Social Services

For many women and children living in unstable or violent situations, home is not a safe place. Transition housing provides safety and support, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, many providers had to reduce their capacity to enable physical distancing and help keep residents safe from COVID-19. In response, BC Housing leased additional safe spaces in hotels and motels across the province.  

Our audit examined BC Housing’s effectiveness when it provided additional safe spaces for women and children leaving violence during COVID-19. 

In this audit, we looked at the Ministry of Children and Family Development’s oversight of contracted residential services for children and youth in care.

This report looks at how the B.C. government has responded to selected recommendations made by the 2012 Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. We examined government's response to each selected recommendation, including their commitments, actions, planned actions, and whether government can demonstrate that they have addressed the intent of the recommendation.

This follow-up report contains the self-assessed progress of ministries and organizations in implementing the Auditor General's recommendations.