Contact your local MCFD/DAA office to access AYA in accordance with these new guidelines. You can also contact the Children and Adolescents Representative at rcy@rcybc.ca or call 1-800-476-3933. The representative office can help you make the right connections within your local MCFD or DAA office. Supporters are calling for more justice and a broader process for the program “For me, it was just because I was on subsidized housing, and I`m still on subsidized housing, so my rent isn`t much and I also got a program that helps with gift cards for food,” she says. Young Aboriginal adults with a plan that meets the AYA criteria can seek help from their tribal group or council – they must be able to help with funding. If not, you can enter an AYA if you live on a reserve or reserve. A program designed to help former youth in health care succeed financially, as they are in post-secondary education, has instead left many pennies and is frustrated by the conditions associated with it. The program has been available in B.C since 2008. As of December 31, 3,800 young adults have used it. 1. Fill out the application form. (If problems arise when opening the form, please send an email with Info@agedout.com with the AYA related form and we will send it to you in file format) 2.
Place it in an MCFD office. Contact someone who can help if your needs are not met or if you do not agree with decisions about your care. “[It`s] kind of a net with a lot of huge holes inside – you can`t qualify for anything, you may not be able to find it on time, now you have to pay your rent,” she said. Aboriginal youth between the ages of 16 and 19 are encouraged to learn life skills with a coach. “I remember hearing that MCFD officials were upset that there weren`t enough people taking advantage of it,” TJ said. “And for me, it was like a no-brainer, with how severe it is, there are so many children who are not eligible.” “Everyone needs to know what they are entitled to and it`s not so conditional,” Montani said. “I think it`s just disrespectful and doesn`t help young people who just need to know that as parents we are interested in helping them in this transition. Shen and TJ both want the government to relax restrictions on agreements with young adults.
