The federal government is adding $3.4 billion to its $20 billion offer for First Nations child welfare compensation, says the Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
The organizations issued a press release Monday announcing the new $23 billion deal, which they say covers victims who werefinalized between Ottawa and the Assembly of First Nations last year.
The new agreement includes about 13,000 more children who were put in a foster care placements that were not funded by Indigenous Services Canada, the estates of deceased parents and children, and caregivers denied essential services under a policy known as Jordan's Principle.It covers approximately 300,000 First Nations children, youth and families.
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