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The Realities of Living in Poverty
Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2024 09:59 AM
The Strategic Partnerships & Priorities team in the Social Services Commissioner’s Office strengthens public policy through research, builds capacity, and facilitates community relationships within the human services system to enhance life stabilization and support healthy communities within the Durham Region.
This project aims to create a poverty simulation tool that can raise awareness and provide important insights into the daily struggles faced by individuals and families living with...
Family Services Durham Service Modernization
Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 11:08 AM
The Regional Municipality of Durham’s Family Services Division delivers counselling and mental health services to community clients in Durham Region. These services have come under increased demand in recent years, and Family Services would like to modernize their service model to reduce wait times for community clients.
The overall goal of this project is to research options for reducing counselling services wait times, through desktop research and interviews, that have been implemented in...
Durham Child & Youth Advocacy Centre - Sustainable Fundraising Plan
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 11:25 AM
A Child & Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) is a child-focused centre in which multi-disciplinary teams provide coordinated, seamless, interdisciplinary services to children and youth who have experienced abuse or maltreatment. CYACs aim to provide trauma-responsive, culturally safe and accessible services that are child and family centred. Through a local partnership collaborative consisting of local community and government agencies, the development of a non- profit Durham CYAC is underway that...