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Care Grown Collective

@caregrwncollective.bsky.social
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A community of youth from care — and those who’ve aged out — creating belonging, building futures, and rooting strength in one another. We believe that even the hardest places can nourish growth when we show up for each other.

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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I am not sure why but our Instagram is under review for violating Community Standards. I am sure it will be fine, but it does make me anxious.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Bringing Care Grown Collective Back Home
When I graduated in May of 2025, I was full of hope. For years, I had dreamed of creating Care Grown Collective—a community built by and for people who have experienced the child welfare system. Wh…
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Every year, thousands of young people leave Canada's child welfare system without family safety net most people rely on. Former youth in care are overrepresented in homelessness, poverty, and mental health struggles but underrepresented in conversations that shape policy. It's time to change that.
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Child Care Now - Nova Scotia @childcarenow-ns.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Over the next few months, I’ll be connecting, listening, and working alongside you all to strengthen our community.
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Child Care Now - Nova Scotia @childcarenow-ns.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
With NS Federation of Labour support, we’ve launched a campaign calling for crucial investments in high-quality child care. Send a letter to your reps today 💌 Want to join the movement for quality child care? Head to the link in our bio!
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
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New youth and child advocacy centre to open in downtown Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack announced Tuesday that a new youth and child advocacy centre will open lat...
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
We’ve been taught to show up after the crisis: Drop off the casserole. Share the GoFundMe. Post the tribute. But mutual care—real, rooted, relational care—starts before the fall. It’s: 🍲 Texting what can I bring? 🧾 Saying I paid the bill this month, no pressure. 🪴 Asking how’s your heart?
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🚨BIG NEWS!!🚨 We received an anonymous donation of $157.73—which means our entire website cost is now covered!!! I’m so deeply grateful to our mystery donor and to everyone who helped us get this far—whether you bought Hair Beans, boosted our posts, or just believed in the Care Grown Collective.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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Rebound Child and Youth Services Now Accepting Youth Referrals for Nightstop Program - Today's Northumberland - Your Source For What's Happening Locally and Beyond
After much preparation and outreach to the Northumberland County community, Rebound Child and Youth Services is now accepting referrals for youth to p
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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York Region’s first transitional home for Black youth opens in Vaughan
A first-of-its-kind transitional housing initiative for Black youth has officially opened its doors in York Region.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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Surrey parents say expensive child care is impacting kids' futures
CBC’s Stephen Quinn spoke with two parents about their experiences trying to find child care in Surrey, a city with one of the most expensive child care fees in the country. They say prices make it ha...
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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Atlantic Ministers Meet to Discuss Social Services and Affordability Issues
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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Cape Breton University - Dr. Nancy Spina Brings Visibility to Queer Youth in Crisis through Body Mapping and Storytelling Research
Dr. Nancy Spina, Assistant Professor of Education at Cape Breton University, is shining a much-needed light on the intersection of homelessness and identity through a new research project focused on L...
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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How women are trapped in years of homelessness that often begin in their teens
Many homeless women in Canada spend years without housing, yet policies don’t reflect their realities.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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Province advances systemic changes to integrate social services, prevent crises
On the one-year anniversary of the release of the representative for children and youth’s (RCY) Don’t Look Away report, the Province is providing an update on its co-ordinated cross-government work ac...
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
People love calling youth from care resilient. Like it’s a compliment, a crown. Don’t call me resilient if you’re not ready to talk about what made me that way. Survival isn’t a badge—it’s a bruise. We can be strong. We can heal. But don’t skip the part where it hurt like hell. #YouthFromCare
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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World Youth Skills Day
It's the 10th anniversary of World Youth Skills Day celebrating the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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Unsanitary conditions, rooms without locks among 'failures' at shelter sites, says official | CBC News
The government official says the full extent of the problems was not known until the non-profit group in charge of the sites was dismissed last week.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Stopped in to see Jay at @capeandcowlcomics today and got the best news — we’ve raised over $60 through Hair Bean sales so far, which means we’re already halfway to our website fundraising goal! I’m so grateful for every single person who’s supported this little dream!
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
We had a long conversation between some former youth and our former workers, about how much HARDER it was to get up and get out of bed and deal with school AND manage our trauma. They agreed that trauma informed care was not really the best practices at the time.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
For youth from care, “adulting” often means survival without backup. No emergency contact. No soft place to land. No one to call when it all falls apart. We’re told we’re “resilient.” We’re expected to thrive. But resilience without resources is just a nicer word for neglect. #TalkAboutItTuesday
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Groundbreaking ceremony marks beginning of new low barrier housing for Indigenous youth, adults and families in downtown Prince George
Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS), in partnership with the province through BC Housing, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and Yellowridge Construction, held a groundbreaking ceremony last week f…
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Northern child with autism forced to live hours away due to lack of services
Nickel Belt MPP is hoping the government can find a way to help a Northern Ontario family whose autistic daughter must stay in a treatment facility four hours away in Southern Ontario
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Halifax tenants in 'precarious housing situations' band together to fight renovictions | CBC News
As one tenant of PreCor Property Management began fighting what she says is a questionable renoviction, she realized other tenants in more buildings were facing eviction attempts too. Then they starte...
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Mutual care is: “Do you have space for this?” followed by “Thanks for asking.” #MutualCareMonday #CareGrown #RelationalCare #YouthFromCare #EmotionalIntegrity
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Aged out of foster care, a young Winnipegger struggles to find safe place to live
YouTube video by CBC News Manitoba
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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Statement by the Child and Youth Advocate on the Findings in a Recent Ruling by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador - News Releases
On June 12, 2025 a decision of Justice Laura A. Mennie was filed with the Supreme Court of Newfoundland General Division regarding s.7 of the Charter rights of a child. Justice Mennie’s order declared...
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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Long road ahead to improve children’s social care, MPs warn
A new report from the Education Committee highlights various issues within the sector.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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Can youth ever be sentenced as adults? How the law works in Canada | Globalnews.ca
A 17-year-old has been charged with attempted murder and sexual assault with a weapon on an eight-year-old girl that was originally believed to be an animal attack.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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BC Ends the Family Benefit Bonus | The Tyee
Advocates say the province’s poorest families will lose up to $60 per month. ‘This will put more families into poverty.’
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Meg .ca @dartmouthmeg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
One of the main reasons I ADORE @seananmcguire.bsky.social is she rights so many people, girls, who don't have families, who have experienced good (Miss Ellie Elenore) or bad (Whitethorn) intitnionalied care. The books are fantasy but the the experiences, they are real, they are MY real.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Everyone wants to know who they were as kids—but when you grow up in care, those stories can be hard to find. Tomorrow, I’m making my annual pilgrimage with a fellow group home girl to lunch with staff who knew us back then. These connections matter.💜
13 year old Meg in 1988, sprawled over a picnic table, wearing a grey roots sweatshirt, a mess of curly brown hair, reading a book. 
Taken at Fundy Nation Park in July 1988A middle aged woman with short brown hair hugging from behind a 13 year old girl wearing a white tank top over a black tee shirt and black leggings.  Taken at the English Town Ferry, Cape Breton July 1988.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I am so excited! I dropped off a whole bunch of Hair Beans at @capeandcowl.bsky.social
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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How BC Opened Educational Doors to Former Foster Kids | The Tyee
This province is a national leader in paying for post-secondary tuition and changing lives.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Former Innu chief wants transition plan for children returning from care
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Foster Care Film Series @fostercarefilm.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Ashley shared her story in our film, My Identity, in order to help other youth in #fostercare. Now she needs our help. We will match up to $500 in donations from our community. Just comment or DM to let us know. Full story in link below. www.spotfund.com/story/e412cb...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The report says just six provinces and territories — Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador — have met or improved upon the government's 2026 target for $10-a-day child care. /1 thread #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ottawa not on track to meet 2026 deadline for $10-a-day child care: report | CBC News
Ottawa is expected to miss its 2026 deadline to implement $10-a-day child care services across the country, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives said in a new report published on Wednesday.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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Future North has new funding agreement, program director
Kate Keaney is new program director of group that seeks to improve the lives of young people in Sudbury, Manitoulin districts.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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Cold Lake council approves group home for medically fragile youth at former crisis centre
In a decision that has sparked both support and concern, Cold Lake City Council has approved a development permit to transform the former Stepping Stones Crisis Centre into a supportive living accommo...
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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DNSSAB introduces rent subsidy for former foster youth
Nearly one-third of people experiencing homelessness in the district once lived in foster care or group homes, prompting DNSSAB to approve a motion for a rent subsidy for young people aging out of the...
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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New Child-Care Centre for CBU Campus
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
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AI-powered Canadian news and analysis. Get the latest updates from across Canada and around the world.
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I made new backing with our socials on!!
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Look at these cute lil #hairbeans !! Sunday Breakfast!
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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Care Grown Collective @caregrwncollective.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Care Grown Collective started as a seed of an idea for my Master’s research—nurtured by lived experience, fueled by frustration, and rooted in love. This is grassroots, heart-first organizing—and we’re so glad you’re here for it. 💜
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