Are you looking for more information on how you or your organization can help Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives Society (FCRR) to mobilize and advocate for systemic changes to ensure all children are receiving adequate supports? Here is some information to get started.
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2026 MLA/MP Section 54 Permanency Letter Writing Campaign
If you’ve ever stepped up to raise a child, you know this shouldn’t come with a financial penalty to your family, especially the children. Help us speak up for children in Section 54 permanency placements. Families who step up to … Read More
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2026 MP campaign
We need your help! Our children need our help! We know that by working together to be the voice of our families, we can ensure we will be heard, be seen, be respected and be supported. Thank you to all who … Read More
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UPDATE Petition e-6646 to Help Kinship Caregivers
Late in 2025 hundreds of Canadians collectively brought national attention to the critical role grandparents and kinship caregivers play — and to the unfair gaps in financial support they face. These seniors are not just providing love and care; they … Read More
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Reimagining FamilySupport Services: Perspectives from Kinship Caregivers
Prepared by : Shari Monsma, Gail Molliet, Barbara Lee, Choi Shan Ng, Kyle Turone, Kolbe Neva and Maddie Cathcart Kinship caregivers play a vital role in supporting children and youth who cannot live with their parents, providing stability, cultural connection, … Read More
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Reimagining Family Support Services: Listening to Kinship Caregivers
Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives (F4CRR) teamed up with UBC’s Centre for the Study of Services to Children and Families (CSSCF) to host a webinar on October 30, 2025 called Reimagining Family Support Services: Perspectives from Kinship Caregivers. This … Read More
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Minister of Finance’s Standing Budget 2026 submission
Committee Acknowledges Gaps in Support for Kinship Care Families Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives recently presented at the B.C. Budget 2026 public consultation. And the Standing Committee heard us! We raised a critical issue: families in the Permanent Guardianship … Read More
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CBC Vancouver radio interview
Mandy, F4CRR Director of Advocacy, was invited as a guest on a recent CBC radio interview. She, along with other F4CRR members, is part of GrandFamily Connect which was featured on CBC Vancouver’s prime time radio program “On The Coast … Read More
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CTV NEWS – Payments to shortchanged caregivers of kids with disabilities satisfy B.C. watchdog
By The Canadian Press Published: January 23, 2025 B.C.’s ombudsperson says he’s satisfied the provincial government has fixed a problem that short-changed caregivers of children with disabilities.British Columbia ombudsperson Jay Chalke says he’s satisfied the provincial government has fixed a problem that … Read More
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VIDEO: Practice and Research Together (PART)
We are so grateful for Dr. Barbara Lee (Assistant Professor, School of Social Work; Director, Centre for the Study of Services to Children and Families; Knowledge Exchange and Mobilization (KxM) Scholar) at the University of British Columbia for providing the opportunity for Fairness … Read More
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UBC Research Project
Examining Support Needs for Children, Youth and Caregivers in Kinship/Out-of-Care Arrangements This is the first time Fairness has been involved in a research project. The purpose of this research project was to examine the necessary support(s) for kinship/out-of-care families. This … Read More
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Virtual Town Hall about the Provincial Tuition Waiver program
You’re invited… The Provincial Tuition Waiver Program waives tuition and eligible fees for B.C students who are current or former children and youth in care studying full-or-part-time at a BC public post-secondary institution, the Native Education College, or an approved union-based trades … Read More
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Child in Home of Relative – receive up to $8,797.00 per Child Annually
We are reaching out to all those who are raising a relative’s child or children and are currently enrolled in the grand-parented progam: “Child in Home of Relative” Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction monthly maintenance program. We at … Read More
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Minister of Finance’s Standing Budget 2024 submission
Every year the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services invites British Columbians to share three of their ideas and priorities for the next provincial budget.Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives submitted a formal submission as well as requested … Read More
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A Win for CIHR Families in BC
At a recent gathering hosted by Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives earlier this month, Mitzi Dean, the Minister of Children and Family Development (MCFD) provided a video making an exciting announcement we’ve been waiting to hear! At the Aging … Read More
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Child and Family Service Reform
Update for Fairness for Children Raised by Relativesas presented by Richel Donaldson Manager, Strategic Child Welfare & Reconciliation Policy of the Ministry of Children and Family Development – at the Aging and Kinship Care Gathering in Kamloops on 10 June … Read More
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Giving Kinship Care a Voice (video)
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Shari Monsma, President of Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives, along with Jane Bouey and Cassandra Strain from Parent Support Services Society of BC had the opportunity to share insights on the history of Kinship … Read More
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How can you help?
This organization is 100% volunteer-run. We are grandparents and kinship caregivers currently raising our relatives’ children. We are in the trenches, day in and day out. We are committed to families just like yours, and contribute time and energy where … Read More
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Access to post-secondary education expanded for former youth in care
Great news! On Tuesday March 14th, the province of BC announced that former youth in care in B.C. of all ages will have their tuition waived for post-secondary education. Read the full press release… Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives … Read More
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Submission to MCFD (August 2022)
In June and July of 2022, Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives Society collaborated with the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) to organize special meetings for Kinship Caregivers to provide input into the Family Services Legislative Reform. The … Read More
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2023 Budget Consultation
President of Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives presented at the Province of BC’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services Budget 2023 Consultation in June 2022. Here is her submission: Good afternoon my name is Shari Monsma and … Read More
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Let your voice be heard!
British Columbia is reforming child and family service legislation, and MCFD is calling for engagement from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis persons, community organizations, social sector service providers, and other individuals with lived experience with child and family services. And, … Read More
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Advocacy at work!
The new Fairness for Children Raised by Relatives Society has its first win in its attempt to improve the supports for all of our children. This is a good example of our grassroots advocacy at work. Families may be eligible … Read More
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Recommendations Arising from Research
The following is a list of 26 recommendations that arose 2020 – 2021 State of Kinship Care Research Report Recommendations (A): Provincial Policy Reform That all children being raised in kinship care, regardless of legal status and duration of care, … Read More
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The State of Kinship Care in BC
This report is an outcome of a research project funded by: The Victoria Foundation – Adoption and Permanency Fund of BC, and the Law Foundation of BC. The opinions expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the opinions or … Read More
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Submission to the 2022 Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
FCRR submitted the following document to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services today. “Our organization was formed to advocate for children who would otherwise be in the BC provincial foster care system if they had not been … Read More
