COVID-19 Temporary Lifeskills program
Check out this infograph about the Temporary Life-Skills Program. Supports have been extended until September 30th!
COVID-19 supports have been extended until September 30th!
Great news! COVID-19 supports have been extended for youth and young adults until September 30th, 2020! This means that youth will not age out during this time and independent living and youth agreements will be extended. Young adults on an AYA will also continue to receive funding. Check out our COVID-19 info page for more […]
Recent changes to the TELUS Mobility for Good program
To make it easier for youth to apply, TELUS Mobility for Good (M4G) is now fully administered by TELUS (previously shared with Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada). As of December 1, 2019, the M4G plan now includes the Peace of Mind functionality which throttles down the data speed after 3 GB and does not charge for the […]
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 […]
Extended supports help youth in care during pandemic
Youth in care will not age out of services during the COVID-19 pandemic and those who have recently aged out will get extra assistance. “During these uncertain times, youth deserve our steady, consistent support to help them through,” said Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development. “We don’t want anyone to fall through the […]
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.