EKIOC GoaLs/Priorities

1. EKIOC GoaLs/Priorities Accomplishments and Priorities

2. Child and Family Centres • Support the development of Child and Family Centres by supporting initiatives that focus on the healthy development of children and youth including all critical components (such as poverty/prosperity, transportation, EDI scores, asset development, youth engagement, etc.). • Lead: Maxine Weber and Harold Hess – co-chairs BSN • Members: Kim Little UCLG; Margaret Van Beers CDC Hotel Dieu, Sue Turnbull Country Roads, Margaret Fancy EKIOC

3. Child and Family Centres (cont’d) • Accomplishments: • Lead Activity at Lead Table to identify components of CFCs through lens of family. Results collated and shared • Meeting with York Simcoe re: Common Parent File • Kim met with UCDSB to discuss space and willingness to partner • Emerging Priorities: • Continued discussion with community partners re: model for CFCs (virtual, mobile, structure) • Agencies asked to consider ability to commit to CFC models • Committee expansion to include youth service providers

4. MCYS has supported children’s treatment centres across the province with the purchase of a new information management system, GoldCare Web-based Allows for shared data collection and analysis between CTCs, but also with community partners CTN Simcoe-York, the newest CTC, has used GoldCare as the electronic backbone for rich partnerships of service providers for children and youth with special needs

5. Poverty reduction • Actively support poverty reduction and prosperity initiatives in Leeds-Grenville including the development of a framework and strategy that encourages partners to view services through a poverty lens. • Lead: Loretta Corbeil • Members: Margaret Fancy, Kevin Kapler, Sue Watts, Allan Hogan (link to Poverty Roundtable Steering Committee)

6. Poverty Reduction (cont’d) • Accomplishments: • Poverty issues standing item on EKIOC agenda • EKIOC workgroups supporting initiatives that reduce barriers to prosperity (e.g. tubs for Infant Literacy; Transportation, Access to and Inclusion in Recreation; Triple P outreach; Universal Screening; support for FDK; Youth Engagement • Emerging Priorities • Need lead for this group • Links to United Way Community Action Plan • Ongoing training and awareness-building

7. Cross Sector collaboration • Ensure productive and purposeful cross-sector collaboration within and through EKIOC • Lead: Coordinating and Planning Committee and Gillian Jackson DSLG • Members: Margaret Van Beers, Donna VanderKloet Hanna BDACI; Harold Hess; Maxine Weber (BSN

8. Cross Sector Collaboration (Cont’d) • Accomplishments • Health Nexus survey to discover who and how we work together • SI addressed through work of EKIOC Committees (e.g. survey of youth services conducted; planned survey of recreation needs planned by ARC; collaborative planning/implementation Triple P; Service Coordination Guidelines and modules developed and implemented; planning for CFCs; sharing of data collection/storage • Emerging Priorities • Analysis of Health Nexus survey with plan developed • Need to “pull together” and coordinate work being done in this area • Common intake and parent record (e.g. York Simcoe)

9. Youth Friendly Communities • Focus on creating and supporting youth-friendly communities by supporting municipalities in Leeds-Grenville to achieve official youth-friendly designation by sourcing, generating and sharing relevant information and resources. • Lead: Elizabeth Langlois • Members: this priority encompasses a number of workgroups; youth service providers, mental health initiative; youth engagement squad; access to recreation; HCP

10. Youth friendly Communities (cont’d) • Accomplishments • Youth –friendly tools and resources developed for municipalities developed • Survey of youth services implemented and summary report prepared • Planning for youth portal to allow for easier access to information about services • Stepping up “placemat” will provide a framework for planning and collaboration • Emerging Priorities • Presentations to municipalities on Youth friendly tools/resources and process for youth friendly designation • Identifying and engaging additional community partners • Continue to expand work on Placemat; how we work together; data collection

11. Data Collection and Management • Develop a collaborative data collection and management system that will result in improved access to data that is appropriate to inform decision-making for members of the Coalition. • Lead: Margaret Fancy and Jessica Deschamp Baird • Members: Beth Steel YMCA; Kathy Jodoin MTJB; Linda Chadwick; John Cunningham (Health Unit) Margaret Fancy; Jackie Hoogwerf

12. Data collection and Management • Accomplishments: • Plan for Data profile for 0 to 6 population and their families developed • Health Unit shared profiles of local communities • EDI data shared and posted • Emerging Priorities • Continued planning for data profile • Ongoing sharing of data by community partners • Improved data management system

13. Improve Profile of EKIOC • Improve the community profile of the EKIOC Coalition in the community by making it known to be a place to make things happen through collective connections. • Lead: Coordinating and Planning Committee • Members: Donna Vanderkloet Hanna BDACI; Keith McPhee, Sandra Devaney; Margaret Fancy

14. Improving profile of EKIOC • Accomplishments: • Plan developed to promote EKIOC brand that includes: • Asset – builder recognition events • News releases for key events recognizing appropriate agencies • Review of EKIOC goals at all committee meetings • Emerging Priorities • Distribute calendar with commitment from agencies to highlight work on key dates • Asset recognition – criteria developed, nominations submitted, event held by end of 2015