Capacity Building SubCommittee

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Capacity Building Working Group

• Capacity Building Sub-Committee
• June 01st, 2006 Open Forum
• Feedback
• November 30, 2006
• Presented by Doug Ramsay (chair)
• Wendy Stone (committee member)

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• Invitations sent to
• individuals who participated in 2001 community
  consultations
• executive, steering sub-committee members
• approximately invitations sent out
• 135 people in attendance
• 72 Evaluations completed

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Capacity Building Working Group

• Purpose of the event
• Feedback to stakeholder groups on key RADS
  accomplishments
• Obtain input from stakeholders on impact of
  current initiatives
• Gauge stakeholder interest in increased
  involvement in the RADS
• Discuss options for ongoing stakeholder
  engagement, networking feedback.

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Capacity Building Working Group

• Documents Available
• Task 1 Themes with all comments
• Task 1 Themes with distilled comments
• Task 2 Themes with all comments
• Forum Evaluation Survey Summary
• Mental Health Strategy Summary
• Newsletter

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• Key Questions
• Where do you feel the Drug Strategy has been
  successful in fulfilling its mandate?
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Awareness, Information, Education
• General Public
• Youth Schools
• Service Delivery Model, Range, Capacity

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• Youth Response
• Awareness, Information, Education

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• Where are there opportunities for work to be
  done?
• Service Model, Range, Capacity
• Youth Specific
• Addicted Moms
• Co-occurring Disorders
• Treatment in Corrections
• .continued

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• continued
• Awareness, Information, Education
• General Public
• Education for Workers
• Collaboration Capacity Building
• CBO/Grassroots Organizations
• Service Recipients
• Policy Issues
• .continued

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• .continued
• Harm Reduction
• Cultural Appropriateness
• Prevention Health Promotions
• Youth Response
• Awareness, Information, Education
• Supportive People
• Youth Specific Programs

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• What are your key issues around addictions how
  can the Drug Strategy help?
• Awareness, Information, Education
• Collaboration Capacity Building
• Service Model, Range, Capacity
• Family
• Youth
• Moms Pregnant Women
• continued

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• continued
• Population Health
• Violence Crime
• Youth Response
• Services
• Drug Use Issues
• Awareness, Information, Education
• Accessing Help

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• WORK TO BE DONE OVERVIEW
• Service Delivery Model, Range, Capacity
• Comprehensive, holistic system of supports and
  services
• Current Gaps
• Youth
• Addicted Moms/Pregnant Women
• Families
• Co-occurring Disorders
• Corrections Facilities continued

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• continued
• Awareness, Information, Education
• MORE targeted resources (addict specific, new
  parents, youth, etc.)
• MORE publicity and EASIER ACCESS
• MORE education for practitioners
• Youth want it strong, real, impacting
• continued

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• continued
• Collaboration Capacity Building
• More capacity building to improve system
  communication, networking, coordination
• More involvement of CBO, Communities, Service
  Recipients
• Youth want support network of clean peers who
  they can hang out with

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• Evaluation of the Forum
• 100 of respondents found the Open Forum to be a
  Good or Excellent process.
• 98.75 of respondents impression of the day was
  Good or Excellent.
• 96.25 indicated the forum was a Good or
  Excellent way to give feedback re key
  accomplishments and direction of RADS.
• continued

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• 92.5 felt the Forum was an Excellent or Good
  way to obtain input.
• 85 felt the Forum was an Excellent or Good
  way to elicit stakeholder involvement.
• 83.75 felt it was an Excellent or Good way
  to determine a process for ongoing engagement,
  networking and feedback.

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• Is a community forum an effective way to network
  and obtain feedback on RADS
• Yes Convene 1 2 times per year
• Provided Suggestions re
• Structure, length, format for future sessions
• Who else to involve
• Topics for forums
• Alternatives to forums

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• Communication Strategy
• Electronic Newsletter
• Send June Forum Newsletter report to all
  participants
• Send quarterly (?) Newsletter with semi-annual
  updates from Working Groups

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• Mental Health Strategy Questionnaire
• 95 affirmed that our community needs a Mental
  Health Strategy (4 uncertain)
• 84 thought it might be valuable to use the same
  principles as RADS used
• 90 felt it would be beneficial to link a Mental
  Health Strategy with the Drug Strategy (3
  uncertain) continued

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• continued
• Key Factors
• Network Development
• Links
• Collaboration
• Service Model
• Resources
• Determinants of Health