In September 1999, the minister communicated by letter to the federal justice minister a number of issues related to Alberta s priority items including the Youth Criminal Justice Act family law reform, Aboriginal policing, crime prevention, victims of crime, the provincial policing contract, restorative justice, and integrated justice. Implement the Children s Services Business Plan specific to Justice. Initiative 1 Retain responsibility for the administration of criminal justice programs for young offenders while supporting the children s initiative. The report was released in April 2000. A minister s report was prepared for new funding to assist in implementing the report s recommendations.
Participation is also ongoing in the Pre-conception to Six initiative.
Initiative 2 Establish partnerships with Child and Family Services Authorities and develop case management protocols. Case management and information sharing protocols between Alberta Justice and the 18 regional authorities are complete. Depending on the needs of the regional authorities, training sessions will be facilitated with respect to the protocols. A further review of the protocols is underway to ensure they reflect changing circumstances, priorities, programs, and legislated requirements of new youth justice legislation. The review is to be completed by September 30, 2000.