Community Development is a major focus of FCSS as building
community assets in partnership with other services providers and community
volunteers is essential to providing preventive services.
Agency Vision A community where individuals and families care for and
support themselves and others.
Program Vision Strong partnerships promote healthy individuals, families
and communities.
Agency Mission FCSS will provide effective preventive services based on
identified needs and priorities and build the community’s capacity to enhance,
strengthen and support individuals, families and community life.
Program Mission To facilitate community-based organizations participation
and citizen involvement in responding to the needs of the community.
Statement of Need It takes a whole community to raise a child.
The following are
several community initiatives that result from the community development
process:
Neighbourhood Development
To identify the specific needs of St. Albert neighbourhoods
and promote the success of residents working together to find and implement
solutions that build stronger neighbourhoods.
Neighbourhood Development is an integrative, collective
approach by which community members work in partnership with the City of St.
Albert to create and implement solutions to identified issues, thus ensuring
citizens participate in the growth and evolution of their neighbourhood and the
community.
Neighbourhoods thrive when the people who live in them care
about one another, about their homes and about their community.By enabling and encouraging residents to
lead, communicate, organize, solve problems, resolve conflicts and access city
resources, we are creating stronger, more self-sustaining neighbourhoods.
Asset Development
The 40 Developmental Assets are building blocks: positive
experiences and personal qualities that young people need to grow up healthy,
caring and responsible.When young
people have more of the Developmental Assets in their lives, they are more
likely to succeed in school, show leadership, take care of their health and
value diversity.Strategies include:
Engaging adults from all
walks of life to develop sustained, strength-building relationships with
children and adolescents, both within families and in neighbourhoods.
Mobilizing young people to
use their power as asset builders and change agents.
Activating sectors of the
community such as schools, congregations, businesses, youth and family
services, human services and health care to create an asset building
culture and to contribute fully to young people’s positive growth and
development.
Invigorating programs to
become asset rich and to be available to and accessed by all children and
youth.
Influencing civic
decisions by connecting with decision makers and opinion leaders to
leverage financial, media and policy resources in support of this positive
transformation of communities and society.
Temporary Residential Services Committee
Purpose Statement To support the need for transitional housing for residents of St. Albert. To define and identify a comprehensive multidisciplinary response for individuals who require transitional housing.
Planned Committee Outcomes
To implement coordinated support services for those facing housing instability.
In cooperation with our community partner, Parents' Place, develop and implement the rental subsidy program funded through the City of St. Albert affordable housing funding.
With community partners, investigate and recommend a plan for the management and acquisition of a unit or units funded by the City of St. Albert affordable housing funding.
To continue to promote community awareness and support for those experiencing housing instability.
To continue to collect and report ongoing information regarding the number of St. Albert residents facing housing instability.
To support the Outreach Worker position funded through the United Way Community Investment Committee of St. Albert in providing support services for those facing housing instability.
On an ongoing basis the TRS Steering Committee will review the criteria and procedures for the rental subsidy program.
To compile a snapshot of whom in the community is currently providing services in the housing continuum and where the gaps are.
