Mi’kmaq children get help to manoeuvre through health care barriers – CBC
Feb 16, 2017
Health Canada having trouble reaching Indigenous children in need
The Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I. is hiring someone to help connect First Nations children and their parents with the health services they need.
The new child first service coordinator position is being funded by the federal government to implement a program called Jordan’s Principle. The program is named after Jordan Anderson, a five-year-old boy who died in hospital in 2005 after a drawn-out court battle between the federal government and Manitoba over who should pay his home-care costs.
Marilyn LeFrank, director of child and family services for the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I., said the confederacy doesn’t know how many Island children may not be getting services they need, such as psychological assessments or medical equipment.
Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-mikmaq-children-health-care-1.3985498
