Continue to participate in key community change initiatives such as: Moving on Mental Health, Special Needs Planning Table, Complex Needs Planning, Support for Refugees and Connectivity Table Respond to the needs of refugee and Increase our internal capacity to immigrant children and families through respond and engage with refugee and sharing knowledge, addressing barriers immigrant families in a culturally and identifying strengths within their responsive way family and community Continue to collaborate with community partners such as the Multicultural Centre, Reception House Waterloo Region and YMCA Settlement Services to respond to the needs of refugee and immigrant families Ensure youth leaving care have life-long Increase networks of supports and relationships and the supports they family connections for youth through need to reach their goals permanency planning and family finding Work together with our community service providers to ensure youth have housing and other practical supports they need to transition to independence Improve placement stability and the percentage of youth residing in family based care Strategic Direction: Collaboration with Indigenous families and communities Goal Key Activities Ensure continuous dialogue with Continue our participation in the Aboriginal Elders and community Restoration Circle with Indigenous partners to develop a respectful, Community leaders wholistic and collaborative service approach for Aboriginal children, youth Ensure all First Nations Metis and Inuit and families. families are offered support through Aboriginal Approach/ODR (Original Dispute Resolution), a process that is led indigenous professionals and draws
Continue to participate in key community change initiatives such as: Moving on Mental Health, Special Needs Planning Table, Complex Needs Planning, Support for Refugees and Connectivity Table Respond to the needs of refugee and immigrant children and families through sharing knowledge, addressing barriers and identifying strengths within their family and community Increase our internal capacity to respond and engage with refugee and immigrant families in a culturally responsive way Continue to collaborate with community partners such as the Multicultural Centre, Reception House Waterloo Region and YMCA Settlement Services to respond to the needs of refugee and immigrant families Ensure youth leaving care have life-long relationships and the supports they need to reach their goals Increase networks of supports and family connections for youth through permanency planning and family finding Work together with our community service providers to ensure youth have housing and other practical supports they need to transition to independence Improve placement stability and the percentage of youth residing in family based care Strategic Direction: Collaboration with Indigenous families and communities Goal Key Activities Ensure continuous dialogue with Aboriginal Elders and community partners to develop a respectful, wholistic and collaborative service approach for Aboriginal children, youth and families. Continue our participation in the Restoration Circle with Indigenous Community leaders Ensure all First Nations Metis and Inuit families are offered support through Aboriginal Approach/ODR (Original Dispute Resolution), a process that is led indigenous professionals and draws
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