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Organizations and agencies in BC’s community social services sector can get help from $10 million in new provincial funding.
Community social services sector gets provincial funding
Published 12:00 PDT, Thu August 27, 2020
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The province is investing in its community social services sector. Through a $10 million investment, organizations and agencies can build capacity, support recruitment and retention, and improve occupational health and safety training programs for staff.
“Over the past year, we have built a strong relationship with the community social services sector, which proved invaluable during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and enabled us to address emerging issues quickly,” said Shane Simpson, minister of social development and poverty reduction. “Community social services sector agencies provide many services that British Columbians count on, and this new funding will help agencies meet the challenges of recruiting, training and retaining a skilled workforce.”
The funding will support training programs to agencies and organizations across the sector, including training and development for Indigenous agencies and Indigenous staff, foundational training and development opportunities, and occupational health and safety.
There are more than 2,000 agencies in this sector provincially, employing over 46,000 people. BC’s community social services organizations, in partnership with government and other public sector agencies, provide vital services to some of the province’s most vulnerable people, including:
• People with physical, mental and developmental disabilities
• Indigenous individuals and communities
• At-risk youth
• Families and children with special needs
• Women experiencing family violence.
To learn more about the social services sector roundtable, click here.
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