May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)
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about funding, it's about long-term stable funding to be
able to say, we can work with a family from the beginning
to the end and be able to, through whatever transition,
because families that are going through change, it's a long
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process so it's not a quick fix for families.
say that's how I would like to see the funding.
MS. WALSH: Okay. Thank you.
Diane?
So I would
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MS. ROUSSIN:
I think probably what you're
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hearing up here is we know what we do, we know the kind of
funding we need and would like to have and we know that
there are certain characteristics of what we would deem,
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you know, good funding.
And so I think we're very clear
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about what that is.
Where it comes from is a little less
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clear to me, and I, you know, when I'm talking to funders I
don't -- it's up to them to figure where it's going to come
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from.
They know their system, I don't, right, and so I'm
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just trying to communicate about the kind of funding that
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we think works for families and works for communities.
needs to look like what you've heard here already.
It
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So, so I know your question was specifically
around the differential response and the, the family
enhancement, but like I think the families that we see, you
know, we know that we're working within this context of
systemic issues and we know that there's, you know,
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