You have a right to have your voice heard and considered by people who are making decisions about you. The Yukon Child & Youth Advocate Office can help you speak out and be heard if you’re having a problem getting a service, if you disagree with a decision that was made about you or if you’re having a hard time speaking up for your rights.

When you call the Yukon Child & Youth Advocate Office (YCAO), you will talk to a member of the YCAO team. They will do one or more of the following things:

• Provide information about your rights and government services
• Help you think of ways to solve the problem you're having
• Help you become a self-advocate by helping you speak up for yourself in a way that might solve the problem
• Give you the name and telephone number of someone who can look into the problem and help you find a solution
• Send written information that explains how to make a complaint and how to be an effective self-advocate in working out a complaint
• Become the advocate if there is no one else that can help you be heard

It is important to remember that speaking up doesn’t always mean that you will get exactly what you want. But, if you don’t speak out, nothing will change.