Ethical Partnering with Family-Managed Support Arrangements

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When:
June 14, 2022 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
2022-06-14T13:30:00-04:00
2022-06-14T15:00:00-04:00
Where:
Online via Zoom
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Janet Klees
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DFR Family Engagement Support
Ethical Partnering with Family-Managed Support Arrangements @ Online via Zoom

What is this about?

This is an evening to understand what families want and need in an agency partner – hear some of the ideas we have put into place over the years and what they mean right now. We are beginning to communicate these ideas outside of the organization and the Region, and think it is time to check in with families – both those who have stayed the course over time, and newer families too.

Why is this important?

Ontario’s Journey to Belonging reformation process seems to suggest that more individualized funds will become available in the foreseeable future.

  • Will they simply be funds from which agencies create individualized service,
  • can we ask for, hold on to, and demand at least some funding pathway for family-managed support arrangements instead,
  • and what is the difference anyway?
We have worked on a presentation and a paper outlining a long-standing, but not readily available, model of family/ally-managed, individualized, lifestyle support arrangements, which is significantly different from service models offered by most agencies today.

We already know a lot about both family-managed supports and good partnering with families based on outliers and early adopters across the province.
Part of what we believe is that it is not just good enough to be a good partner to families (anyone can say this), but we can also help families to understand what kind of partner is helpful and what kind of agency is not  set up well to provide this kind of partnership.

Why does an agency with a large service-provision focus give cause for hesitation? How do we share the skills of analysis with families so they can assess for themselves the kind of agency they want to align with?