Farías questions DYCD on family disconnect and patriarchal systems
Farías asks whether DYCD hears reasons for family rejection and uses that to shape services, citing machismo and patriarchal systems. Thorne confirms family rejection is a top reason youth seek services and that support is case-by-case and youth-driven.
Are we hearing from young people what the reasoning is for either the disconnect at home or getting kicked out of their home from their family?
Are we using any of that information to kind of dictate the type of, whether it's...
Therapy sessions or what the reunification process looks like.
Like I imagine patriarchal systems are something that are heavy on why some folks have to leave their household or religious and cultural issues.
I'm just wondering how are we taking those lived experiences and then responding
both as a city, I think beyond just this moment, we really should be looking at how to deal with
machismo and patriarchal systems in this way, but also just like how are we empowering the young people in this position and going back to their family or living independently?
Like are those conversations
A way that part of how we're determining services to young people.
Yeah, I think when Wanda mentioned that the young people drive the services that they require, that's how we're ensuring that we're offering young people
what they need to feel supported, to move along in their journey toward
self-sufficiency and feeling and increasing their resilience.
So it's a case-by-case basis, but we know that from our intakes that family rejection and family discord is one of the number one reasons that young people are coming to us for services, and we're here for them.