MINUTES

That the Community Services Committee confirm the Minutes of the 15 April 1999 meeting.

 

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

INQUIRIES

 

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PRESENTATION
  1. FINAL REPORT OF THE PROJECT TEAM
    MONITORING ONTARIO WORKS

- Co-ordinator, Community Services Committee report and Executive Summary
dated 26 Apr 99 01

- Report, "Plain Speaking: Hope and Reality", April 1999 issued separately

That the Community Services Committee recommend Council receive the Final report of the Project Team for Monitoring Ontario Works for information.

 

REGULAR ITEMS

HEALTH

  1. CANADIAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
    90TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

- Co-ordinator, Community Services Committee report dated 26 Apr 99 14

That the Community Services Committee recommend the attendance of a committee member of members at the 90thAnnual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association.

 

3. ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH AGENCIES
1999 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

- Co-ordinator, Community Services Committee report dated 29 Apr 99 18

That the Community Services Committee recommend the attendance of a committee member or members at the Association of Local Public Health Agencies 1999 Annual Conference.

 

4. LAND AMBULANCES HEALTH SERVICES YEAR 2000 DIRECTIONS DOCUMENT - PHASE II

- Medical Officer of Health report dated 13 Apr 99

23

That the Community Services Committee receive and table the following:

1. That the report entitled "Land Ambulance Health Services Year 2000 Directions Document - Phase II" be tabled to the meeting of 17 June 99, to allow for additional public consultation.

2. That staff be directed to prepare a Request for Proposal, in which the two private sector operators and the Region of Ottawa-Carleton will be asked to submit a proposal.

    1. That the next steps in the process, as outlined in Annex A, be approved.

 

5. EARLY POST PARTUM DISCHARGE POSITION PAPER

- Medical Officer of Health report dated 16 mar 99 35

- Response to Motion CS26 (98)

That Community Services Committee recommend Council receive this report on the Health Department’s response to the Ontario Public Health Association’s (OPHA) Early Postpartum Discharge Position Paper.

 

HEALTH/SOCIAL SERVICES

6. REGIONAL RESPONSE TO A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO REDUCING CHILD POVERTY AND ENHANCING RESILIENCY

- Medical Officer of Health/Social Services Commissioner joint report

dated 12 Mar 99 44

That the Community Services Committee recommend Council:

    1. Continue to support the involvement of Regional Health and Social Services in community initiatives to reduce child poverty and enhance the resiliency of poor children, and continue to provide programs to enhance positive parenting and parent-infant interaction such as parenting and early intervention programs.

    2. Lobby the Province to review the adequacy of social assistance rates, for example by using a market basket approach to ensure the basic needs of the poorest families are adequately met.

    3. Lobby the Province to ensure adequate funding be provided for Healthy Babies, Healthy Children to meet actual needs of families in the Region.

    4. Lobby the provincial and federal governments to increase capacity for licensed quality child care spaces.

SOCIAL SERVICES

7. FUNDING TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN- 1999 NATIONAL CHILD BENEFIT (NCB) FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS

- Social Services Commissioner’s report dated 14 Apr 99 54

That the Community Services Committee recommend Council approve the allocation of $500,000 for Funding to Support Families and Children for 1999 as recommended by the Allocations Committee and as described in Annex A.

 

8. PROPOSED INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT

- Co-ordinator, Community Services Committee report dated
29 Apr 99 66
    1. That Regional Council support, in principle, the objective of meeting all the minimum provincial standards set out in the Province of Ontario’s Mandatory Public Health Guidelines.
    2. That the Chief Administrative Officer commission an independent review of the Health Department’s activities, structures and compliance to the Provincial Mandatory Guidelines.
    3. That the Chief Administrative Officer, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, submit to the Community Services Committee and Council, proposed Terms of Reference and a budget for such a review

OTHER BUSINESS

ADJOURNMENT

NEXT MEETING

Thursday, 20 May 1999