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What is EIIS? Funding & Project Partners | CYIWG and CAYAC | Provincial Brochure | Regional Evaluation Report Feb 2003 Nova Scotia Child and Youth Action Committee (CAYAC) The Nova Scotia Child and Youth Action Committee (CAYAC) is dedicated to enhancing public programs and services delivered to children and youth. With a shared mandate for the well being of children and youth, senior officials with the Nova Scotia Provincial Government Departments of Community Services, Education, Health and Justice, along with the Office of Health Promotion, Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Division coordinate program planning, policy development and resource allocation to achieve the best possible results. CAYAC maintains several provincial subcommittees, each of which works on a specific targeted priority. Current CAYAC priorities: Developing outcome indicators on the well being of Nova Scotia's children and youth. Improving Mental Health Services for children and youth. Supporting implementation of the new Youth Criminal Justice Act. Evaluation the Early Identification and Intervention Services (EIIS) model. Continuing to develop the service continuum for children in their early years and their families. Defining an appropriate service continuum for 16-19 year old youth. Completing shared protocols in a number of areas. Strengthening regional/provincial links and cooperation. Western Regional CAYAC (WRC) Western Regional Child and Youth Action Committee is one of four regional bodies across the Province; the others being Central, Northern and Eastern CAYACs. Each of these committees is composed of senior regional leadership of member departments and agencies, all of which are committed to ensuring coordinated and comprehensive service delivery for children and youth. Together, WRC members: Facilitate the removal of barriers to collaboration among sectors Mount joint projects Carry out provincial initiatives Address regionally identified gaps in services for children and youth. In facilitating this, the Western Regional CAYAC Manager administers initiatives, advises members and liaises with community organizations. To accomplish its goals, Western Regional CAYAC relies on significant in-kind contributions from, as resource allocations within, its member organizations. WRC is not a funding agency. Child and Youth Intersectoral Working Group (CYIWG) The Child and Youth Inter-sectoral Working Group (CYIWG) is WRC's advisory and operations committee. CYIWG also hosts stakeholder consultations and engages community organizations in designing and implementing Western Regional CAYAC's and CYIWG's child and youth initiatives. Western Regional CAYAC and CYIWG members include: Annapolis Valley District Health Authority Annapolis Valley Regional School Board Conseil Scolaire Acadian Provincial Family and Children's Services Agencies Human Resources and Development Canada Nova Scotia Department of Community Services Nova Scotia Department of Justice Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Division, Office of Health Promotion South Shore District Health Authority South Shore District School Board South West Nova District Health Authority Southwest Regional School Board Tri-County District School Board Current Western Regional CAYAC initiatives: EIIS (Early identification and Intervention Services) Enhancing services for children, birth to 6 years, with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and their families. Project priorities and objectives: Coordinated Clinical Team Assessments Individual Family Service Plans Early Interventions Parent training and Professional Development Information Dissemination View the EIIS Regional Evaluation Report Addressing Youth Violence Phase I, completed in October 2002, produced a report outlining research-based best practices and interventions to address youth violence. Phase II focuses on identifying schools and communities across the region in which tailor-made Addressing Youth Violence (AYV) pilot projects can be implemented and evaluated. Goals of the intervention design: To promote the positive development of children and youth. To reduce risk factors and increase protective factors in children's lives. To reduce problem behaviours and aggression. To promote social competence by changing attitudes that contribute to violence. To enhance public service staff's confidence and communities' readiness to address youth violence together. The AYV report is available from the WRC Office. Child/Youth Report Card The first in a series, the Child/Youth Report Card was compiled in April 2003 as an internal document. It is the first effort to compile raw data about the well being of children and youth in Western Nova Scotia. Using indicators of health and socio-economic determinants, benchmarks can be identified and with comparison of new data over time, targets may be set to optimize young people's life-long outcomes. The Child/Youth Report Card initiative supports inter-sectoral program and policy development for the well being of children and youth in Western Nova Scotia. We welcome your requests for information about the CAYAC organization and our inter-sectoral initiatives for the benefit of children and youth. For further information, please contact: Christina Schulze-Allen, Manager Western Regional CAYAC 291 Marshall St. P.O. Box 520 Middleton, NS B0S 1P0 Phone: (902) 825-5377 Fax: (902) 825-5379 Email: csa.cyiwg@ns.sympatico.ca

Christina Schulze-Allen - EIIS Regional Coordinator Western Regional CAYAC, P.O. Box 520, Middleton Nova Scotia, B0S 1P0 Email: csa.cyiwg@ns.sympatico.ca	Phone: (902) 825-5377   Fax: (902) 825-5379
Supported by Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre Technical Resource Centre