Every Kid in Our Communities…..

Leeds and Grenville

Margaret Fancy Coordinator

Meeting Notes

Lead Table

November 4, 2015

In Attendance: Maxine Weber LCP in LG/BSN; Susan Turnbull Country Roads; Tom Jordan CDSBEO;

Mark Heffernan Brockville Police; Melissa Francis Immigration Partnership; Linda Chadwick LG Libraries;

Harold Hess Volunteer Centre; Gwendy Lapp Triple P; Barbara Landry MCYS; Sandra McNamara

Community Living NG; Kim Little UCLG; Lois Dewey HCP; Donna Vanderkloet BDACI; Diana Deakin

Thomas YMCA; Mariana Aitken Connect Youth; Jane Hess Health Unit; Brent Dalgleish CMHLG/BSN;

Beth French BDACI; Kevin Kapler CMHLG (chair); Sue Watts EEC; Lesley Hubbard Girls Inc; Margaret

Fancy EKIOC

  1. Welcome and Introductions - Roundtable introductions were made
  1. Approval of Agenda-- Approved
  1. Approval of Meeting Notes October 7 -- Approved
  1. Actions Arising from October meeting

Action: Members to contact Michelle if interested in Mental First Aid training

Tom will follow up with Michelle Neville

Update: Michelle will let community partners know when date is confirmed

Action: Members to contact Mark/Kristina if interested in participating in hub projects

Mark reported that there has been some interest shown in the John St. project. He invited members to

a presentation and discussion on November 10 at the 1000 Islands Mall. A representative from the

Cambridge Hub will provide an overview of that hub.

Contractors are working on Bartholomew Street. January and February will be spent engaging

tenants and making renovations. There are currently 66 children living in Bartholomew.

  1. Business Arising:

a)Governance Workshop – (Diana)

Diana reported on a survey that had been done following the Governance Workshop on October 22. (Attached). There was a 60% response rate. 55% of attendees were Board members. This was an opportunity for agencies to pool resources to address a common theme.

b)Co-chair for EKIOC – Jane/Keith – Jane asked that members who have an interest contact her.

  1. Priority Actions – How are we doing? What we’ve done/what we need to do/is it still relevant?

a)Child and Family Centres– There was a discussion about next steps. Comments included:

Need to share best practices

Evaluation tools are important

Need to articulate a vision for CFC’s

Continue to build on current model; add resources, continue to find ways to reach out to community and other services

Never let hubs go – track # of families/kids served

What are the gaps?

There was discussion about provincial direction re: CFC’s. Kim commented that she attended a presentation by members of the provincial hub committee. The emphasis was on capital, particularly financing as it relates to school boards.

b)Poverty – there was a discussion about the importance of the focus being on poverty reduction

Members were then asked to provide individual feedback on how we’ve done as a coalition in terms of the goals related to CFCs and Poverty and some suggestions for next steps. These will be collated and shared with the table before the next meeting.

c)Youth – (tabled for December meeting)

(We will look at Data, Working Together and Profile of EKIOC in December)

  1. New Business

a)Report on Case Resolution Committee (Kevin and Beth French)

Action: Members are asked to review power point that was presented and give some thought as

to how community partners can work together to provide residential placements within Leeds and

Grenville that can meet the youth’s needs with community supports

b)Social Enterprise Initiative (Sue Watts and Beth Steel)

Beth outlined some operational inefficiencies that can get in the way of agency productivity.

Members were asked to complete a short survey. Beth/Sue plan to plan for seed funding for a social enterprise funding that would include building capacity for planning, training etc.

  1. Committee Reports

a)Report from MCYS – Barbara Landry

  • Moving on Mental Health – CMHLG chosen as lead agency for LLG. There are 5 communities that do not as yet have a Lead agency
  • An addictions strategy has been developed
  • The Ministry is conduction consultations on FASD and looking at policy development
  • This is the last year of funding for the Suicide Prevention Strategy. Open Doors holds the funding for LLG.
  • Transformation of Complex Special Needs – MCYS is looking to identify 7 regional service agencies; a call for proposals has gone out

b)Report from Healthy Communities Partnership (Lois Dewey)

Lois highlighted a recent report that shows that the price of food has increased by 20% between 2010 and 2015.

Members were reminded about the Recreation Summit on November 18.

c) Coordinator’s Report (Margaret F) (attached with agenda)

d) Report from Safe Communities (Kevin Spencer)

  1. Information Items –

Healthy Kids Community Challenge (Kim) – Kim reported on the work of the project to date.

  • A steering committee has been formed and has had one meeting
  • The first phase of the challenge focuses on active play
  • Joanne Desormeaux from the Health Unit has been seconded as facilitator (1/2 salary from grant,1/2 from Health Unit
  • A community needs survey will be sent out
  • The first plan is due on December 9
  1. Next Meeting – December 2

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