Common use of CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES Clause in Contracts

CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES. 3.16.1 Yale First Nation Government may make laws in respect of Child Protection Services for Yale First Nation Families resident on Yale First Nation Land. 3.16.2 Yale First Nation Laws under 3.16.1 will: a. expressly provide that those laws will be interpreted and administered such that the Safety and Well-Being of Children are the paramount considerations; and b. not preclude the reporting under Provincial Law of a Child in Need of Protection. 3.16.3 If Yale First Nation Government makes laws under 3.16.1, Yale First Nation will: a. develop operational and practice standards intended to ensure the Safety and Well-Being of Children and families; b. participate in British Columbia’s information management systems, or establish an information management system that is compatible with British Columbia’s information systems, concerning Children in Need of Protection and Children in Care; c. allow for mutual sharing of information concerning Children in Need of Protection and Children in Care with British Columbia; and d. establish and maintain a system for the management, storage and disposal of Child Protection Services records and the safeguarding of personal Child Protection Services information. 3.16.4 Notwithstanding any laws made under 3.16.1, if there is an emergency in which a Child of a Yale First Nation Family resident on Yale First Nation Land is in need of protection, and Yale First Nation has not responded or is unable to respond in a timely manner, British Columbia may act to protect the Child and, in those circumstances, unless British Columbia and Yale First Nation otherwise agree in writing, British Columbia, as appropriate, will refer the matter to Yale First Nation after the emergency. 3.16.5 Yale First Nation Law under 3.16.1 prevails to the extent of a Conflict with Federal or Provincial Law. 3.16.6 At the request of Yale First Nation or British Columbia, Yale First Nation and British Columbia will negotiate and attempt to reach agreement in respect of Child Protection Services for: a. Yale First Nation Children who reside in British Columbia on or off Yale First Nation Land; or b. Children who reside on Yale First Nation Land who are not Yale First Nation Children. 3.16.7 Where the Director becomes the guardian of a Yale First Nation Child, the Director will make reasonable efforts to include Yale First Nation in planning for that Child, including adoption planning.