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B.C. Makes 'Modest Gains' In Campaign To Improve Provincial Adoptions

The Canadian Press, 09 Dec, 2015 12:31 PM

VICTORIA — More British Columbians are opening up their homes to children in need of adoption.

An update released Wednesday by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.'s representative for children and youth, shows improvement in some areas of the province's adoption goals.

The report shows the number of approved adoptive homes rose from about 31 to 39 per month between 2013 and 2014.

Adoptive homes available for aboriginal children also climbed, from 34 at the end of March last year to 56 currently.

The province has also placed 451 children and youth in adoptive homes in its campaign to house 600 children by the end of March 2016.

Children's Minister Stephanie Cadieux says the program is making headway, while Turpel-Lafond says the modest gains are a positive step but the province still has a long way to go.

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