You can STILL make your 2024 charitable donation!
December 30th 2024: Federal Government has announced you now have up to February 28th 2025 to make your 2024 charitable donation!
Media Releases
BC Child Poverty on the Rise: Special Focus on Single Mothers
For Immediate ReleaseDecember 3, 2024 BC Child Poverty on the Rise, Special Focus on Single Mothers Vancouver, BC — The 2024 BC Child Poverty Report Card, released today by First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society, reveals a continuing sharp…
BC child poverty rates increase after COVID, says 2023 report card
BC child poverty rates increase after COVID, First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society reports Vancouver, BC: First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society has released its 27th annual BC Child Poverty Report Card that sheds light on the scope…
2023 Child and Youth Housing In BC Report
Unaffordable housing and discrimination stand in the way of BC children’s right to housing Vancouver, BC: A new report released by First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society (First Call), and funded by the Law Foundation, highlights the difficulties faced…
Making Ends Meet Report Release
August 9, 2023 Making Ends Meet Research Project Finds Vancouver Families Struggling (Vancouver, BC) Today, First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society released Making Ends Meet: Low Wage Work, Poverty and Healthy Communities in Vancouver, a research report that found…
2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card Released
26th Annual BC Child Poverty Report Card Finds Government Pandemic Benefits DecreasedChild Poverty in 2020 (Vancouver BC) Today, First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society released the 26th annual BC Child Poverty Report Card finding that BC’s child poverty rate…