Cowichan Tribes take over child welfare services

VICTORIA, B.C.-Last November, The Cowichan Tribes voted to pass new laws to help Indigenous families keep children within their families or with relatives in other Indigenous homes. And now, the Tribes have signed a co-ordination agreement with British Columbia to assume full responsibility over youth and family services for Cowichan citizens. Now, the federal and provincial governments have signed the co-ordination agreement that allows the nation to start phasing in the law. The federal government will provide the nation $207.5 million, and the provincial government will provide $22 million...

 
 
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