Peel Service Providers Asking for Your Input on Service Coordination to Children and their Families

As part of a provincial initiative involving four Ministries (the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, the Ministry of Community and Social Services, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care) to improve services for children with special needs and their families, Peel service providers are reaching out to families and their family members for their input by completing a survey.

Parents/Family/Guardian Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/peelparents

Children/Youth Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PYEHaveYourSay

To learn more about Ontario’s Special Needs Strategy click here http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/topics/specialneeds/strategy/index.aspx

 

Ministry Housing Task Force Calling for Expressions of Interest

As of March 31, 2014, there were 14,326 Ontarians with a developmental disability waiting for residential supports. (Auditor General of Ontario, 2014 Annual Report.)  In September 2014, a Housing Task Force was struck to look at “innovative, alternative approaches to residential supports”.

The Housing Task Force’s Expression of Interest is seeking cost-effective demonstration or research projects related to housing for people with a developmental disability.  Read More…