National Indigenous Day writing contest
In honour of National Indigenous Day, Fraser Valley Aboriginal Children and Family Services Society are hosting a writing contest! What does being Indigenous mean to you? There will be four categories of prizes: 1) Ages 3 to 6 2) Ages 7 to 10 3) Ages 11 to 14 4) Ages 15 to 24 Prizes in each […]
Celebrate BC Child and Youth in Care Week with AgedOut.com!
AgedOut.com is hosting a creative wall to celebrate BC Child and Youth in Care Week! We will post a daily theme on our Facebook page at 12pm Monday, June 1st – Friday, June 5th. Contribute your art to that post before midnight! Art can include photos, drawings, poetry, GIF’s, open to any creative mediums! There […]
*NEW* Temporary Life Skills Program
MCFD temporary Life Skills Programs is available to youth who are currently on an AYA or who will age out on AYA between April 1 and June 30, 2020: MCFD has relaxed the requirements to a minimum of 5 hours per week of online programs (down from 12). MCFD has also relaxed and added many […]
Representative for Children and Youth update
Representative for Children and youth (RCY) staff have transitioned to work remotely and their advocates are available and ready to help despite the current unique challenges. If you need support from the RCY call 1-800-476-3933. They also invite community agencies and service providers to apprise us of any issues and concerns with service delivery and the […]
AgedOut.com's response to COVID-19
AgedOut.com has a COVID 19 info page that is updated daily. Click here to check it out. We also recommend that you like our AgedOut Facebook page as we post a lot more local or non provincial support on there. You can also join on daily on Zoom for AgedOut.com’s Life Essentials Hangout To join, download Zoom and click this link […]
Tips for managing anxiety around Covid-19
This is a poster from Fraser Health about managing anxiety around Covid-19. Please get a hold of us at info@agedout.com if you need someone to talk to or use our chat line on the website.
Free child and youth legal clinic
The Society for Children and Youth of BC has a free legal clinic on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month! Time: 2:30pm – 5:00pm Location #303 – 1720 Grant Street, Vancouver Questions? cycl@scyofbc.org
Stand up for Kids National Award
Do you know someone who makes a difference in the lives of youth who are in or from care? Submit your nomination to Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada for the third annual Lynn Factor Stand Up for Kids National Award! Nomination criteria and eligibility requirements can be found here Click here to submit your nomination Submission deadline: March […]
Logo Contest!
Metis Nation British Columbia’s Metis Youth BC Committee (MYBC) just announced their design a logo contest! Deadline to submit – March 19th 2020 Send submissions to Brittney at bbertrand@mnbc.ca MYBC created this opportunity as a way to display the talents of incredible young artists though the creation of a new logo for the MYBC committee. The […]
Telus Mobility for Good Update!
We heard you! AgedOut.com has received several emails and comments from you about your frustration with this program. Please do not give up! This is a great program and worth up to $1,000 for young adults with care experience aged 19 to 26. Already 400 BC young adults have applied and 350 have their phones […]