Annual report highlights service gaps, substance-use risks, and missed assessments in the deaths and serious injuries among children connected to Alberta's intervention system

The death of a 19-month-old girl, Eliza, was highlighted in a new report which found child intervention did not properly address safety concerns, underscoring a need for better intervention assessments.

Eliza was nine months old when intervention involvement ended at intake and did not address safety concerns after child intervention received a report she was hospitalized for ingesting opioids and methamphetamines, according to a new investigative review by the office of the child and youth advocate.

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