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Youth & Family Program at Addiction Services York Region (ASYR), The…

- - - - Did staff think they were able to implement the activities as planned? If not, what factors limited their implementation?
        
        Did staff and community partners think the partnership was positive?
        
        What activities worked well? What activities did not work so well?
        
        What was the cost of delivering the activities?
        
        What are best practices in relation to program delivery?
        
        In regards to youth, best practice is to have youth friendly workers, employing CBT/DBT addiction informed staff, consult with youth and ask them what they want. To have a multidisciplinary team represented; doctors, nurses, addictions counsellors, and peer support workers. Peer support workers from the same age group are funded by Ontario because it is best practice that those with lived experience have something to offer.
        
        Main cost is ministry of health funded salaries of the counsellors. Snacks, Accudetox supplies. Workbooks. Transportation. Costs are approximately $650,000/year
        
        All clients enjoyed the group aspect & connecting with peers. Parents appreciated feeling less ioslated by coneccting with others.Commmunity outreach bus program "R.A.M" or Rapid Action Addiction Medicine was great success.
        
        Less compliance amongst youth with workbooks & homework
        
        Yes, very positive feedback, continued participation and referral of clients
        
        When fully staffed yes, when some vacancies arose there were some gaps to cover in staffing, waitlist grew for short while until new person started, evening group was paused till a new security guard could be hired.
      - Yes. However funding for outreach bus is temporary and there is lack of certainty if it will continue.
- - - - To what extent did activities reach children/youth and/or families outside the target group?
        
        Were potential participants (non-participants) aware of the program?
        
        Were participants satisfied with the delivery of the program?
        
        How do staff, community partners and referring agencies feel about the program?
        
        How did participants find out about the program?
        
        How many children/youth and/or families completed the program?
        
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        Through a variety of ways, website, posters at their school, posters in the community ex. Library, doctors officers, informational presentations/talks for ex. At the youth homeless centre, and at professional workshops and conferences for health care professionals who then would refer/pass this information on
        
        they feel its so great they want to come and run the groups ( offering staff to come and co-facillitate with us), ex. Public health nurse from youth shelter wanted to know more. Staff: like the youth program very much, staff are always applying for roles in this program, buy treats and snacks for the youth, highly desirable program to work in for the staff.
        
        Community partners: most people want the service to come to them, to come out and deliver it to the most convenient place for youth, so right now trying to go to skateboard park to be where the youth are. Community partners are happy with the program and want MORE of it, sometimes have to examine resrouces and place them strategically – if cant reach all 10 schools try to choose most problematic schools
        
        they feel its so great they want to come and participate in running the groups ( offering staff to come and co-facillitate with us), ex. Public health nurse from youth shelter wanted to know more. Staff: like the youth program very much, staff are always applying for roles in this program, buy treats and snacks for the youth, highly desirable program to work in for the staff.
        
        The satisfaction surveys at the end of the treatment are available for individuals and their family members and the satisfaction is very high for individual counselling as well as psychoeducational groups. Overall positive.
        
        Yes, extensive community outreach with partners to inform them of their services, at conferences and professional events, booths and tables, pamphlets, educational talks and lectures in the community
        
        Friends, families, caregivers, peers, educators - all individuals in contact with the client. All individuals who are reached via educational programs in school and in the community ex. teacher in the classroom hearing a presentation, public health nurse from homeless shelter who saw presentation and contacted ASYR for more information.
      - Didnt reach all 300, 000 youth in the region, however 100% of those that were referred or reached out via self-refer or community referral were treated. Reached the ones that needed treatment, were able to accept all youth referrals sent and treat them all w short waitlist