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Domestic Violence: Child Custody, Access, and Recommendations for Reform Submitted to the Ministry of Children`s Services. Recommendations to maintain safety of the child in parental separation cases where domestic and family violence is involved. -
Bill C-22 Recommendations for Amendments to the Divorce Act: Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Comments and recommendations on Bill C-22 in order to maintain safe situations for children in parental separation cases where domestic and family violence is involved. -
Research Trends and Implications for Practice: The State of Alberta's Children Report on the protection of children against discrimination and all forms of neglect and exploitation. -
Recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance, Pre-Budget Consultation. Recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance. -
Final Report to the Canadian Women's Foundation on Second Stage Shelters Report to grant funders on the need for Second Stage Shelters in Alberta. -
ACWS Response to Family Law Review Public Workbook ACWS resonse to Family Law Review workbook with sample questions and answers. -
Province Wide Commission Needed to Combat Fragmentation Press release on the need for less fragmented provincial input on shelter designation. -
Recommendations to the Low Income Review Committee Recommendations and calls to action based on "Supports for Independence and the Cost of Living in Alberta, Regional Differences" -
Report: Supports for Independence and the Cost of Living in Alberta: Regional Differences A comparison of the average cost of housing, food, and other necessities in Alberta to the average amount provided by the Supports for Independence (SFI) program. Report found that in many cases the allowances provided by SFI were not enough to cover the cost of food and shelter alone. -
Alberta On-Reserve Shelters Business Plan A business plan produced for on-reserve shelters in Alberta. Includes an overview of Alberta's on-reserve shelters, and INAC correspondence that supports the need for better funding for on-reserve shelters. -
New and Different Ways of Supporting Children In Shelter Presentation to support the ACWS Children's Project -
Practical Frameworks for Change Presentation. Presentation on the Practical Frameworks for Change project. Addresses promising practices in safety, health, and cultural competence, develops a learning collaborative, and contributes to promising practice knowledge base. -
Research Trends and Implications for Practice: The State of Alberta's Children Presentation given by Janet Gladue, Jan Reimer, and Kate Woodman on children affected by domestic violence in Alberta. -
Revenues from the Administrative Reform Agreement Need to Benefit Abused Women and Their Children -
Position Statement on the Need for a Domestic Violence Death Review Committee in Alberta -
ACWS Position on Collaborative, Coordinated, Community-Based Response -
ACWS Position on the Provincial Family Violence Treatment Program Framework Position statement stating that ACWS supports the development and implementation of a coordinated community response framework for responding to family violence. -
ACWS Position on Supports for Independence Published in 2004 this document provides the reasoning behind ACWS's decision to support the increasing of Supports for Independence by the Alberta government. It also demonstrates the harms of providing inadequate funding.