Yellowknife Centre
Julie Green
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Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 109)
Extended health increase.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 109)
Mr. Speaker, the Healthy Family Program is a voluntary, homevisiting and knowledgesharing program for pregnant parents, caregivers, and families with young children under six.
Over the last five years, the Department of Health and Social Services has worked closely with communities to renew this valuable program. Elders and other community members have shared their vision for this renewed program, where children thrive, caregivers are supported, and communities care for families so that future generations are stronger and stronger.
The robust renewal process included an evaluation of the...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 108)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document:
Followup Letter for Oral Question 95619(2): People Parenting with FASD. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 108)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think that what I can commit to is to learn more about the detail of this area and to consult with my colleague from ECE to sort out how we can handle these requests more efficiently so that parents have a clearer idea sooner in the day about where they stand accessing rehabilitation services. Thank you.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 108)
Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I appreciate the Member bringing this question forward. We recently reorganized speech language pathology to focus on more equitable service delivery for children in age birth to five years old. So we did that knowing that this is a critical period of a child's development and that there are considerable wait times for rehabilitation services, and we wanted to make sure that we could improve the turnaround time for these basic screening tools that practitioners use with this group. So equity is really our concern here, and the refocus of service in speech...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 108)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I appreciate the question. I know that the department does track wait times in both the Beaufort Delta and through Stanton Territorial Hospital for these specialties, rehabilitation services for children. I am not clear how this information is shared with the public. But I would like to find that out and I, on the face of it, would like to advocate that this information be shared with the public so that people can make appropriate decisions about alternatives. Thank you.