
B.C. families feeling forced to surrender children to access disability services, report finds
KAMLOOPS – A new report from British Columbia’s Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) reveals a disturbing reality — some families in the province are being forced to surrender their children to government care just to access critical disability services.
The report, entitled “Too Many Left Behind: Ensuring Children and Youth with Disabilities Thrive,” paints a grim picture of B.C.’s disability support system, describing it as underfunded, disconnected and inadequate. According to the findings, tens of thousands of children are left without the care they need.
“A significant number of families are not able to access the much-needed services and supports for their children to thrive, and that ultimately is leading to them being at what you might call a breaking point,”