well-being
and
resiliency
is
is
protected?
What
outcomes,
what
measures?
What
evaluations
do
you
have
to
actually
indicate
that.
L
I
I
Think
that
the
other
piece
we
would
be
looking
at
and
I'm
just
asking
Leanne
if
you
can
pull
the
numbers
in
terms
of
what
we
look
at
for
permanency.
So
one
of
the
success
for
Success
factors
for
us
would
be
looking
at
how
we
either
return
kids
to
their
homes,
keep
them
in
their
homes
or
achieve
permanency
for
them.
Those
would
be
some
measures
of
success.
L
Sorry
as
we
progress,
if
I
ever
interrupt
you,
it's
not
to
be
rude,
it's
only
because
we
have
short
time.
So
why
isn't
that
reflected
in
the
annual
report?
Why
aren't
we
looking
at
performance
measures
around
permanency
around?
Perhaps
you
know
family
preservation
or
family
reunification?
Why
aren't
those
pieces
indicated
in
the
annual
report
as
measures
that
albertans
can
look
at
and
say
all
right,
you've
achieved
that
success,
you've
kept
that
family
together
or
you've
reunified
those
parents
with
those
children
so.
I
Thanks
for
the
question,
I,
don't
think
I
can
comment
why
it's
not
necessarily
in
this
annual
report
or
in
the
business
plan.
But
I
can
say
that
we
do
track
how
many
kids
we
do
keep
with
their
families
under
family
enhancement
agreements
and
well,
as
well
as
those
that
we
reunify
yeah
yeah,
and
we
can
provide
those
statistics
for
you
after,
but.
L
The
annual
report
is
the
report
of
the
work
that
the
ministry
has
done
to
achieve
the
objective.
The
outcome
was
about
well-being
and
resiliency
of
families
Children
and
Youth,
and
making
sure
they're
protected.
I
I
do
think
Deputy
that
you
are
in
a
position
as
a
deputy
minister,
to
comment
on
why
measures
such
as
family
reunification
and
preservation
permanency
are
not
reflected
in
your
annual.
How
do
albertans
this
is
the
this.
Is
the
transparency
for
albertans
to
know
that
you're
achieving
the
outcomes,
and
that
is
not
indicated
in
the
annual
report.
I
L
L
That
is
to
me
a
significant
challenge
when
I'm
looking
from
an
outside
perspective
at
the
annual
report
and
I,
look
at
the
business
plans
and
I've
I've
worked
in
a
Ministry
before
I
understand
that
the
ministry
is
involved
in
developing
the
business
plan
and
you've
set
your
objectives
and
your
measures
and
your
expectations
for
your
work.
This
is
this
is
one
of
the
challenges
I
I
believe
is
inherent
in
the
child.
Intervention
system
is
that
there
is
no
clear
definition
of
what
success
is.
L
How
do
you
evaluate
that
children
are
protected
and
that
their
well-being
is
is
preserved?
I?
It's
it's
not
clear.
So
I
appreciate
your
saying:
it's
not
in
the
business
I
see
it's
not
in
the
business
plan.
I
see
it's
not
in
the
annual
report,
but
how
do
you
feel
that
you
are
you're
communicating
to
albertans
that
you
are
performing
your
job,
that
you
are
doing
what
you're
you're
you're
set
out
to
do
and
what
your
objectives
are.
I
L
Thank
you.
I
can
confirm
some
of
that
information
around
you
know
where
children
are
placed
is
on
the
website.
What
it
doesn't
show
it's
statistics
it
doesn't
show
if
that's
a
good
outcome
right,
for
example,
it
can
show
that
there
are
so
many
children
that
are
placed
in
kinship
homes
or
indigenous
children,
or
actually
how
it
doesn't
say
how
many
indigenous
children
are
placed
in
kinship
homes.
It
does
say
how
many
kinship
homes
there
are.
It
does
say
how
many
children
are
placed
in
family
based.
What
I'm
asking
is,
how
do
they
Albertsons?
L
Is
that
good?
Are
those
good
statistics?
Are
those
good
results?
Is
that
what
your
goal
is
and
that's
what
you
do
you
want
to
improve
it?
You
know
I,
read
the
quarterly
statistics.
Every
few
months
I
see
the
data
there,
but
what
albertans
want
to
know
is
are
those
is
that
achieving
your
objectives?
Are
those
good
outcomes?
L
L
Thank
you,
I
I
appreciate
that
I
I
I,
one
of
the
statistics,
of
course,
as
you
know,
full,
while
that
is
that
is
reported
monthly,
is
the
number
of
of
Children
and
Youth
who
are
receiving
child
intervention
services
who
have
died
or
have
been
seriously
injured
and
Page.
30
and
31
of
the
annual
report
notes
that
49
Children
and
Youth
in
2021
died
while
receiving
Services.
L
I
must
point
out
that
the
annual
report
does
not
at
all
acknowledge
how
extraordinarily
and
shockingly
high
that
number
is
it
simply
sort
of
states
it
as
I
guess,
a
number
which
is
I,
think
really
shocking,
considering
these
are
actually
Children
and
Youth
and
they're.
Actually,
albertans
should
be
rightfully
concerned
about
that
number.
So
I
want
to
go
over
a
bit
of
a
timeline
for
the
fiscal
year.
2021
so
I
understand
just
to
put
into
context
the
alarming
number
of
deaths
that
happened
in
the
2021
fiscal
year.
L
So
in
July
2021
the
ministry
began
transitioning
young
people
off
of
the
Safa
program.
This
was
you
know
the
cuts
that
were
made
from
eligibility
from
age
24
to
22,
which,
because
of
a
you,
know,
court
injunction.
The
government
was
not
able
to
proceed
with
they.
The
minister
of
children's
services
stated
in
March
of
that
year
that
no
young
person
would
be
transitioned
off
the
supports
during
the
pandemic
in
July.
We
understand
that
that's
when
the
ministry
actually
did
start
to
transition
off
young
people
off
of
the
Safra
program.
L
Although
I
do
note,
that
was
also
preceding
the
fourth
wave
of
the
pandemic,
so
the
pandemic
certainly
wasn't
over
but
anyways
we
began
transitioning
people
off
Safa,
September
of
or
October
of
2021.
It's
noted
that
the
ministry
observed
tragic
increase
in
deaths
and
I'm
pulling
this
from
the
final
review
on
the
number
of
deaths
and
of
children
in
care
that
was
issued
earlier
this
year,
November
2021
the
office
of
the
child
news
Advocate
issued
recommendations
for
a
government-wide
youth,
opioid
strategy.
L
Children's
Services
I
understand,
did
not
respond
to
this
recommendation
because
they
believed
it
was
Alberta
Health's
responsibility
and
not
Children's
Services
responsibility.
November
2021
the
ministers,
the
then
Minister
Schultz
asked
for
a
review
of
Dasa,
Children
and
Youth,
but
only
up
to
December
2021.
At
that
point,
36
children
and
young
people
had
died.
13
more
would
die
in
the
next
three
months,
March
of
2022
all
again
part
of
this
fiscal
year.
L
The
office
of
the
child
and
youth
Advocate
issues
recommendations
that
all
Ministries
report
to
a
committee
of
this
legislature
on
its
work
to
support
children
in
Youth
and
care
children's
services
responded
thinks
it's
already
done
enough
public
reporting
so
that
this
recommendation
is
met.
And
then
page
31
of
the
annual
report
says
that
any
improvements
that
will
be
made
as
a
result
result
of
the
review
of
the
deaths
of
children
in
care
would
be
implemented
in
the
2022
fiscal
year.
L
The
reason
I've
laid
out
that
timeline
is
to
indicate
that
in
the
2021
fiscal
year
49
children
and
young
people
died
and
if
we
include
those
who'd
receive
services
within
the
last
two
years
as
the
office
of
the
child
and
youth
Advocate
reports,
it's
actually
76..
Okay.
So
that's
a
significant
number.
That
timeline
shows
that
there
was
absolutely
no
action
or
additional
action
taken,
as
the
ministry
was
aware
that
these
numbers
were
on
the
rise.
There
was
recommendations
made.
L
So
an
entire
year
went
by
when
it
wasn't
clear
that
the
ministry
was
doing
anything
specific
to
address
the
rising
number
of
use
in
care
and
I.
Don't
understand
why
it
took
a
year
for
any
actions
to
be
considered.
So
during
that
2021
fiscal
year,
were
there
any
discussions
about
emergently,
hiring
additional
staff,
Frontline
staff
to
support
Children
and
Youth?
Were
there
any
emergency
funds
that
were
considered
to
be,
you
know,
delivered
to
contracted
service
agencies
that
work
directly
with
Children
and
Youth?
Were
there
urgent
meetings
held
with
the
child
and
youth
Advocate?
I
I
Our
top
priority
is
still
safety
and
well-being
of
Children
and
Youth,
and
we
value
the
relationship
that
we
have
with
the
USAA.
We
work
with
them
very
closely.
We
meet
with
them
on
a
regular
basis
and
we
do
go
through
those
recommendations
and
we
share
the
same
goals:
I'm
I'm.
We
have
addressed
the
vast
majority
of
the
OC
Way's
recommendations
and
we
do
respond
to
them
as
they
come
in
in
regards
to
the
deaths.
I
I
In
addition
to
the
typical
reviews
we
do
of
every
death,
we
chose
to
look
at
that
time
frame
from
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year
to
December
31st
and
the
intent
of
the
deeper
dive
really
truly
was
to
see
if
there
were
Trends
or
patterns
that
we
were
starting
to
miss
and
what
we
could
could
do
about
that
without
having
to
wait
for
the
designated
reviews
or
fatality
inquiries.
That
would
occur
as
as,
according
to
typical
schedule
in
regards
to
opiate
and
substance
abuse,
specifically.
I
We
implemented
training,
opiates
and
substance,
use
awareness,
training
in
February
of
2021,
and
it
is
mandatory
for
all
child
intervention
practitioners
and
we
encourage
all
public
facing
intervention.
Child
intervention
staff,
interacting
with
the
albertans
to
take
that
we
had
over
500
Learners
complete
the
opiate
awareness
and
substance
abuse,
training.
L
Thank
you.
Yes,
that's
that
information.
What
I'm
asking
is,
did
you
take
any
new
actions?
Additional
actions?
Were
there
any
emergent
actions
that
we're
taking,
as
you
saw,
those
numbers
increasing
during
the
2021
fiscal
year,
and
if
there
was
any
actions
taken
or
work
done
with
the
child
and
youth
Advocate
or
any
other
Ministry?
Can
you
table
with
this
committee
any
work,
plans
or
meeting
notes
that
address
what
additional
actions
new
actions
you
were
taking
directly
to
support
Children
and
Youth?
We.
B
C
Thank
you
very
much
Madam
chair
and
thank
you
very
much
Miss
Wilson
and
the
rest
of
the
team
for
coming
out
here
today.
Obviously,
the
work
that
you
do
plays
a
massive
impact
to
so
many
families
across
our
Province
I'm.
Actually,
quite
a
few
questions
and
I
guess
we'll
start
off
with
child
care
and
ensuring
there
are
child
care
workers
are
trained
adequately
so
that
they
can
look
after
our
children.
So
I
see
that
on
page
20.
C
that
there
are
3
700,
Early
Childhood
Educators
that
received
professional
development
funding
in
2021
2022,
approximately
2
900
of
them
did
through
a
release
time
grant
that
it
allowed
them
to
be
paid
to
attend
training.
It
is
great
that
the
ministry
provided
this
additional
support
to
the
providers
that
they
were
able
to
attend
additional
training
without
obviously
having
to
lose
pay.
So
I
guess.
I
Thanks
very
much
for
that
question
prior
to
prior
to
the
kova
19
pandemic
annual
growth
and
certified
Early
Childhood
Educators
averaged
about
five
percent
in
2021.
Of
course,
it
was
a
challenging
year
for
child
care
operators,
as
they
navigated
through
coveted
related
closures
and
quarantines,
with
many
parents
continuing
to
work
from
home,
less
Early,
Childhood
Educators
were
required
and
licensed
child
care
in
March
of
2021..
That's
why?
I
In
2122,
children
services
provided
19.3
million
dollars
in
one-time
Federal
funding
through
the
2122
bilateral
Early,
Learning
and
child
care
agreement
to
license
programs
to
help
them
cover
costs
related
to
training,
onboarding
and
hiring
staff.
A
total
of
2088
programs
received
the
recovery
and
retention
Grant.
I
The
critical
worker
benefit
that
launched
in
2021
in
response
to
the
covid-19
pandemic
was
also
critical
to
supporting
Early
Childhood
Educators
to
remain
in
the
workforce.
In
2122,
the
program
was
expanded
to
include
additional
child
care
support
staff
to
recognize
the
role
they
play
in
keeping
programs
operating.
I
We
also
took
steps
in
2122
to
develop
the
child
care
Workforce
and
support
Early
Childhood
Educators,
to
participate
in
more
professional
development
opportunities.
We
increase
professional
development
funding
for
Early
Childhood
Educators
at
all
levels
and
extended
it
to
certified
Early
Childhood
Educators
working
in
licensed
preschool
and
family
day
homes.
Eces
can
now
access
up
to
2
000
per
year
for
professional
development,
1500
for
post-secondary
tuition
and
books
and
another
500
for
workshops
and
conferences.
In
2122
we
approved
611
applications
for
eces
to
access
professional
development
funding.
C
Excellent
and
thank
you
very
much
for
the
comprehensive
answer.
I
guess
my
my
supplemental
question
is:
can
you
expand
upon
what
factors
qualify
in
early
childhood
educator
to
receive
grant
funding
for
professional
development
development?
Obviously
this
is
a
huge
importance
to
many
of
the
the
workers
out
in
Spruce
grow
and
Stony
Plain
as
they
look
after
our
kids
and
and
the
second
question
to
that
is
what
percentage
of
training
costs
does
this
grant
actually
cover.
I
They
are
early.
They
are
certified
as
eces
either
level
one
two
or
three
Canadian
citizens
or
official
permanent
residents
of
Canada
have
worked
at
least
29
hours
in
at
least
one
month
from
the
date
of
the
expenditure
and
had
submitted
a
professional
development
funding
request
form
from
a
made
from
a
payment
of
the
course
Workshop
or
conference
within
the
same
fiscal
year,
and
your
second
question
I
think
was
around
percentage
of
training
costs
the
paid
release.
C
Excellent
welcome
news
for
many
of
our
incredible
Frontline
workers.
You
know
they're
gonna,
obviously
like
that
Grant.
The
next
question
I
have
is
actually
regarding
the
the
Alberta
Canada
Early
Learning
and
child
care
agreement
that
was
signed
in
November
of
2021..
Obviously
this
was
of
huge
interest
to
the
families
in
my
area,
I'm
I'm,
a
father
with
a
couple
young
kids
myself.
So
it
seems
like
if
everyone
I
know,
has
kids
and
they're
involved
in
daycare,
so
I
guess.
I
Thanks
for
that
question,
when
the
province
negotiated
the
Alberta
learning
and
child
care
agreement
with
the
federal
government,
we
made
sure
it
included
Alberta's
mixed
market
Child,
Care
landscape
for
both
Prime
for-profit,
private
and
not-for-profit
operators.
All
private
Child
Care
operators
that
were
licensed
when
the
agreement
was
signed,
have
been
able
to
participate
fully
and
receive
the
affordability,
quality
and
inclusion
funding
for
their
programs.
I
During
the
negotiations
with
the
federal
government,
the
federal
government
stipulated
that
funding
through
the
agreement
would
be
focused
solely
on
children
up
to
the
up
to
kindergarten
age
as
child
care
is
most
expensive
for
children.
In
this
age
range,
we
did
work
hard
to
ensure
as
many
families
as
possible
were
included
in
the
agreement
and
successfully
negotiated
for
the
inclusion
of
children
who
both
attend
kindergarten
and
part-time
licensed
child
care
after
school
hours.
C
I
So
the
amount
that
parents
save
varies
depending
on
the
factors
such
as
the
child's
age,
the
program
type
family
income
and
the
fees
that
their
child
care
provider
charges,
but
families
that
were
receiving
Child
Care
Subsidy.
At
the
time
of
the
agreement
when
it
was
signed
in
November,
2022
we're
already
seeing
reduced
fees.
But
since
then,
in
starting
in
January
of
2020
to
thousands
of
parents
saw
their
fees
drop
by
an
average
of
50
or
more
so.
C
Excellent
and
like
I
guess
just
like
a
quick
side,
question
is,
but
how
do
children
services
make
child
care
more
affordable
for
parents,
especially
low-income
families?
Was
there
any
other
additional
programs
during
this
time
outside
of
the
child
care
agreement
that
specifically
benefited
those
that
are
maybe
hurting
a
little
bit
more
financially.
I
Follow
your
child
care
for
both
Alberta
families
and
the
economy
is
important,
of
course,
now
more
than
ever,
and
we
saw
that
we've
seen
that
over
the
last
year
and
we
continue
to
be
committed
to
improving
Child
Care
affordability,
especially
for
those
who
most
need
it
of
the
3.8
billion
that
is
being
provided
over
five
years
through
the
Alberta
Canada
Early
Learning
and
child
care
agreement.
2.9
billion
has
been
allocated
to
support
greater
affordability
for
families
who
have
children
from
zero
to
kindergarten.
I
I
So
that
they
could
lower
fees
for
parents,
regardless
of
income
level
and
by
raising
the
income
threshold
for
Child
Care
Subsidy
up
to
179..
So
in
that
same
fiscal
year,
we
we
had
increased
our
subsidy
rates
to
90
000
in
September
of
2021,
and
then
we
further
increased
that
subsidy
rate
to
179
900
and
179
999,
with
the
highest
rate
for
families
with
a
combined
household
income
of
up
to
one
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars.
I
In
addition
to
the
affordability
measures
that
we
introduced
through
the
Early
Learning
and
child
care
agreements,
several
several
other
changes
and
supports
provided
contributed
to
the
reducing
fees
by
the
average
of
50
percent.
I
mentioned
the
fact
that
we
reduced
this
or
we
increased
the
subsidy
in
September
prior
to
increasing
the
subsidy
further
in
January
as
well.
We
also
increase
in
introduced
a
new
preschool
subsidy
for
parents
and
of
children
in
licensed
preschool
programs.
That
was
a
new
program
in
2122
and
as
part
of
our
commitment
to
helping
families
access,
affordable
quality,
child
care.
I
Children's
services
also
increase
Child
Care
Subsidy
rates
for
school-aged
children
for
July
and
August
of
2021.,
with
the
increase,
the
maximum
subsidy
rate
for
a
school-aged
child
was
644
dollars
per
month
in
a
licensed
facility-based
Child,
Care,
Program
and
516
per
month
in
Family
Day
homes
working
under
licensed
Family,
Day,
home
agencies
or
group
family
child
care
programs.
The
rate
increased,
the
rate
increase,
helped
eligible
parents
with
annual
incomes
under
ninety
thousand
dollars,
offset
full-time
program
fees
for
children
who
attended
grades
one
to
six
during
the
school
year.
C
Excellent,
that's
fantastic
to
hear,
obviously
about
those
supports.
I
know
it's
going
to
make
a
big
difference
right
across
the
province,
so
my
last
question
is
obviously
something
that's
very
near
and
dear
to
my
heart
and
contrary
to
probably
with
the
good
member
at
Edmonton
gold
bar
I.
Think
someone
asked
about
it's
not
about
red
tape,
but
it's
actually
about
adoption,
which
is
obviously
very
near
and
dear
to
my
heart.
C
As
someone
that's
went
through
the
adoption
process,
myself
I
know
the
strenuous
path
that
many
families
take
to
be
able,
just
simply
to
add
to
their
family.
So
I
guess
my
one
question
before
I
turn
it
over
is
on
page
28.
It
talks
about
adoption
and
I
I
guess.
My
question
is:
what
do
children's
services
do
to
ensure
that
children
waiting
to
be
adopted
didn't
wait
excessively
for
their
forever
families.
I
Thanks
for
that
question,
permanency
planning
is
a
legislative
obligation
for
All,
Children
and
Youth,
and
permanent
care,
adoption
and
private
guardianship
or
equivalent
legal
permanency
outcomes
both
defined
by
a
transfer
of
guardianship
from
the
director
of
children's
services
to
another.
Caring
adult
in
2122
of
the
476
legal
permanency
objectives
achieved
194
or
41
were
for
adoption,
and
59
percent
were
for
private
guardianship.
I
Amendments
to
the
child,
Youth
and
Family
enhancement
act
in
2019
allow
any
albertan
to
make
a
direct
application
for
private
guardianship
on
behalf
of
a
child
in
the
care
of
the
director,
direct
applications
for
private
guardianship
can
be
made
with
or
without
the
support
of
the
director.
With
applicants
able
to
request
the
court
dispense
with
the
consent
of
the
director
at
the
application.
I
A
private
guardianship
self-help
guide
was
developed
by
the
director
to
enable
albertans
to
exercise
their
right
to
pursue,
pursue
these
direct
applications,
and
a
growing
number
of
these
applications
have
been
made
and
successfully
resolved,
resulting
in
more
children,
leaving
the
permanent
care
of
the
director
in
Spring
of
2022
Children's
Services
completed
the
following.
We
reduce
the
time
to
complete
the
government
adoption
home
study
report
processed
down
to
3.6
months
from
the
average
of
five
we
created
policy
and
practice
supports
on
Consulting
with
First
Nations.
C
M
Thank
you
and
I
just
want
to
start
by
saying.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
the
work
you
do
and
I'll
continue
on
the
same
question
about
the
adoption.
I
like
the
numbers
you
mentioned,
they're
about
194
children
in
the
permanent
tier
on
page
28
of
the
Children's
Services
says
that
the
continues
to
advance
the
progress
they
have
made
to
streamline
the
adoption
process.
I
B
L
Thank
you.
I
want
to
clarify
page
24
of
the
annual
report
states
that,
as
of
March
31st
2022
250
young
people
aged
22
to
24
were
still
receiving
Safa
supports.
But
then,
of
course,
we
know
that
the
transition
to
adulthood
program
launched
on
April
4th,
2022
and
I'm
just
wondering
if
those
250
young
people
continue
to
receive
the
financial
supports
under
the
Safa
program
or
when
the
new
program
began.
Did
they
get
were
they
removed
from
Financial
supports.
I
L
That
so,
during
with
respect
to
the
changes
to
this
Alpha
program
and
now
the
transition
to
adulthood
program,
we
know
that
it
was
quite
a
roller
coaster
for
young
people.
They,
you
know
they
were
told
in
2019
the
program
eligibility
was
changing.
Then
there
was
a
court
injunction
that
prevented
that
from
happening.
L
Then
the
minister
said
that
they
would
not
be
removed
from
supports
while
they
were
during
the
pandemic
than
they
did
were
removed.
Now,
there's
a
new
program.
Has
the
ministry
done
anything
to
follow
and
track
the
outcomes
for
the
young
people
who
would
have
been
transitioned
off
voluntarily
or
involuntarily
through
that
three-year
period
of
time?
Even
those
who
didn't
sign
up
again
for
Safra
program,
have
you
tracked
the
outcomes
for
those
young
people.
I
Thanks
for
that
question
between
June
30th
and
and
March
15th
June
30th
of
21
and
March
15th
of
2022,
there
was
435
young
adults
receiving
services
from
the
regions
that
ended
their
Safa
involvement,
and
so
that's
not
necessarily
due
to
the
age
change.
That
would
be
transitions
that
we
do
all
the
time
with
with
young
adults.
What
I
can
tell
you
is
that
of
those
104
transitioned
to
advancing
Futures,
a
good
majority
140
transition
to
Adult
Services.
L
L
How
many
reports
of
a
child
in
need
of
intervention
are
made
to
the
ministry
in
in
a
year
and
in
2021,
and
if
you're
able
to
either
provide
that
information
or
table
it,
as
well
as
how
it
compares
to
the
three
previous
fiscal
years,
I'm
asking
to
go
back
to
2018
because
of
the
fact
that
we
know
the
pandemic
impacted.
The
number
of
reports
that
were
made.
H
We
received
approximately
42,
we've
received
approximately
42
000
intakes
every
year
and
then
sorry
pardon
me
and
of
those
intakes.
So
actually
let
me
clarify
we
received
42
000
calls
every
year,
then
those
result
in
a
certain
number
of
intakes
I
do
not
have
the
previous
three
I
do
have
the
previous
three-year
data
Cube.
L
Fingertips
you
can
table
it
with
the
committee
eyeball
table.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
so
42
000
reports
does
the
ministry
track
the
reasons
for
the
report
so
Deputy
Minister.
You
indicate
in
your
opening
comments.
Of
course
we
know
that
reports
are
made
as
a
result
of
you
know,
allegations
of
abuse
or
neglect
or
other
other
reasons.
Does
the
ministry
track.
The
reasons
for
the
the
the
reports.
L
H
H
48
were
because
of
neglect.
16
percent
were
because
of
the
risk
of
abuse.
13
were
physical
abuse,
three
percent
or
sexual
abuse,
so
those
are
the
numbers
and
that
those
numbers
in
terms
of
children
being
brought
into
an
intake
phase
those
numbers-
the
categories-
have
not
changed
over
the
years.
It
generally
is
because
of
emotional
abuse
and
neglect.
L
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
assistant,
Deputy,
minister,
so,
where
a
report
is
made
and
it's
determined
that
an
intake
is
not
going
to
happen
because
it's
not
necessary,
where
are
those
I
mean
I
appreciate?
Not
all
reports
are
require
significant
follow-up
and,
and
but
some
of
them
may
still
require
some
supports.
What
happens
to
those
reports
that
are
made
are
those
are
those
children
and
families
provided
any
resources?
H
So
often
the
people
who
are
making
the
reports
are
collaterals
or
either
maybe
the
police,
a
teacher
or
someone
else
a
nurse.
So
we
will
often
provide
information
to
that
reporter
about
where
those
families
can
receive
support
or
additional
Services.
We
do
not
call
if
someone
calls
and
we
don't
take
it
to
intake.
We
just
consider
it
a
report.
We
do
not
provide
services
to
the
child
or
their
family.
If
it's
just
a
report
and
we
haven't
moved
it
to
intake.
L
So
there's
no
community,
so
are
there
a
category
of
reports
that
are
some
supports,
might
be,
you
know
necessary
for
that
family
or
that
child,
but
it
doesn't
qualify
for
intake
for
children's
services.
I
mean
there
must
be
some
that
are
still
that
family
might
need
something
right
and
is
there
that's
simply
not
referred
to
this.
H
We
would
provide
information
to
the
reporter
to
the
reporting
source
as
to
where
the
family
might
access
additional
resources
or
where
the
reporter
may
be
able
to
direct
them.
If
we
take
a
family
into
the
intake
phase
and
we
decide
not
to
move
it
to
investigation
to
a
fulsome
investigation,
we
of
course
provide
resources
to
that
family
because
we
would
have
contacted
the
family
directly
at
that
point,
during
intake.
L
Okay,
thank
you.
That's
helpful
information.
Okay
with
respect
to
so
we
know
that
an
outcome
two
it
talks
about.
You
know
evaluations
or
surveys
that
are
done
of
Staff
with
respect
to
cultural
understanding,
how
they
responded
and
they've
done.
That
is
there
ever
any
survey.
That's
done
of
the
families
and
the
parents
who
are
involved
in
the
child
intervention
system
to
get
their
feedback
to
determine
how
to
policy
and
practices
should
be
changed.
B
L
Okay,
so
I
know
the
office
of
the
child
and
youth
Advocate.
Has
the
youth
council
is
the
input
from
youth?
Maybe
those
on
the
youth
Council,
but
even
those
who
are
not
Children
and
Youth
that
are
involved
in
the
child
intervention
system
is
their
input
at
all,
considered
in
terms
of
policy
development
or
practice
development.
L
I
L
I
Alberta
has
been
working
with
both
the
first
nation
that
self-identifies
that
they
want
to
enter
into
coordination
agreement,
as
well
as
with
the
federal
government
to
determine
what
a
coordination
agreement
will.
Look
like.
The
coordination
agreement
would
include
information
about
transition,
as
well
as
in-kind
Services,
how
the
working
relationship
will
will
look
and
how
funding
would
be
appropriated.
That.
L
Would
be
specific
to
each
First
Nation
coordination
agreement,
First
Nation
coordination
agreement?
Does
the
ministry
have
projections
or
expectations
as
to
how
many
children
they
expect
in
this?
You
know
projecting
out
three
to
five
years
that
will
be
covered
by
Bill
c92
by
First
Nations,
who
are
seeking
to
exercise
their
Authority
that
may
transfer
responsibility
from
The
Province
over
to
First
Nations.
I
M
J
I
I
started
with
my
answer:
if
that's
okay,
just
in
regards
to
the
legislative
amendments
related
to
adoptions,
in
addition
to
birth,
parent
information,
all
adopted
persons
and
their
descendants
can
receive
information
on
their
siblings,
grandparents
and
extended
birth
family
if
it
is
contained
in
their
records,
this
improved
access
to
adoption
information
and
it
helps
to
increase
potential
connections
to
family,
community
and
culture.
Since
the
legislative
amendments
were
introduced
on
January
1st
of
2021,
1669
requests
have
been
received
for
adoption.
I
I
So
children
placed
for
adoption
through
the
government
for
through
a
government
adoption
program,
are
subjects
of
permanent
guardianship,
orders
or
permanent
guardianship
agreements,
meaning
that
they
have
been
permanently
removed
from
their
guardian's
care
and
the
director
under
the
child,
Youth
and
Family
enhancement
Act,
is
their
Guardian.
There
are
three
categories
of
matches
that
are
made
for
P
for
pgo,
which
is
the
permanent
guardianship
order,
a
PGA
which
is
a
permanent
guardianship
agreement
who
are
to
achieve
permanency
through
adoption,
there's
child
specific,
which
is
under
current
current
caregiver.
I
The
child's
adoption
is
to
be
completed
with
their
current
caregiver.
There
is
child
specific
adoption.
The
child
adoption
is
to
be
completed
with
persons
who
have
a
significant
and
defined
connection
with
the
child
and
then
there's
General,
and
that
child
would
be
matched
with
their
adoption,
completed
with
persons
not
known
to
the
child
and
thus
have
no
existing
connection
to
them.
There's
approximately
80
percent
of
adoptions
and
private
guardianships
of
children
in
permanent
care
are
completed
with
current
caregivers
of
the
children.
I
If
there's
no
suitable
caregivers
to
provide
legal
permanency
for
the
child,
the
child
is
referred
to.
Adoption
services
for
provincial
matching
from
a
bank
of
approved
families
after
the
child
is
placed.
Families
are
supported
and
monitored
for
a
period
to
ensure
their
Readiness
to
become
the
sole
guardian
of
the
child.
I
M
I
So
this
is
the
information
that
I
actually
provided
in
the
first
question.
I
think
already,
but
I
can
repeat:
I
will
repeat
that
information
yeah.
So
when
we
did
the
legislative
amendments
effectively,
the
intent
was
that
we
improved
access
to
adoption
information
by
helping
to
increase
connections
to
family,
community
and
culture,
and
since
we
did
introduce
those
legislative
changes
in
21,
we
had
over
1600
requests
for
information
187
of
those
from
siblings,
who
now
for
the
first
time,
can
get
information
about
their
adopted
sibling.
Thank.
M
H
Those
things
are
outside
of
our
control,
particularly
around
International
adoptions
and
then
also
in
terms
of
Court
processing.
How
long
it
takes
the
court
to
accept
the
adoption
order.
So
what
the
things
that
we
have
done
is
we've.
During
2020
1
2022,
we
added
additional
resources
to
complete
home
study
reports
to
reduce
the
amount
of
time
it
took
to
undertake
home
study
reports.
We
also
changed
our
training
platform
to
allow
for
online
training
so
that
families
didn't
have
to
wait
for
an
in-person
session.
H
M
You
on
page
20
sets
of
the
annual
report.
The
ministry
has
highlighted
the
Need,
For
Youth
and
care
to
be
placed
with
its
standard
family
members
or
the
other
members
of
their
cultural
Community
when
they
can
and
has
invested
an
additional
1.8
million
to
support
kinship
and
Foster
Care
with
more
enhancement,
planes
I
think
are
underway.
M
I
Thanks
for
that
question,
a
new
approach
to
assessing
and
supporting
Kinship
Caregivers
was
developed
and
is
now
being
implemented
across
the
province.
We
started
this
process
in
2019.
The
assessment
and
support
for
kinship
caregiving
pilot
was
introduced
in
22
Regional,
delegated
First
Nations
sites
across
the
regional
and
delegated
First
Nation
agency
sites
across
the
province.
The
new
way
to
assess
and
support
Kinship
Caregivers
is
intended
to
replace
the
the
kinship
assessment
process
currently
and
includes
new
training
for
kinship
staff.
I
Those
dollars
can
cover
anything
from
a
crib
to
a
car
seat
to
formula
to
support
the
immediate
needs
of
the
kinship
family.
Improving
the
kinship
specific
curriculum
and
training
for
Kinship
Caregivers
is
also
another
way
that
we
are
addressing
kinship
to
ensure
that
they
better
understand.
Kinship,
Caregivers,
better,
understand
their
roles,
responsibilities
and
the
supports
that
they
are
entitled
to
to
receive
as
caregivers.
I
M
L
The
ministry
chose
to
implement
a
flat
rate
per
space
grant
that
would
be
provided
to
operators
across
the
province,
regardless
of
the
fact
that
child
care
fees
differ
across
regions
and
cities
and
and
different
places
in
The
Province.
On
average,
the
affordability
of
Grant
is
around
500.
It's
varies,
of
course
more
for
infants
less
for
older
children,
so
this
means
that
a
parent
in
Calgary
sees
actually
a
much
smaller
percentage
reduction
in
your
fees
in
their
fees
than
say
a
parent
in
Medicine,
Hat
or
another
area.
I
Thanks
very
much
for
the
question.
The
Early,
Learning
and
child
care
agreement
with
the
federal
government
is
a
five-year
agreement
that
brings
in
3.8
billion
dollars
over
five
years.
The
commitments
that
Alberta
made
was
to
reach
an
average
of
ten
dollars
a
day
by
the
end
of
year,
five
fifteen
dollars
a
day
by
the
24
25
fiscal
year
and
50
on
average
in
in
20
21
22..
I
L
Okay,
they
didn't
answer
my
question,
though,
why
you
chose
a
flat
rate,
because,
obviously
not
all
parents
across
the
board
are
receiving
50
reduction
and
in
fact
we
know
in
places
like
Fort,
McMurray
and
Calgary.
There's
parents
are
seeing
a
lot
less
than
a
50
reduction
if
they're
getting
500
or
a
little
bit
more
off
of
their
child
care
fee,
but
they
were
paying
13
1400
they're,
actually
not
seeing
a
50
reduction.
So
again,
why
was
One
Flat
Rate
chosen
for
the
entire
province.
I
When
we
signed
the
affordability
agreement
in
November,
we
rolled
out
the
affordability
grants
and
the
subsidy
of
the
reduction
in
fees
in
in
a
matter
of
six
weeks.
So
this
is.
This
is
considered
a
first
step
in
that
and
that's
how
we
were
able
to
determine
what
what
we
could
do
for
the
average
of
50
a
day.
While
we
continue
to
work
on
getting
deep
dive
information
on
what
Regional
differences
are
across
the
province
and
we'll
Implement
those
as
we
go.
L
So,
thank
you.
So
it
sounds
like
timing
was
the
reason
why
it
was
done.
That
way,
which
is
interesting,
considering
Alberta
was
actually
delayed
by
eight
or
nine
months
compared
to
other
provinces.
With
signing
this
agreement,
it
should
have
been
enough
time
for
The
Province
to
consider
what
a
thoughtful
and
perhaps
way
of
rolling
out
these
funds
that
would
have
actually
benefited
most
parents
would
have
been,
but
it
didn't
appear
to
take
place.
So
the
Edmonton
Council
on
early
learning
and
Care
did
an
analysis
of
the
way
the
ministry
rolled
out.
L
Again
as
a
result
of
the
decisions
about
how
this
Federal
funding
would
be
rolled
out,
so,
for
example,
low
income
families
making
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollars
per
year,
I
actually
only
saw
a
decrease
of
of
24
in
their
child
care
fees
and
in
Calgary
13,
and
the
reason
was,
of
course,
because
the
decision
to
decrease
the
subsidy
amount
and
roll
at
a
flat
rate,
affordability
Grant.
So
why
didn't
the
ministry
Target
the
lowest
income?
Families
who,
as
we've
all
agreed,
need
it
the
most
in
terms
of
reducing
fees?
I
Thanks
for
that
question,
so
the
Children's
Services
actually
already
provides
and
targets
or
prioritizes
low-income
families
by
providing
subsidies
and
having
increased
the
subsidy
to
ninety
thousand
dollars.
Earlier
in
the
year,
we
we
expanded
on
that
subsidy
model
by
increasing
of
the
full-time
subsidy
to
120,
000
and,
of
course,
a
part-time
subsidy
up
to
179,
so
that
the
lower
income
families
would
actually
receive
more
benefit
over
the
longer
term.
I
L
That
happy
to
share
it
with
you
later.
It's
just
it's
simply.
It's
again
analysis
shows
you
did
decrease
the
amount
of
full
subsidy
that
those
parents
making
under
50
000
actually
received,
so
they
actually.
Yes,
they
received
the
affordability
Grant,
but
they
received
less
than
subsidies.
So
again,
their
fees
went
down
the
least
but
I'm
going
to
move
on
to
provincial
Child
Care
funding
in
2021,
so
page
42
references
that
there
was
a
provincial
Child,
Care
Surplus,
due
to
lower
enrollment
than
plan
resulting
from
the
pandemic.
L
As
we
know,
page
18
of
the
annual
report
indicates
that
the
provincial
Child
Care
funding
for
2021
was
290
million
dollars
the
budget.
However,
for
that
fiscal
year
for
child
care
was
350
million
dollars
and
in
supplementary
Supply
estimates
in
March
2022,
then
Minister
Rebecca
Schultz
confirmed
that
in
her
calculation,
Children's
Services
spent
55
million
dollars
less
than
budgeted
in
2021
on
child
care
and
provincial
funding.
Can
you
confirm
them
that
that
55
million
dollars
that
was
not
spent
in
child
care
in
2021
went
back
to
the
General
Revenue
fund.
I
L
Question
is
you
were
budgeted
for
350
million
dollars,
so
the
remaining
55
to
60
million
dollars.
The
minister
of
that
Minister
confirmed
that
that
money
was
not
spent
on
Child
Care.
Can
you
confirm
that
those
dollars
went
back
to
the
General
Revenue
fund?
Yes,
it
was
not
spent,
so
it
went
back
to
General.
I
L
So
that
went
back
to
General
Revenue,
which
means
that,
at
a
time
when
Child
Care
programs
were
incredibly
challenged
with
the
co
with
the
pandemic
and
with
the
cost
of
inflation
and
child
care,
Educators
were
also
struggling
to
make
ends
meet
and
we
knew
they
were
burning
out
from
the
pandemic,
and
parents
were
struggling
with
fees.
The
provincial
government
chose
not
to
spend
those
dollars
on
childcare
or
even
move
that
over
to
say
example
over
in
the
budget
to
child
intervention.
L
I
L
Thank
you
is
the
federal
government
aware
that,
because
part
of
the
terms
and
agreements
of
the
bilateral
funding,
as
well
as
the
Canada
Alberta
elcc
agreement,
is
that
provinces
should
not
reduce
their
share
of
provincial
funding
for
child
care?
At
the
same
time,
while
Alberta
was
receiving
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
the
federal
government
for
child
care,
The
Province
was
under
spending
in
child
care
is.
Is
that
do
you
consider
that
to
be
a
concern
with
respect
to
your
relationship
with
the
federal
government.
L
You
just
didn't,
spend
60
million
dollars
of
it
according
to
growth
within
subscribe.
Thank
you
and
thank
you.
Deputy
I
appreciate
that
so
in
the
Canada
Alberta
elcc
agreement
that
was
signed
in
November
of
2021,
there
was
an
agreement,
of
course
that
the
province
would
create
42
500,
new,
non-profit
Child,
Care
spaces
and,
as
we
know
in
the
upcoming
fiscal
year,
was
going
to
be
10
000
new
spaces
in
the
2022
fiscal
year.
L
So
what
work
in
the
2021
fiscal
year
between
November
and
the
end
of
March
as
planning
for
creating
42
000
new
spaces?
What
work
did
the
ministry
do
to
create
a
strategy
around
creating
that
that's
a
significant
number
of
new
non-profit
spaces?
Did
it
work
with,
say,
municipalities,
existing
nonprofits,
new
non-profits,
who
might
be
interested
in
providing
those
spaces?
What's
what
was
the
work
done
to
create
a
strategy
for
creating
new
spaces.
E
Thanks
for
the
question,
so
our
original,
once
the
agreement
was
signed,
we
really
focused
on
looking
at
where
there
was
anticipated
in
natural
growth
and
lever
and
leveraging
those
opportunities,
as
well
as
reaching
out
to
municipalities
who
had
particularly
been
approaching
us
on
a
regular
basis
asking
for
support
for
child
care.
We
as
a
consequence
of
the
work
that
had
been
done
in
2021
around
increasing
capacity
overall
in
child
care
spaces
through
a
different
Grant.
E
L
You
Adam
I
appreciate
that
my
question
is,
though,
was
there
a
strategy
to
actually
do
that,
because
you
know
simply
opening
up
a
grant
which
did
happen
later
in
2022
is
a
pretty
passive
way
to
try
to
create
10
000
new
spaces
simply
saying
apply
if
you're
interested
really.
My
question
is:
what
strategy
and
capacity
building
did
you
create.
N
Thank
you,
chairs,
I
I
had
to
share
the
time
with
four
other
members.
So
I'll
be
brief.
When
I
expect
you
to
be
straight
to
the
answer
straight
to
the
question
so
page
18
Alberta,
Canada,
Early,
Learning
and
child
care
agreement
was
signed
with
federal
government
and
your
ministry
was
able
to
work
with
the
licensed
operators
to
reduce
out-of-pocket
Child
Care
fees
for
children,
from
birth
to
kindergarten
age
by
an
average
50
percent,
effective
January,
1st
2022,
which
is
a
good
thing.
I
This
ensures
that
more
families
can
benefit
with
the
highest
rates
and
benefits
for
those
families
that
are
most
in
need.
In
addition
to
the
affordability
measures
introduced
through
this
agreement,
several
other
changes
and
supports
provided
in
2122
contributed
to
reducing
fees
by
an
average
of
50
percent.
N
Yeah
Deputy
week
weeks,
I
mean
many
of
the
albertans
are
not
fully
aware,
and
they
will
appreciate
that
the
costs
have
gone
down
50.
So
if
your
department
can
say
that
that
will
be
great,
but
some
private
Child
Care
operators,
they
were
worried
about
the
impact
that
this
new
deal
would
have
on
them.
So
can
you
explain
the
steps
your
department
to
ensure
privately
operated?
Child
Care
operators
were
not
adversely
affected.
I
Province
negotiated
the
agreement
with
the
federal
government.
We
did
make
sure
that
it
included
Alberta's
mixed
market,
and
we
did
that
in
two
ways.
The
first
was
that
those
that
were
already
operating
within
the
system
were
included
under
the
agreement
fully
to
address
affordability,
quality
and
inclusion.
There
were
that
that
was
3
700
spaces
for
private
Child
Care
programs
that
included
an
additional
1
000
spaces
for
existing
programs
to
add
spaces,
as
well
as
another
2700
for
programs
that
were
able
to
open
quickly
and
begin
caring
for
children
by
Spring
of
2022..
I
The
second
piece
to
this
is
that
Alberta
and
Canada
have
agreed
to
work
on
a
cost
control
framework
and
a
for-profit
expansion
plan
to
support
the
growth
of
additional
Spaces
by
licensed
private
providers
in
the
future.
The
principles
of
the
cost
control
framework
will
build
on
Alberta's,
existing
successful
approach
to
working
with
the
private
sector,
to
increase
the
spaces
and
ensure
quality
and
consider
all
of
the
operators
that
make
up
the
Alberta
sector.
Thank.
N
You
thank
you
for
supporting
private
sector
Child
Care
operators.
So
what
did
children
services
do
to
ensure
all
parents
had
access
to
the
affordable
child
care
when
and
where
did
needed
specifically,
if
some
parents
needed
it
non-typical
times
like
leaving
the
kid
overnight?
How
are
you
ensuring
those
parents
are
supported.
I
This
included
spaces
created
using
funding
from
the
bilateral
Early
Learning
and
child
care
agreement
to
help
improve
access
to
child
care
spaces
in
need,
including
supporting
families
who
need
care
outside
of
working
hours.
As
of
March
2022
1076
new
licensed
Child
Care
spaces
were
created
using
this
grant
funding,
including
112
spaces
for
overnight
use.
I
We
also
negotiated
the
with
the
the
Alberta
Canada
Early
Learning
and
child
care
agreement
with
the
federal
government,
and
that
again,
as
I
pointed
out
previously,
is
3.8
billion
over
five
years
to
invest
in
child
care
for
children,
age,
zero
to
kindergarten,
age
and
part
of
that
money
will
be.
Will.
N
D
I
was
happy
to
read
on
page
24
and
25
that
Children's
Services
places
a
high
level
of
importance
on
sporting,
a
successful
transition
of
Youth
from
government
care
into
adulthood,
focusing
on
mentoring,
educational
attainment,
employment,
Readiness
and
connection
to
Supportive
Services.
This
includes
the
Ministries
in
2021,
providing
an
investment
of
almost
40
million
dollars
to
a
2069
young
adult
through
Sport
and
financial
assistance
agreements.
I
Thanks
very
much
for
the
transition
adulthood,
Pro
purses
not
provided
by
the
former
support
and
financial
assistance
agreements
and
the
advancing
future
program
and
provides
additional
soft
supports
previously
not
available,
including
mentoring
opportunities,
life
skills
and
mental
health
and
addiction
supports
under
the
previous
Safa
program.
Young
adults
to
age
18
the
day
prior
to
their
22nd
to
the
day
prior
to
their
22nd
birthday
were
eligible
for
financial
supports
and
tap,
will
provide
supports
and
services
from
18
to
24.
I
the
client's
age
18
to
21
will
still
be
able
to
access.
Excuse
me,
the
financial
components
of
the
top
program,
including
the
financial
benefits,
as
well
as
those
aged
18
to
24,
so
expanding
beyond
the
22
for
financial
supports,
will
have
access
to
the
emotional
and
social
transitional
supports
and
soft
supports
that
will
be
provided
and
and
as
well.
I
Thank
you
so
tap
is
a
client
driven
program
which
allows
young
adults
to
choose
a
primary
pathway
of
four
different
Pathways.
So
one
would
be
an
education
pathway
which
is
advancing
Futures,
the
employment
pathway,
which
helps
them
to
successfully
achieve
training
and
jobs,
and
then
stability
or
adult
support
services.
I
And,
of
course,
young
adult
may
be
in
in
a
couple
of
different
Pathways
at
one
time,
but
they
would
choose
a
primary
pathway
in
terms
of
what
they're
actually
trying
to
achieve
for
for
their
life
goals
and
what's
most
suited
for
them
to
be
successful
in
that
transition.
The
participants
in
tap
work
with
a
dedicated
worker
to
achieve
their
goals
and
a
key
component
of
the
program
is
that
we
we
created
a
dedicated
Workforce,
including
tap
practitioners
whose
only
caseload
will
be
these
young
adults
transitioning
to
Independence.
D
D
This
is
why
I
was
pleased
to
read
on
page
26
that
children
services
provide
did
in
2021-22
1.3
million
dollars
to
keep
sporting
mentoring
opportunities
for
Children
and
Youth
that
allowed
for
enhancements
to
to
be
implemented.
The
following
year
now
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
with
regard
to
that.
Do
you
find
that
the
program
can
meet
the
demands
for
mentors
for
youth.
B
L
You,
madam
chair,
I,
think
it's
really
striking
that
to
know
members
of
the
government
committee
or
the
caucus
seem
to
be
alarmed
at
all
about
the
increasing
numbers
of
deaths
of
children
in
care
during
this
fiscal
year.
No
questions
being
asked
about
that.
So
I'd
like
to
ask
a
few
questions
about
service
provider
contracts
and
particular
contracted
service
agencies.
L
We
know
that
during
this
fiscal
year
the
fall
of
this
year
already
significantly,
inflation
was
affecting
their
costs
in
terms
of
supplies,
as
well
as
they're
having
huge
staffing
issues
because
of
covid
and
of
course,
let's
be
clear
that
many
of
these
agencies
support
children
who
are
actually
the
responsibility
of
the
government.
They
are
either
under
tgos
or
pgos.
H
So
during
the
2021-2022
fiscal
year,
as
in
all
fiscal
years,
we
review
our
contracts
as
they
annually
to
make
sure
that
the
expenditures
are
in
line
with
the
actual
activities,
and
so
during
that
fiscal
year
we
would
have
as
needed,
moved
money
from
one
contract
who
is
not
expending
to
another
contract.
That
was
over
expending.
L
H
L
I
L
Going
on
seven
years,
then
2023
seven
years
to
implement
that
recommendation
and
that
is
to
enhance
early
Support
Services
to
indigenous
children.
That's
fantastic!
Okay!
Does
the
ministry
track
and
measure
adherence
to
their
policies
and
procedures
with
respect
to
timelines?
We
do
see
a
reference
to
this
Service
delivery,
accountability
standards,
but
is
there
any
in
that
was
in
response
to
one
of
the
auditor
general
recommendations,
I'm
curious
as
to
you
know,
how
do
we
know
whether
or
not
the
ministry
is
actually
following
its
own
policies
and
practices,
and
timelines?
H
So
the
office
of
statutory
director
requires
the
child
intervention
division
to
report
monthly
on
its
adherence
to
critical
service
standards,
including
timelines,
including
face-to-face
visits.
Those
reports
are
shared
with
the
executive
team
and
then
follow-up
is
made
internally
to
the
department
within
the
department.
Those.
L
You
table
some
of
the
other
annual
reports
that
are
done
to
sort
of
see
what
the
progress
was
Major
in
a
year.
Is
there
anything
from
the
2021
fiscal
year
that
you
can
table
with
this
committee,
we'll
have
to
go
back
and
see
what's
appropriate
to
table
okay.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
move
back
to
child
care.
Since
my
last
block
in
20
on
page
19
of
the
annual
report,
it
references
the
10.3
million
dollars
in
federal
funding
for
space
creation
that
was
given
out
in
March
2021.
L
The
deputy
has
already
you
know,
indicated
how
many
spaces
were
created
1076..
Can
the
deputy
clarify
how
many
of
those
spaces
were
actually
enrolled
by
the
end
of
the
2021
fiscal
year?
Similarly,
with
the
112
overnight
spaces,
we
know
that
they
were
created
in
that
fiscal
year,
but
were
they
actually
enrolled
by
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year?.
L
L
You
I
appreciate
that,
with
respect
to
the
inclusive
Child
Care
funding,
page
20,
the
annual
report
indicates
that
the
new
model
shifted
from
government
program
delivery
to
full
delivery
through
five
Community
agencies.
So
I
understand
these
agencies
are
providing
capacity,
building
support
training
to
Educators
for
inclusive
child
care,
but
if
a
child
needs
an
extra
support
person
in
the
Child
Care
Program
to
support
their
child
with
needs,
is
it?
Is
it
true
that
so
now
the
the
parent
has
to
go
to
the
fscd
program
under
community
and
social
supports
and
Social
Services?
I
L
Thank
you,
so
does
the
ministry
do
any
sort
of
follow-up
to
ensure
that
those
children
who
receive
a
dedicated
support
person
through
FSD
are
actually
receiving
it
in
a
timely
way?
The
reason
I
ask,
of
course,
is
FSD
requires
at
an
it
requires
an
assessment
to
be
done
before
a
child
can
access.
Those
supports.
Fsd
does
not
have
a
very
good
history
right
now
in
terms
of
its
program,
Administration
and
delivery,
and
so
I'm
wondering
how
is
children
services
ensuring
that
these
children
in
child
care
settings
have
the
inclusive
supports
they
need.
I
L
L
One
of
those
long-term
actions
which
was
supposed
to
have
been
completed
by
by
this
fiscal
year,
which
means
work.
What
should
have
been
happening
in
the
2021
fiscal
year
was
was
a
review
of
the
child
Youth
and
Family
enhancement
act
in
20
in
the
ACT
entirely.
So
why
is
this
being
listed
as
an
action?
That's
complete
when
that
did
not
take
place.
A
review
of
the
ACT.
L
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
there
will
be
a
second
ministerial
panel
that
has
not
been
clearly
publicly
could
communicate
up
until
now,
but
also
the
at
the
action
plan.
The
action
plan
actually
indicated
that
the
ACT
would
be
reviewed.
It
would
come
to
a
committee
of
the
legislature
for
review
by
2022
Matt.
That
means
that
work
should
have
been
taking
place
during
2021
now
I
sit
on
a
number
of
committees:
I,
don't
remember
the
child
and
youth
family
enhancement
act
coming
before
a
committee
of
the
legislature
for
review,
so.
L
Asking
about
the
action
plan
which
your
ministry
has
indicated,
all
of
the
actions
have
been
completed
or
implemented.
That
came
out
of
the
stronger,
safer
tomorrow
action
plan.
There
are
specific
actions
and
I'm
happy
to
provide
you
with
a
copy
of
the
stronger,
safer
tomorrow
action
plan,
if
you're
not
familiar
with
it
already,
but
it
actually
includes
a
requirement
that
the
child,
youth,
family
enhancement
act,
be
reviewed
by
2022.
I
All
of
the
recommendations
of
the
empty,
the
23
of
the
26
recommendations
of
the
mpci,
the
ministerial
panel,
the
recommendations
that
came
out
of
that
panel,
the
I
think
we're
going
to
have
to
take
back
your
comments
in
regards
to
what
was
required
to
be
done.
That
potentially
hasn't
been
done.
We'll
have
to
provide.
L
Thank
you,
I,
appreciate,
I,
think
part
of
the
confusion
might
have
been,
but
is
that
last
year
the
ministry
rewrote
what
the
what
the
wording
was
of
those
recommendations
in
order
to
categorize
a
number
of
them
as
completed
so
I.
Ask
you
to
go
back
to
the
original
action
plan
and
the
stronger
save
for
tomorrow
plan
and
evaluate
whether
or
not
you
actually
completed
those
actions,
so
I'll
just
flag
that,
because
that
may
be
part
of
the
reason
for
the
confusion.
L
I
wanted
to
ask
about
indigenous
children
in
kinship
homes.
The
26
page
26
of
the
report
indicates
there
were
how
many
kinship
homes
and
Foster
homes
there
are,
but
of
the
5
834
indigenous
children,
in
care
in
2021.
How
many
of
them
were
actually
in
kinship
homes
as
opposed
to
foster
homes,
so
not
the
number
of
kinship
homes,
but
the
number
of
children
in
those
kinship
homes.
G
Thank
you,
I
think
the
office
of
auditor
general
for
being
with
us
today
and
the
representative
of
officials
of
children's
ministry
here
and
my
question-
is
on
accessibility.
Increasing
access
here
and
on
page
19
I
see
that
in
2021
2022
they
were
150,
2000
licensed
Child
Care
spaces,
an
increase
of
nine
thousand
or
six
percent
from
the
previous
year,
and
this
is
a
significant
improvement
from
the
target
shown
in
performance
measure
1A
and
on
page
22
of
zero
percent,
and
it
is
also
higher
than
the
previous
three
years
of
between
four
and
five
percent.
G
During
that
time,
Children's
Services
invested
10.3
million
through
44
grants
into
creating
1076
new
license
Child
Care
spaces,
including
112,
for
overnight
care
to
meet
the
unique
and
diverse
needs
of
albertans
that
work
or
non-traditional
hours
in.
Where
is
the
province
where
these
new
space
is
distributed.
G
I
And
so
to
help
ensure
that
we're
there's
a
couple
things
we're
looking
at
we're
trying
to
ensure
that
we're
investing
in
areas
of
need
in
the
province
that
have
that
don't
have
a
need
or
have
sufficient
or
excess
capacity.
Already
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
10.3
million
that
we
provided
to
support
child
care
space
Creation
in
the
province.
It
was
targeted
to
communities
that
had
that
limited
or
no
access.
We
very
much
looked
at
where
there
were
was
limited
capacity.
I
So
all
of
the
1076
spaces
that
have
been
created,
including
the
112
that
have
been
opened
to
provide
families
with
the
overnight
care
options,
access
to
high
quality
child
care.
We
consider
to
be
vital
in
in
supporting
parents
and
getting
back
to
work
and
so
we're
hoping
that
these
additional
spaces
provide
that
accessibility,
that
they're
looking
for.
I
Great
thanks
very
much
having
access
to
inclusive
Child
Care
is
important
for
families
with
children
that
have
additional
or
unique
needs.
So
in
2122
the
ministry
implemented
a
new
provincial
inclusive,
Child
Care
Program,
to
provide
consistent
and
Equitable
Services
to
licensed
Child
Care
programs
and
day
home
Family
Day
Home
Agencies
across
the
province.
I
All
children
and
licensed
Child
Care
programs
can
benefit
from
the
support.
However,
of
course,
the
greatest
benefit
was
to
programs
that
previously
had
low
enrollment
of
children
with
extra
support,
needs
and
or
lacked
the
capacity
to
support
those
children
that
this
is
because
the
inclusive
Child
Care
Program
assists
all
Child
Care
programs
and
Educators
to
build
capacity
and
confidence
in
providing
and
including
children
who
have
those
extra
support
needs.
G
Thank
you
and
I
will
move
to
investing
in
the
child
care
Force,
as
it
is
important
to
Calgary's
constituents
here
and
I,
see
that
the
ministry's
greatest
asset
is
its
staff.
This
is
why
it
was
wonderful
to
read
on
page
20
of
this
report
that
in
March
2022
there
were
32
percent,
more
Early,
Childhood
Educators
working
in
licensed
Child
Care
programs,
then
in
March
2021.
G
This
is
also
five
percent
higher
than
in
March
2020
before
the
pandemic.
During
this
time,
the
ministry
invested
115.7
million
into
the
Recruitment
and
Retention
of
the
available
staff
through
wage
top-ups
and
professionals,
development,
and-
and
can
you
please
please
say
how
effective
was
the
ministry
in
2021
2022
compared
to
previous
years,
recruiting,
retaining
and
developing
the
child
care
Workforce.
I
It
was
a
challenging
year
for
child
care
operators,
as
they
navigated
through
coveted,
related
closures
and
quarantines,
with
many
parents
continuing
to
work
from
home,
less
Early
Childhood
Educators
were
required
in
licensed
child
care,
and
so,
if
we
look
at
March
of
21
in
particular,
and
that's
why
in
2122,
Children's
Services
provided
19.3
million
dollars
in
one-time
Federal
funding
from
the
bilateral
agreement
to
licensed
programs
to
help
them
cover
costs
related
to
train
training,
onboarding
and
hiring
of
staff,
and
a
total
of
just
over
2.
000
programs
received
the
recovery
and
retention
Grant.
I
We
also
had
the
critical
worker
benefit,
which
I
mentioned
earlier.
We
expanded
the
critical
worker
benefit
so
that
we
could
provide
that
benefit
to
child
care,
support
workers
which
would
have
included
Cooks
cleaners,
drivers
and
other
critical
roles
that
are
required
to
operate
Child
Care
Centers
and
that,
just
as
a
reminder,
was
a
one-time
payment
of
twelve
hundred
dollars
and
reached
about
382
eligible
staff.
I
A
F
F
This
includes
their
work
through
Child
and
Family
Service
discussions,
as
well
as
plans
that
have
been
developed
with
several
communities,
including
the
Stony
Dakota
satina
Tribal
Council,
the
Blackfoot
Confederacy,
the
maydi
nation
of
Alberta,
and,
most
recently
with
the
letter
of
intent
that
was
signed
with
the
Ina
Cree
Nation.
Are
there
any
other
indigenous
communities
that
children
services
are
pursuing
discussions
with
as
well
thanks.
I
Very
much
for
the
question
our
subtables
with
the
Blackfoot
Confederacy,
the
Estonian
okota
sutina,
Tribal,
Council
and
metis
nation
of
Alberta
are
part
of
larger
agreements
that
the
government
of
Alberta
has
through
indigenous
relations.
The
protocol
agreements
provide
a
framework
for
collaboration
between
the
government
of
Alberta
and
First
Nations.
I
On
the
question
about
whether
or
not
there
are
other
indigenous
communities
that
we're
pursuing
discussions
with,
we
also
work
outside
of
those
formal
tables
directly
with
communities
and
organizations
on
other
initiatives
such
as
our
indigenous
cultural
training,
indigenous
cultural
understanding,
training
as
an
example.
So
when
we
developed
the
curriculum
for
that
training,
we
actually
worked
very
closely
with
First
Nations,
because
they
are
the
experts
in
their
own
culture
and
ways
of
knowing,
and
we
wanted
them
to
help
support
that.
So
they
support
we
partnered
with
those
communities
and
organizations
to
reflect
that
diversity.
B
Thank
you
we're
now
on
our
final
rotation,
which
is
that
each
side
has
three
minutes
each
to
read,
questions
into
the
record
for
written
follow-up,
just
as
a
reminder,
two
officials,
that
any
outstanding
questions
be
responded
to
in
writing
within
30
days
and
forwarded
to
Warren
Huffman,
the
committee
Clerk,
and
that
includes
the
commitments
throughout
the
course
of
the
question
and
answer
period,
as
well
as
the
questions
that
are
read
into
the
record
now,
and
so
with
that
official
opposition.
Three
minutes.
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair
page.
35
of
the
annual
report
report
indicates
that
2844
regulatory
requirements
were
reduced
in
the
21
fiscal
year.
Can
the
ministry
please
table
with
this
committee
a
detailed
breakdown
of
all
2
844
regulatory
requirements
that
were
reduced
as
well
as
the
original
number
of
10
079
regulatory
requirements
that
were
identified
in
the
business
plan
of
2021,
so
a
detailed
breakdown
of
both
of
those
please
for
the
committee?
L
Can
you
please
table
for
this
committee,
a
breakdown
of
the
number
of
Child
apprehensions
by
region
and
dfna
that
were
done
in
2021,
page
42?
The
end
report
indicates
spending
on
child
intervention
was
16.6
million
dollars
Less
in
2021
because
of
Staff
vacancies.
What
was
the
staff
vacancy
rate
at
the
beginning
of
2021
fiscal
year
and
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
for
the
ministry?
L
L
What
evaluation
evaluation
metrics
were
put
into
place
to
determine
what
impact
the
19.3
million
dollars
in
the
early
childhood
educator
recovery
and
retention
Grant
had
on
the
workforce,
what
evaluation
metrics
and
how
it
it
reflected
that
those
dollars
actually
improved
educator
retention
and
Recovery
and,
lastly,
clarification.
If
you
can
table
for
this
committee,
page
20,
the
annual
report
and
the
deputies
repeatedly
referenced,
the
19765
certified
Educators
in
March
2022.
F
Thank
you.
Our
top
priority
is
the
safety
and
well-being
of
the
Children
and
Youth
and
government
care,
so
I'm
glad
to
see
that
you
that
the
ministry
started
a
prompt
investigation
to
every
death
or
Serious
injury
of
the
child,
a
child,
youth
or
young
adult
who
had
received
services.
So
can
you
expand
on
those
steps,
as
that's
very
important,
to
make
sure
that
those
steps
are
clear?
That's
all
I
have
for
one
question.
B
C
B
K
B
You
very
good,
and
so
our
next
meeting
is
December
20th
with
a
community
and
Social
Services,
where
we
will
have
under
consideration
the
activities
of
that
department
and
Ministry
for
the
2122
so
as
it
was
constituted
in
2122,
I
and
so
now.
I'll
look
to
the
floor
for
a
motion
to
adjourn
sure
I
moved
by
member
you
seen
and
all
in
favor
any
opposed
that
is
Kerry.
Thank
you.
That's
this
meeting
is
adjourned.