This network was formed by a group or organization that came together at the 2016 International Harm Reduction Conference in Montreal. At this conference Community Action for Families hosted a dialogue amongst organizations and conference delegates that explored the challenges and strategies of how to bring harm reduction to child welfare services. There was a desire to keep the dialogue going after the conference and find avenues for working collectively in this domain. This spurred the development of the Harm Reduction and Child Welfare Services Network.
Our Goals
- Share successes and challenges related to bringing harm reduction to child
welfare services. - Enhance individual and collective strategies for bringing harm reduction to child
welfare services. - Create opportunities for knowledge sharing, knowledge generation and support,
including sharing/developing resources. - Collaboration on specific projects, collective advocacy, actions and
organizing.
Joining Our Network
This network is open to all stakeholders with a genuine interest in bringing harm reduction and
other systemic changes to child welfare services. We are actively seeking engagement from individuals most impacted, frontline organizations, researchers, policy makers, and individuals working within the child welfare and related systems.
Please contact us at communityactionforfamilies@gmail.com for more information
Participating Organizations
Amnesty International – New York, USA
AIDS Saskatoon – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
AIDS Committee of Windsor – Windsor, Ontario
Boyle Street Community Services – Edmonton, Alberta
Community Action for Families – Toronto, Ontario
FASSY – Yukon
Fondation de Relais – Morges, Switzerland
Inner City Youth Program – Vancouver, British Columbia
Lakehead University (Angela Hovey, – Thunder Bay, Ontario
NSW Users and AIDS Association – New South Wales, Australia
PARN – cross Canada
Providence Health Care – Vancouver, British Columbia
Rain City Housing – Vancouver, British Columbia
Vermont Legal Aid – Vermont, USA
Women & HIV / AIDS Initiative (WHAI) – Toronto, Ontario