Child Intervention Intake and Response Team
Government of Alberta - Ministry of Children and Family Services
- Description
- Offers to work with children, youth, and families to ensure the safety and well-being of children and youth.
Service offers:
- to work with children, youth, and families to ensure the safety and well-being of children and youth
Includes:
- referrals to other services and supports for families when intervention services are not needed
- intervention services, which are offered only when the legal definition of abuse or neglect is met and a parent needs some help creating safety for their children or youth
Intervention services include:
- working directly with families, extended family, cultural connections, communities, and others to address concerns
- doing everything possible to make sure that children and youth are safe; this may require legal methods that protect children or youth by placing them in temporary or permanent care
- after-hour teams respond when help is needed for children or youth who may be neglected, abused, or sexually exploited
- Transition to Adulthood Program (TAP) - support and financial assistance agreements, for young adults 18 to 24 years who have previously received intervention services, to help them create a lifelong network of relationships to support them into adulthood and beyond
- Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to:
- children and youth 17 years and younger
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, To access service:
- call Child Intervention Intake and Response Team (24 hours)
- contact a local Children’s Services office
- contact a Delegated First Nation Agency (DFNA) office
- visit website to find a local office or DFNA office
- you will be prompted to press 1
- you will be prompted to press 2
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: No,
- Toll Free
- 1-800-638-0715 (Child Intervention Intake and Response Team)
- Telephone
- 780-427-1651 (Office)
- Telephone
- 780-422-2001 (24 Hour Crisis Unit)
- Toll Free
- 310-0000 then 780-427-1651
- Web Site
- http://www.alberta.ca/child-intervention.aspx
- Languages
- English
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: No -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- November 29, 2023
- Address
- 12308 111 Avenue
Edmonton, AB, T5M 2N4
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon08:15 AM to 04:30 PMTue08:15 AM to 04:30 PMWed08:15 AM to 04:30 PMThu08:15 AM to 04:30 PMFri08:15 AM to 04:30 PM
Closed statutory holidays.