Written submissions
All people living in British Columbia are invited to make written submissions to CYWBplan@gov.bc.ca. Documents should be in Word or PDF format.
Written submissions can be used to share your thoughts on the Child and Youth Well-Being Plan and Outcomes Framework overall or be guided by the following questions:
- What stands out to you about this plan for children, youth, and families – and why?
- Are there areas where small changes in services, supports, or how systems work together might make a meaningful difference, or where more understanding is needed?
- Are there areas where broad scale changes are needed?
You might also want to think about:
- Where things are working well
- Where there are gaps or challenges
- Where different supports or services are working well together
Just like with the discussion forum, over the coming months we will be opening more opportunities to share your input. This will include more focused questions on on each of the plan’s priority areas so you can share your thoughts on the topics that interest you most. Sign up for updates to be notified when these opportunities open.
Written submission guidelines
Submissions must meet the following criteria:
- Does not contain profanity or content that is defamatory, threatening, hateful, personally disparaging, harassing, indecent, vulgar, obscene, illegal, immoral or sexually explicit (partially masking profanity or other unacceptable language by substituting asterisks or other symbols into a word is not acceptable if the word remains recognizable)
- Does not appear to, or actually, infringe the copyright, trademark, right of privacy, right of publicity or any other intellectual property or other proprietary right of any third party
- Does not contain information about, or images (e.g., photographs, videos or illustrations) of, any person other than the person submitting the content
- Does not advertise any product, person or organization, or direct attention to another website for personal gain
- Does not provide links to, or information about, other sites that contain unlawful, objectionable or inappropriate content
- Does not make unproven or unsupported accusations against individuals, groups or organizations
- Does not appear to be spam-like messaging, a repeat posting or a template letter writing campaign
- Is not far off-topic
All submissions that meet the above criteria will be read and considered as part of the engagement summary report.