Local Municipal Champion

Making York Region EarlyON Child and Family Programs More Accessible for Families Through the New EarlyON Registration Tool

Making York Region EarlyON Child and Family Programs More Accessible for Families Through the New EarlyON Registration Tool

OMSSA is featuring several of our 2022 Local Municipal Champion award recipients and their work in the Knowledge Exchange Blog. Please read the entry from York Region. In April 2022, the York Region EarlyON Child and Family Programs and Ontario Child Care Management System (OCCMS) teams in collaboration with CMSMs/DSSABs came together to develop and implement a system-wide, centralized online registration platform for EarlyON programs.

Transforming the System of Homelessness Prevention Services and Supports in Simcoe County

Transforming the System of Homelessness Prevention Services and Supports in Simcoe County

OMSSA is featuring several of our 2022 Local Municipal Champion award recipients and their work in the Knowledge Exchange Blog. Please read the entry from the County of Simcoe. To effectively manage needs within the homeless shelter system during the COVID-19 pandemic and enable early identification of issues, the County of Simcoe rapidly integrated public health, mental health, addictions, housing services and paramedic services through weekly meetings and on site in regular and temporary motel based shelter settings, established new relationships and strengthened existing relationships across systems to improve access to critical services and supports to homeless individuals and families.