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Submission in response to the Green Paper on Education Reform by the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Share Facebook LinkedIn Copy link CATEGORY Title Tag line Description 00:00 / 01:04 TAGS Tag 01 Tag 02 CTA 1 Resource Centre Category Page Title

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Part 4 of the 2024 How It All Broke series explains how New Brunswick measures compliance instead of results. By holding staff accountable for rules rather than outcomes, services fail to deliver meaningful improvements in people’s lives. Share Facebook LinkedIn Copy link CATEGORY Title Tag line Description 00:00 / 01:04 TAGS Tag 01 Tag 02 CTA 1 Resource Centre Category Page Title

Part 1 of the 2024 How It All Broke series explains why multiple social systems in New Brunswick—health care, education, child protection, and long-term care—are failing at the same time. It highlights how outdated budgeting and governance practices at the centre of government are driving today’s crises. Share Facebook LinkedIn Copy link CATEGORY Title Tag line Description 00:00 / 01:04 TAGS Tag 01 Tag 02 CTA 1 Resource Centre Category Page Title

Part 5 of the 2024 How It All Broke series reveals how New Brunswick tracks budgets but not outcomes. Without social targets, departments meet fiscal goals while real problems worsen. Share Facebook LinkedIn Copy link CATEGORY Title Tag line Description 00:00 / 01:04 TAGS Tag 01 Tag 02 CTA 1 Resource Centre Category Page Title

Part 3 of the 2024 How It All Broke series explains how New Brunswick budgets for activities and announcements instead of results. Without tying funding to outcomes, services remain under strain and effectiveness goes unmeasured. Share Facebook LinkedIn Copy link CATEGORY Title Tag line Description 00:00 / 01:04 TAGS Tag 01 Tag 02 CTA 1 Resource Centre Category Page Title

Part 2 of the 2024 How It All Broke series shows how New Brunswick’s failure to plan for future workforce needs has left hospitals, schools, and social services short-staffed. By restricting training to control budgets, government created costly shortages that continue to harm services today. Share Facebook LinkedIn Copy link CATEGORY Title Tag line Description 00:00 / 01:04 TAGS Tag 01 Tag 02 CTA 1 Resource Centre Category Page Title

A Five Year Strategy by New Brunswickers Share Facebook LinkedIn Copy link CATEGORY Title Tag line Description 00:00 / 01:04 TAGS Tag 01 Tag 02 CTA 1 Resource Centre Category Page Title

A statistical backgrounder to the 2022 State of the Child address Share Facebook LinkedIn Copy link CATEGORY Title Tag line Description 00:00 / 01:04 TAGS Tag 01 Tag 02 CTA 1 Resource Centre Category Page Title

Newsroom This is 16px paragraph text. Edit the text then connect it to a theme so it will match the site. Read more Downloads Text in this article Copy Images in this article Download Article Credits This is 16px paragraph text. Edit the text then connect it to a theme so it will match the site. About Us This is 16px paragraph text. Edit the text then connect it to a theme so it will match the site. Share on Social Media Share Le défenseur des enfants, des jeunes et des aînés, Kelly Lamrock, recommande au gouvernement provincial de travailler avec les gouvernements des Premières Nations pour s’attaquer aux problèmes de santé mentale chez les jeunes. D’après un nouveau rapport de suivi portant sur les recommandations du rapport Aucun enfant abandonné, les défis uniques auxquels font face les jeunes des Premières Nations doivent faire l’objet d’un financement particulier et d’un processus permettant aux gouvernements des Premières Nations de mener des initiatives à cet effet. À la suite de son examen des mesures mises en place par le gouvernement au cours des trois années écoulées depuis la publication du rapport Aucun enfant abandonné , M. Lamrock a constaté de sérieuses lacunes en ce qui a trait à la collaboration, à la l’obligation de rendre des comptes, et aux mesures ciblées, notamment : la difficulté à reconnaître la nécessité d’avoir une approche et un processus distincts pour réduire les taux de suicide chez les jeunes et les situations urgentes en santé mentale dans les communautés des Premières Nations; les retards dans la formation de simples comités et dans la mise en œuvre des recommandations touchant la formation; le manque de transparence en ce qui concerne l’allocation et l’utilisation des fonds fédéraux destinés à la santé mentale des Premières Nations; une intégration minimale des gouvernements des Premières Nations dans les processus décisionnels en matière de santé mentale, ignorant ainsi leur connaissance de leurs communautés et leur statut de titulaires de droits ancestraux; le recours continu à des projets pilotes non adaptables sans indicateurs de réussite clairs ni de plans pour l’expansion. Une des constatations les plus frappantes est l’absence de sentiment d’urgence, a déclaré M. Lamrock. Si les taux de suicide et les problèmes de santé mentale observés dans les communautés des Premières Nations étaient ceux de toute autre région ou population, cela susciterait immédiatement un tollé général. Il y a plutôt un silence assourdissant, et il faut y mettre fin. M. Lamrock a insisté sur la nécessité d’adopter une approche distincte et concertée pour s’attaquer aux défis propres aux jeunes des Premières Nations. Le rapport formule des recommandations pour relancer la démarche, notamment : établir un poste budgétaire réservé à la santé mentale des Premières Nations dans le budget provincial 2025-2026; définir des indicateurs de rendement clés qui sont clairs pour les initiatives de santé mentale qui bénéficient d'un financement de base et qui peuvent être adaptés en fonction des besoins des jeunes des Premières Nations; entamer des négociations de bonne foi avec les gouvernements des Premières Nations afin d’établir un processus bilatéral de gestion des fonds consacrés à la santé mentale; élargir les projets pilotes qui fonctionnent bien et définir des objectifs mesurables et des échéanciers. Le Nouveau-Brunswick peut faire mieux. Nous avons connu du succès dans des secteurs comme l’éducation grâce à des accords trilatéraux qui ciblent le financement et qui prévoient le partage de la prise de décisions avec les gouvernements des Premières Nations. Cette approche devrait être appliquée au dossier de la santé mentale des jeunes. Le rapport souligne la nécessité d’agir de toute urgence et d’apporter des changements systémiques, et il lance un avertissement à l’effet que l’inaction risque de perpétuer les cycles de préjudice et d’inégalité. « Les communautés des Premières Nations ont clairement exprimé ce dont nos jeunes ont besoin : des mesures de soutien en santé mentale accessibles et enracinées dans la culture, qui sont établies et fournies en partenariat avec nous, et non pour nous », a affirmé la présidente du Conseil consultatif des Premières Nations, Roxanne Sappier. « Le manque d’action concrète et d’obligation de rendre des comptes rompt le lien de confiance et nuit à nos enfants. Ce rapport donne du poids à ce que nous disons depuis le début : une action urgente et concertée est essentielle, et non facultative. » Le défenseur a aussi adressé un message de solidarité aux dirigeants des Premières Nations. Votre travail n’a pas de prix, a dit M. Lamrock. Votre détermination à améliorer la qualité de vie des enfants de vos communautés ne passe pas inaperçue. Nous espérons que ce rapport permettra de susciter des partenariats et une allocation de ressources à la hauteur des efforts que vous déployez pour défendre leurs intérêts. APRIL 9, 2024 5 MIN TO READ SHARE Previous Newsletters Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Month Year Read more Share on Social Media Share Downloads Text in this article Copy Images in this article Download Article Credits This is 16px paragraph text. Edit the text then connect it to a theme so it will match the site. About Us This is 16px paragraph text. Edit the text then connect it to a theme so it will match the site. Newsletter Le défenseur appelle à une intervention immédiate pour lutter contre la crise de santé mentale chez les jeunes des Premières Nations. Dec 3, 2024 3 min read SHARE Newsroom

Newsroom This is 16px paragraph text. Edit the text then connect it to a theme so it will match the site. Read more Downloads Text in this article Copy Images in this article Download Article Credits undefined: undefined About Us This is 16px paragraph text. Edit the text then connect it to a theme so it will match the site. Share on Social Media Share The following statement was issued by Kelly Lamrock, New Brunswick advocate, concerning the government’s response to his report of April 24, which noted the government had mandated cuts of $47.1 million to child welfare services: Following the release of our report, our office heard from a number of front-line staff, service providers and community organizations who expressed their concern over the deep cuts to programs for vulnerable children contained in the budget. There appears to be considerable consensus from the community that government has not yet shared with them the plan to ensure that these cuts do not hurt outcomes for children. However, I also take note of the government’s prompt response and, in particular, the specific commitments made by the premier and the minister of social development. The premier has provided assurances on the record that a plan will be provided which will answer the questions of how government will manage an historic cut and preserve and expand services for children. The premier has further said that there will be metrics besides money which government will measure. At the same time, the minister of social development has reiterated that the $10 million to expand integrated services and the $7.2 million for early intervention services under the Child and Youth Well-Being Act will indeed be new money, over and above what was spent on those services last year. These early indications that prevention and upstream services will not be clawed back, and that a plan is forthcoming, are encouraging. I appreciate both the promptness with which these assurances were offered, and I note the very real experience and passion for helping children which the minister has brought to the job, as well as her efforts to engage and be accessible to people on the front lines. I will note that officials in the departments of Finance and Treasury Board and Social Development have to provide accurate answers to our questions under law, where misleading answers can lead to obstruction charges. In that forum, department officials did not contest the findings of our report and reported that there was no evidence to support a reduction in demand when the budget was made. However, the government could well be putting work in since the budget was made, and the fact that I am skeptical that the new money can be provided, and the reduction targets met, does not pre-empt government trying new things. The role of my office is to go on record with the concern, let government work, then monitor and report the facts. That is why I have advised the Department of Social Development that we will be exercising the advocate’s powers under the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate Act to require quarterly reporting on the prevention and intervention measures contained in the Child and Youth Well-Being Act, including integrated services. The minister has set the target of ensuring that the $17.2 million in announced money is truly spent on new services, and therefore we should see just over $4 million more per quarter being invested in these services. We will monitor and advise the legislative assembly if this is the case. I also note the premier’s comment that the government will be monitoring “metrics other than money.” I am fully supportive of any effort to establish and track outcomes rather than inputs, and would applaud the approach suggested by the premier if it comes to be. Part of my skepticism that transformative change can be realized quickly enough to make these cuts work, without hurting kids, is because the department has not done a good job establishing metrics other than money. In fact, it has been over three years since the department committed to have measurable outcomes in place to track how many children in care are homeless, how many are graduating high school and attending post-secondary education, and how many are on partial-day plans at school. Since the premier has indicated that metrics other than money will be tracked, I am trusting that there has been or will soon be clear political direction to the Department of Social Development that the delay in tracking these basic measures of children’s well-being will end and that these metrics will be in place promptly. It has been reassuring that government responded promptly and placed on the record the commitment of our elected leaders that these cuts will not reduce services to children or hurt their future. My role will not be to continue the argument over whether what they have promised is mathematically possible; they say it is. My job will be to measure the facts and report quickly to the legislative assembly if the words have proven true or not. It would be a happy day if I can advise that these commitments have been kept, and my office will do the tracking to ensure that the legislative assembly and the public know. APRIL 9, 2024 5 MIN TO READ SHARE Apr 30, 2025 3 min read SHARE Latest Stories Share on Social Media Share Downloads Text in this article Copy Images in this article Download Article Credits This is 16px paragraph text. Edit the text then connect it to a theme so it will match the site. About Us This is 16px paragraph text. Edit the text then connect it to a theme so it will match the site. Category Statement concerning the government’s response to the Children Cut First report of April 24. Newsroom