First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition is a non-partisan, province-wide coalition of over 90 provincial and regional organizations, engaged communities and hundreds of individuals who come together to mobilize British Columbians in support of strong public policies and the allocation of resources for the benefit of children and youth.

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Child Labour is No Accident: The Experience of BC’s Working Children

• Check out First Call's 2013 Provincial Election Toolkit & Blog
• First Call and partners' letter to party leaders about child support clawbacks (April 2013)
• First Call's Early Childhood Development in BC Framework for Action Renewal Process
• First Call 2012 End of the Year Report to the Coaltion
• 2012 BC Child Poverty Report Card
  See here for our press release, press coverage, and to take action!
  See here for a slidepack of the graphs and data from the report card
• First Call Annotated ECD Resource List (Dec 2012)
• 2013 Provincial Budget Submision First Call’s recommendations for a child and youth friendly budget.
• 2013 Federal Budget Brief
• BC's Regional Poverty Reduction Plans -7 Communities Report (Aug 2012)
• Child Poverty Rate Drops in BC, Rate for All Persons Still the Worst in Canada (June 2012)
• Children’s Coalition Wants Leadership on Cosmetic Pesticide Ban (May 2012)