| MARCH 1999 The
Children’s Restructuring Committee continues to meet monthly to review the work of
the subcommittees who are all working diligently to develop the various recommendations in
the STARR: Brighter Outcomes report. Most subcommittees have been researching other
models pertinent to their tasks.
1. Reinvestment Strategy/ Prevention Services
- prevention/early intervention includes many formal programs, such as those offered
through MCSS, education and health, as well as many informal supports that impact one a
child’s life
- preparing to circulate an early identification and prevention survey which will include
definitions to assist respondents
- presentations from a number of prevention initiatives are planned
- a subgroup is presently reviewing successful models of prevention
2. Common Needs Assessment/ Database
- surveys have been sent out requesting information on computer systems and software
presently in use in our community
- a request has also been made for assessment tools presently in use in our community
- a draft referral form to be used on a pilot basis for three months has been forwarded to
relevant agencies at which time feedback will be collected
- Peter Pettingill, Project Manager for Standardized Client Information Systems (SCIS)
Ontario Association of Children's Mental Health Centres, made a presentation sponsored by
this sub-committee and the Residential Services and Alternatives Committee
3. Single Point of Access/Community Team
- a vision statement, terms of reference and membership are complete
- presentations from Linda Henry on the London project "The Co- Ordinated Access to
Services Model" and on "Kent Access Services KIDS Team" by Anna Lockhart
and Janice Acland
- an access model to suit the needs of children and parents in Sarnia Lambton is in
progress
4. Residential Services and Alternatives
- terms of reference, essential principles and membership are complete
- presentations by Dr. Alan Leishied reviewed Multi Systemic Therapy, by Dr. Philomena
Newberry discussed a variety of community family treatment and Mr. John DeActis how Family
Preservation is being implemented in London
- a Trillium grant is being pursued to co-ordinate the implementation of the Wraparound
process in Sarnia/Lambton
Updates From ...
- Transition Committee
- meets every two weeks and is chaired alternately by Pam Mundy, Community Girls Home and
David McPhail, Sertoma Child and Youth Centre, chairs of their respective boards
- the executive director of the amalgamated agency will be announced soon
an umbrella name for the amalgamated
- organization is being sought while maintaining the historic identities of both agencies
- Joint Restructuring Committee
- continues to meet approximately every two months to keep both restructuring committees
informed regarding each others work
- common issues are noted and for some issues joint inquires or advocacy is made
- a recent issue addressed jointly was the downsizing of the SRC team in Lambton and the
possible loss of funding for residents in Sarnia Lambton
Other News
- The chairperson of the Children’s Restructuring Committee recently lunched with the
Minister of Community and Social Services, Janet Ecker, where they discussed the
challenges of the restructuring process.
- The chairpersons and several representatives of the restructuring committees met
recently at an informal meeting at the Windsor Area Office with Deputy Minister Suzanne
Herbert to discuss the progress of implementing Making Services Work for People.
| Common
Needs Assessment and Common Database *David Wright - Chair Sertoma
Child & Youth Centre
*John Manton Community
*John Croft Community
*Debbie Dunn Consumer
Mary Flemington Community Homes
Linda Reed Community Girls’ Home
Stephen Doig CAS
Warren Robertson Association for Community Living
Cathy Milne SD Children’s Treatment Centre
Ruth Gilliland Sertoma Child & Youth Centre |
Residential Services and
Alternatives to Residential *Gene Sorin - Chair Rural
Community
*Sue LeClair Community Girls’ Home
*Richard Newton-Smith CAS
*Margaret Schwab Consumer
*Maggie Rochon Consumer
*Gord Bryant Community Homes
Sara Stelpstra CAS
Mary Ellen Blizzard Rebound
Gabriella Szanto SGH
Helen Gillesby Community - Concerns for the Medically Fragile
Nancy Faflak Rural Community
Valarie Daly Consumer
John Hagens Association for Community Living
Hilda Knapp LC Association for the Mentally Handicapped
Karen Steadman Community
Sandra Westfall Community |
| Single Point of Access /
Community Team *Tim Butler - Chair St. Clair District
Board of Education
*Marian Doyle Community
*Joanne Hogervorst Community
*Sue LeClair Community Girls’ Home
*Maggie Rochon Consumer
Barb Innes Community
Mary Churchill Sertoma Child & Youth Centre
Cathy Milne S&D Children’s Treatment Centre
Kathy McCauley Consumer
Kathy Gray Community
Bev Wrightman Walpole Parent Child Support Program |
Reinvestment and Prevention *Alison Mahon - Chair Essex-Kent Lambton District Health Council
*Janine Woehl Community
*Heather Allen United Way
Mary Belnap Community
Elizabeth Barry Community
Marilyn Egan Community Girls’ Home
Howard Ford Lambton Rural Child Care
Karen Hooper Sertoma Child & Youth Centre
Iris Murtha Lambton Health Unit
Sue O’Brien County of Lambton Child Care Services
Michelle Smith YMCA - Downtown
Kathy Koolen Lambton Kent School Board
Scott Burns Family Counselling Centre
Brenda Moore Community |
Note: Restructuring Committee members are indicated with
an ‘*’
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