30-10-2017 17:50 via edmontonjournal.com

Child Advocate sees 'marked increase' in youth seeking help being denied

The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate has seen a “marked increase” in the number of youth who have asked child intervention services for help but have been denied, says a new report.
Advocate Del Graff released two new reports Monday, investigating the suicides of two Indigenous teen boys who had received child welfare services. 
Fifteen-year-old Jimmy, a pseudonym, had asked for help multiple times in the lead-up to his death, the report said. At the time of his death
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