Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Yukon Legislative Assembly - 2014 : Yukon Family and Children's Services - Department of Health and Social Services

Centred on the best interests of the child, the Act recognizes that prevention activities are integral to the promotion of the safety, health, and well-being of a child, and that the family should be supported to provide for the care, nurturing, and well-being of a child. [...] In the Government of Yukon’s Operation and Maintenance Estimates for the 2009–10 fiscal year, the Department of Health and Social Services reported that 3.6 percent (equivalent to 36.3 per 1,000) of Yukon’s children were in the care and custody of the Department in the 2007–08 fiscal year. [...] For example, the decision could be that no action is needed; that the Department will work with the family to protect the child, perhaps by placing the child with extended family or by referring the family to other community services; or that the child will be taken into the Department’s care or custody.4 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Yukon Legislative Assembly—February 2014 YUKON [...] In October 2012, the Department formalized a memorandum of agreement with the Kwanlin Dün First Nation to work cooperatively and in partnership under the Act on child welfare matters, for the overall safety and benefit of Kwanlin Dün children.6 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Yukon Legislative Assembly—February 2014 YUKON FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S SERVICES—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIA [...] The purpose of an assessment is to identify the strengths and needs of the family and the child, and to form the basis for developing a case plan or a plan of care.