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Young Caregivers Resources

BC Schizophrenia Society, Victoria Branch, Free To Be Me Support Group Program

The Free To Be Me Program gives information, education and support to children eight to thirteen years of age who have a parent with a serious mental illness.
http://bcssvictoria.ca/programs-for-people-with-family-or-friends-with-a-mental-illness/free-to-be-me

Young Carers in Canada: The Hidden Costs and benefits of Young Caregiving, The Vanier Institute of the Family, 2012, https://vanierinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CFT_2012-07-00_EN.pdf

Who Cares About Young Carer?, Action Canada Task Force 2013, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5515643/

American Association of Caregiving Youth, www.aacy.org/

Young Carers Australia, www.youngcarers.net.au

U.K. Young Carers Network, YCNet, www.youngcarers.net

Listen to our Caregivers Out Loud podcast episode, Supporting Young Caregivers: The Overlooked Caregiver Demographic

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