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“Working Together for Children, Youth and Families”: Report of the Cree Regional Workshop on Integrating Services Chisasibi, Quebec, June 2000 ßÍ ˚ ˚uyı?yC˚reCiz kC˚Bz, K<q´qÒz r© ∆/∆tF˙Î kC˚eœ “Working Together for Children, Youth and Families”: Report of the Cree Regional Workshop on Integrating Services Chisasibi, Quebec, June 2000 Edited by Bella Moses Petawabano and Jill Torrie Eeyou Awash Kaye Uuschiniichuu Apatisiiwin (EAKUA) January 2001 Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay and Cree Regional Authority and Cree School Board “The significance of the logo is the following: holistically, the entire design represents the Cree family. The teepee in the background represents the Cree home. In the forefront, the man, woman and child signify the family which represents tolerance, unity, love and togetherness. The inner circle signifies the community. Without a family there is no community. The outer circle signifies the Cree Nation as a whole. Without a community there is no nation. The four, coloured, small circles represent the four directions and the peoples of the world from which flows balance to the family, community and nation. The area shaded with rainbow colours represents the sun, the giver of life.” – Design and explanation of the logo by Earl Danyluk, Jr. Translations: Cree to English: Bella Moses Petawabano, e-mail: [email protected] French to English: Ron Ross Translation e-mail: [email protected] Under the direction of: Jill Torrie e-mail: [email protected] Design and formatting: Katya Petrov e-mail: [email protected] Map designed by Robert Beaulieu and Chantal Otter-Tetreault, Cree Regional Authority © All rights reserved Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, Chisasibi, Quebec JOM 1E0 ISBN 0-9687017-5-2 Legal deposit: 1st quarter 2001 National Library of Canada Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec The major financing of this Workshop was made possible through a grant from the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services to the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay. Some costs associated with formatting the documents from the Workshop were paid through EAKUA with financing from Human Resources Development Canada. The cost of translation, design and printing of this report was paid by the Cree School Board. Executive Summary ßÍ ˚ ˚uyı?yC˚reCiz kC˚Bz, K<q´qÒz r© ∆/∆tF˙Î kC˚eœ This report, from the Regional Workshop on Integrating Services for children, youth and fami- lies that was held at the end of June 2000 in Chisasibi, describes the proceedings of the event, pre- sents various documents developed to explain integrated services or to describe services in Eeyou Istchee, and brings together the materials developed during the workshop, including recommenda- tions, suggestions and ideas for improving services. Each entity will want to consider the recommendations specific to it when reviewing and developing services and programs. Examples of where these may be pertinent are: • the integration of Childcare Centres, Head Start Programs and Cree Health Board clinic programs • local governments’ planning processes for setting program priorities for Brighter Futures, recreation,Youth Centres, childcare centres and Head Start Programs • the Foster Home Program of the Cree Health Board and the Boarding Home Program of the Cree Scool Board • the Cree School Board’s “Special Education Plan” and also the implementation of the “Cree Education Plan” • the five working committees implementing the protocol between the Cree Health Board and Cree School Board • the Cree Health Board and local government planning concerning people with loss of autonomy The Workshop came about because Eeyou Awash Kaye Uuschiniichuu Apatisiiwin (EAKUA), the Cree Child and Youth (Research) Project, was organising a regional planning meeting of people working in child and family services at the same time that the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services allocated money to the Cree Health Board to plan integration of youth services.This one- time funding from Quebec allowed the EAKUA planning meeting to become a workshop involving people working in all sectors in all communities. EAKUA is a self-assessment and research project studying the local organisation of services for children. EAKUA is developing and testing self-assessment tools that will help communities to under- stand and plan how services are organised at the local level.The project is describing how this process works in Eeyou Istchee so it can be shared with similar communities across Canada. The Workshop brought together delegates from each of the entities and local governments who work in the area of services for children and youth with the objectives: • to inform participants about the issues in integrating services • to generate an atmosphere to promote interest in working towards integrated approaches • within each organisation and between different organisations, to stimulate informed discus- sions about how services work and communicate together • to develop a conference document to communicate the results. Integrating how services work inside of and between entities is of interest to many groups in Eeyou Istchee. For example, local governments who have been managing the Brighter Futures Program for a number of years, are now also overseeing quickly evolving childcare centres and Head Start Programs. How these programs work together within the local community, let alone how 3 their services fit with those of the Health and School Boards, is a current issue in all nine communi- ties. Also, the Health and School Boards have been active in working towards implementing the pro- tocol that describes how the two entities should be collaborating together for children and youth. This interest also exists outside of Eeyou Istchee.Within the broad mandate of constant improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of services, the Ministry of Health and Social Services of Quebec has been supporting initiatives in the past few years that give attention to mak- ing the clients of children and youth services the focus of interventions. At the federal level, for a number of years, there has been significant attention to this issue within all departments that pro- vide direct services to the public. The Workshop produced many different kinds of materials found in the different chapters of the report. Chapter 3 includes the proceedings from the sessions in the auditorium, more or less as they took place.The presentations were transcribed from tape and some were translated from Cree to English. Chapter 4 is the presentations of the guest speakers, entities and four communities. Guest speakers were Bill Mussell who spoke on “Integrating Services in First Nations”, Lorraine Leduc who presented “Integrating Services for Children and Youth with Special Needs” and Elder Robbie Matthew who responded to these two speakers. Brenda Simpson spoke on “Integrating Services in Schools” while Guy Poudrier and Jean-Claude Dargis presented “The experience of integrating ser- vices in a CLSC”.The presentations by the entities happened on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and are presented here along with copies of documents they prepared for the Workshop. Community delegates had been invited to make presentations and prepare display booths in the auditorium.Waswanipi, Nemaska, Chisasibi and Whapmagoostui made presentations. Chapter 5 includes the reports from the topical workshops on: • children aged 0 to 12 and their families • youth aged 13 to 18 and their families • children under youth protection services and their families • children living in boarding and foster homes and their families • children with special needs and their families, and • management issues in integrated services. In order to focus the discussions, delegates were asked to prepare pre-Workshop homework on these topics.The notes from these workshops include important information for anyone inter- ested in these issues and concerns. Chapter 6 presents the community action plans developed in the pre-workshop community planning and finalised in the Tuesday evening meetings. It is important to remember delegates work- ing for separate entities but coming together as community planning groups developed these action plans.The action plans provide pertinent examples of what needs to be done at the community level. Chapter 7 brings together the meetings of the delegates according to the type of service or sector they are involved with.The reports from these meetings make specific recommendations and suggestions for improving services. Finally, Chapter 8 brings together the various recommendations, suggestions and good ideas from Chapters 5, 6 and 7 and organises them by jurisdiction or mandate. 4 Message from the Workshop Co-ordinator The first Cree Regional Workshop on Integrating Services "Working together for children, youth and families" was an event that brought together approximately 120 delegates, facilitators and guests from all the nine Cree communities and other parts of the country who work for children youth and families. The three-day workshop was the first of its kind in the history of the Cree Nation. It will be a springboard for all entities involved with services for children, youth and families to work towards a more integrated approach for the betterment of the entire Cree Nation. The mandate of the Cree Regional Child and Family Services Committee is to promote and enhance local and regional initiatives for child and family programs by focusing on education, health promotion, nutrition, social support, parent involvement, culture and language, in order to increase our understanding
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