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Your Clearwater Regional FCSS Board, 2017

 Top Row (Left to Right): Mandy Mercia, Randall Sugden, Rebecca LaTour, Marjorie Peters, Theresa Laing

 Bottom Row: Hayley Hellum, Jim Duncan, Mary Bugbee

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Videos

 Understanding FCSS - Chapter 1
 Understanding FCSS - Chapter 2
 The FCSS Story
 

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Funding Documents: ***Please note*** Funding Applications are due at least 6 weeks prior to the program or event                         2017 CRFCSS Funding Application (Word)             2017 Sample Budget Spreadsheet (Excel)             2017 CRFCSS Letter of Inquiry (Word)                                                Other Resources:             Affordable Housing Applications             Creekside Application             Post House Application

Outcomes Measurement Documents:  Sample Outcomes Measurement Report - Family Holiday Party Sample Family Holiday Party Survey Sample Family Holiday Party Tabulated Survey Sample Family Holiday Party Program Logic Model       40 Developmental Assets for Youth Outcomes Measures Bank: Children & Youth Outcomes Measures Bank: Individuals, Families & Communities                 Outcomes Measures Bank: Children & Youth Outcomes Measures Bank: Individuals, Families & Communities

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With any questions or inquiries, please contact:

Mandy Mercia
Clearwater Regional FCSS Manager

Box 1509
Rocky Mountain House, AB
T4T 1B2

(403) 845-3720

• a legal partnership between the Province of Alberta and municipalities or Metis Settlements;
  
  
• an agreement under which locally-driven preventive initiatives can be developed, to enhance the well-being of individuals, families and communities;
  
  
• a funding arrangement through which the province provides a pre-determined grant for locally-driven initiatives, and municipalities match that grant by providing at least 20 percent of the funding;
  
  

• a philosophy under which:

  • local people can influence things that affect them;
  • communities can be innovative and creative;
  • citizen participation, self-help and volunteerism are encouraged;
    human growth and potential are enhanced;
     
• continually evolving program that encourages communities to strengthen themselves.

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Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is a unique 80/20 funding partnership between the Government of Alberta and participating municipalities or Métis Settlements. Provincially, the FCSS Program receives its mandate from the Family and Community Support Services Act and Regulation.

The Regulation sets out the service requirements that a municipality or Métis Settlement must meet to be eligible for funding. Section 2.1(1)(a) of the FCSS Regulation states: “Services under a program must be of a preventive nature that enhances the social well-being of individuals and families through promotion or intervention strategies provided at the earliest opportunity.” Section 2.1(2)(b) states: “Services under a program must do one or more of the following:

1. help people to develop independence, strengthen coping skills and become more resistant to crisis;
2. help people to develop an awareness of social needs;
3. help people to develop interpersonal and group skills which enhance constructive relationships among people;
4. help people and communities to assume responsibility for decisions and actions which affect them;
5. provide supports that help sustain people as active participants in the community.”

At the local level, a municipality or Métis Settlement Council chooses whether to establish an FCSS Program and enters into an agreement with the Government of Alberta to jointly fund projects/services. These projects/services depend on community resources, often involving volunteers in management and delivery.

The FCSS philosophy is based on a belief that self-help contributes to a sense of integrity, self-worth and independence. Programs developed are intended to help individuals in their community to adopt healthy lifestyles, thereby improving the quality of life and building the capacity to prevent and/or deal with crisis situations should they arise.

One of the key principles of the FCSS Program is local responsibility for priority setting and resource allocation. Within the parameters of the FCSS Act and Regulation, each municipality or Métis Settlement determines how the FCSS funding they receive should be allocated to best meet the needs of their community. Local FCSS Programs are part of the larger provincial Program that collectively helps to ensure that Albertans have access to a strong network of prevention supports.

A number of FCSS resources and publications such as the FCSS Program Handbook and the FCSS Program Advice Inventory Listing are available on the Alberta Human Services website at
http://humanservices.alberta.ca/family-community/15537.html.

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Eligible Services

FCSS uses a “people helping people to help themselves” approach and offers a wide range of programs and services at the community level. Please refer to the FCSS Program Advice Inventory Listing (included in chapter five of the FCSS Program Handbook) for additional information. An eligibility assessment tool is also included in this chapter. The FCSS Program Directory lists projects and services provided by local communities across the province. http://www.humanservices.alberta.ca/documents/FCSS-Program-Handbook.pdf