Media Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 26, 2025 One in Six Children in B.C. Living in Poverty as Deepening Inequality Hits Families First Call’s 2025 BC Child Poverty Report Card highlights the growing depth of poverty, with lone-parent families and rural communities most…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 8th, 2025 Vancouver, BC: Child and family advocacy organizations are raising urgent concerns about the British Columbia government’s decision to discontinue the BC Family Benefit Bonus as of July 1, 2025. The bonus was in place from…

For Immediate ReleaseJune 6, 2025 First Call urges targeted investments to help kids, at 2026 BC Budget Committee Vancouver, BC – As B.C.’s child poverty rate rises, the First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society is calling on the provincial…

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, 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…

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…

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…