Outcomes Report (2018-2019)

Outcomes Report 2018-2019

Youth Services (YS): 

YS started operating a new Life Skills program for youth and young adults that were connected to government care. This program is delivered in two streams – The Prep Zone, which targets ages 15-18 years old and Survive Alive and Strive (SAS) that targets young people ages 19-26 years old. The uniqueness of the program is that the curriculum was designed by a former youth-in-care and it incorporates a weekly Sunday dinner where youth learn culinary skills and share a meal together.  YS now offers an emotional regulation curriculum for program participants called Mind over Emotion (ME). The curriculum was developed in 2018 by YS team members using evidence-based research, incorporating best practices, and having youth inform the design of the program.  YS received international recognition as a model for best practices in supporting high-risk youth and received the 2018 gang prevention, intervention, and counselling award at the  2018 International Guns and Gangs Prevention and Intervention Conference in Chicago.  YS received five-years of annual funding to support two City of Surrey SAFE initiatives, which are the High-Risk Youth Justice Program and the South Asian Family Strengthening program. SAFE is a multi-agency, collaborative approach to addressing Surrey's gang issue. Growing Together Daycare: Growing Together Daycare was chosen as one of the 50 Provincial Universal Childcare Prototype Sites. This funding allowed for the hiring of 5 additional staff and will provide additional daycare spaces to 14 community families, in addition to the spaces available to young families attending Guildford Park Secondary School. Childcare Resource and Referral (CCRR): CCRR received $499,544 in additional funding. This funding lift reflects the importance government has placed on achieving the long term vision of universal child care in B.C. and the valuable role that CCRR plays in that vision by supporting families and child care providers across the province. This announcement has provided our CCRR with a significant increase in funding in which hiring began in April to bring on an additional 10 staff to our CCRR in order to better meet the needs of our community.

Fraser Health Crisis Line (FHCL): 

A significant increase to our Fraser Health budget allowed us to add an Assistant Trainer, Administrative Assistant and another Phone Room Support Worker to the program. As a result of the increased funding, the FHCL team worked diligently designing and implementing service enhancements that were needed in the program. The new services

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