INFORMAL NETWORKS Standard 2.5 Program staff help families to identify, develop and expand their informal networks, including connections within their family, with friends, neighbours and community members. Basic Benchmark Quality Innovation and Promising Indicator Practices Program staff strive to help Program has a clear and Formal structure families/participants identify, distinct outline on how to Increased accessibility develop and expand their connect families to additional Relevance informal networks to include informal networks by connections within their families, engaging in some/all of the friends, neighbourhoods, and following: community members. Volunteer parent mentors, who have been trained and Facilitated through: mentored, to help families Drop-in times offered at a feel welcomed and frequency that facilitates connected into the Program parents to develop environment. friendships. A comfortable area is Staff encourages available with coffee and introductions and an snacks. This helps facilitate orientation for newcomers. interaction between Social connections are parent/caregiver to parent promoted amongst members/ /caregiver communications. participants. Community maps, and/or orientation. Create opportunities for participants to meet outside of the program. How do we do it? Potential Action Items:
INFORMAL NETWORKS Standard 2.5 Program staff help families to identify, develop and expand their informal networks, including connections within their family, with friends, neighbours and community members. Basic Benchmark Quality Indicator Program staff strive to help families/participants identify, develop and expand their informal networks to include connections within their families, friends, neighbourhoods, and community members. Facilitated through: Drop-in times offered at a frequency that facilitates parents to develop friendships. Staff encourages introductions and an orientation for newcomers. Social connections are promoted amongst members/ participants. Formal structure Increased accessibility Relevance Innovation and Promising Practices Program has a clear and distinct outline on how to connect families to additional informal networks by engaging in some/all of the following: Volunteer parent mentors, who have been trained and mentored, to help families feel welcomed and connected into the Program environment. A comfortable area is available with coffee and snacks. This helps facilitate interaction between parent/caregiver to parent /caregiver communications. Community maps, and/or orientation. Create opportunities for participants to meet outside of the program. How do we do it? Potential Action Items:
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