3. Minutes

Moved by E. King, seconded by B. Cyncora, That the minutes of the Seniors Advisory Committee of its meeting held August 13, 2019 BE ADOPTED as presented. Carried.

4. Business Items

4.1 Community Safety & Well-Being Plan

Leo Gill, Project Manager, Community Development Health Services provides the highlights of the Community Safety & Well-Being Plan Presentation as follows: 

• o Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) Planning is an integrated approach to service delivery planning that involves multi-sector partnerships to proactively enhance or develop strategies to address local priorities, i.e. risk factors related to crime and complex social issues.
• o The CSWB Framework includes the following areas of focus – collaboration, information sharing and performance measurement.
• o Long-term investment to improve the social determinants of health and well-being
• o Address complex issues (i.e. poverty, mental health, homelessness) using an integrated, multi-sectoral approach. o Ensure awareness of/access to services in the community.
• o Challenge institutional boundaries and organizational culture at the system level.
• o Outcomes include quality of life indicators (i.e. health status, educational attainment rates).
• o In summary, CSWB planning involves developing long-term, collaborative and preventative strategies that improve the social determinants of health of individuals.
• o The approach is holistic and involves all areas of intervention but emphasizes maximizing efforts in the outer layers to reduce harm before escalation to an emergency response.
• o Ultimately plans must include:
•  Multi-Sector Collaboration
•  Local priority risk factors based on data and consultation
•  Evidence based strategies
•  Measureable outcomes
• o New Provincial legislative amendments to the Police Services Act mandate every municipality to prepare and adopt a Community Safety and Well-Being Plan.
• o Plans must be prepared and adopted by Municipal Councils and submitted to the Province no later than January 1, 2021.
• o Benefits of a CSWB Plan include:
•  Enhanced communication and collaboration among sectors.