1.2.0 Introduction

Chapter 2 of Volume 1 contains provincial standards for services to families under Part II of The Child and Family Services Act.

Chapter Content

Chapter 2 is divided into eleven sections as follows:

Section 1 – Community Involvement

Section 2 – Voluntary Family Services

Section 3 – Child Care Services

Section 4 – Homemaker and Parent Aide Services

Section 5 – Voluntary Placement of Children

Section 6 – Family Support Agreements

Section 7 - Kinship Care Agreements

Section 8 - Customary Care Agreements

Section 9 - Voluntary Care Agreements

Section 10 – Voluntary Surrender of Guardianship

Section 261 – Family Contributions Calculations (The numbering for this section is different because it is a remnant of the Child and Family Services Program Standards Manual.)

• Legislation

  The Child and Family Services Act

  Child and family services agencies have a duty under section 7 of The Child and Family Services Act to provide family counselling, guidance and other services to prevent circumstances requiring the placement of children and for the protection of children.

  Part II of the Act provides for the following services:

  Section 9 – Services to families and minor parents
  Section 10 – Special needs and emergency assistance
  Section 12 – Day care services and suitable alternatives
  Section 13 – Homemaker and parent aide services with the consent or in the absence of a parent or guardian
  Section 13.1 - Family Support Agreements
  Section 13.2 - Kinship Care Agreements
  Section 13.3 - Customary Care Agreements
  Section 13.4 - Voluntary Care Agreements
  Section 16 – Voluntary Surrender of Guardianship

  The Child and Family Services Authorities Act

  Section 19 of The Child and Family Services Authorities Act lists the duties and powers of child and family services authorities. Clauses (a) and (h) pertain to services to families.

• Policy

  While child and family services agencies have a duty under section 7 of the Child and Family Services Act to provide services to families, for the most part, they have discretion under Part II of the Act as to when and how these services are provided. You will find more information on this under Services to Families, Section 1.2.2, Voluntary Family Services.

  Consistent with the intent of the Act, service decisions should be based on the needs of the family within the services and resources available to the agency with the goal of preserving and strengthening the family unit.

• Standards

  The provincial standards in this chapter are minimum requirements for services to families under Part II of the Act.

  Agencies are also required to follow culturally appropriate standards developed by their respective mandating authorities pursuant to section 19 of The Child and Family Services Authorities Act.

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