A new report from Alberta’s Child and Youth Advocate comes with recommendations for government after 69 investigative reviews were completed for young people with child intervention involvement who passed away or were seriously injured.

The report contains investigative data obtained between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025.

After completing reviews for 60 young people who passed away and 9 who were seriously injured, the Advocate has released Calling for Change: Investigative Reviews Report 2024-2025. Officials say the report examines the circumstances of children and youth who ranged in age from 10 days old to 23 years old and makes three new recommendations to government.

For more than half of the young people, officials note, child intervention assessments did not fully reflect car

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