2011-2012 Annual Report - Sto:lo Nation
2011-2012 Annual Report - Sto:lo Nation
2011-2012 Annual Report - Sto:lo Nation
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Social Deve<strong>lo</strong>pment ServicesSocial Assistance DeliveryThe Social Assistance Case<strong>lo</strong>ad for FY <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>2012</strong> is shown in Table 2. The number offamilies receiving assistance in each category: Emp<strong>lo</strong>yable, Work Opportunity ProgramWOP)/ASARET, Persons with Persistent Multiple Barriers, Persons with Disabilities and Childout of Parental Home are also shown.SN was recognized as zero financial risk and has best practice due to the reporting andaccounting. The staff also experienced a 12% decrease in the Social Assistancedependency in the last 5 years.The SN Social Deve<strong>lo</strong>pment program generated income by delivering training sessions underActive Measures throughout the province on WOP/ASARET delivery mechanisms. Six (6)workshops were delivered in <strong>lo</strong>cations as far as Cranbrook, Williams Lake, Kam<strong>lo</strong>ops,Skeetchestn and Vancouver Island.The Child out of Parental Home Program was discontinued by the Aboriginal Affairs andNorthern Deve<strong>lo</strong>pment Canada this year. The caregivers that were grandfathered (with filespre-dating April 1, <strong>2012</strong>) will remain in the program, but no new applicants will be accepted.Table 2- Income Assistance Dependency, By MonthFY <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>2012</strong>APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAREMP 29 27 24 22 23 22 22 20 21 26 23 22# people 60 57 51 47 51 58 54 53 57 59 53 50W/A 84 88 86 74 77 74 75 79 82 91 90 93# people 136 142 143 128 133 129 123 129 139 162 165 172PPMB 16 15 16 15 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 20# people 17 19 20 18 19 20 20 21 21 20 21 25PWD 29 30 29 31 29 30 29 29 28 28 28 28# people 40 41 38 44 35 39 37 37 36 36 35 34COPH 21 19 18 17 17 16 17 16 14 10 10 10Total Files 179 179 173 159 162 159 160 161 163 173 169 173Adult in Home Care ProgramThe case<strong>lo</strong>ad is around 15 to 20 clients at any given time and clients are released from thehospital early. Income tax processing has improved as young parents are coming in early toensure no stop in their family al<strong>lo</strong>wance. Word of mouth helped increase last year’sassistance with 525 applications. This year, assistance in applications already hit 200.Added to the duties is government letter interpretation. This service helps communitymembers <strong>lo</strong>wer their stress. Other assistance provided include pension applications, andhelping elders create a bill payment system that they are comfortable with either in the officeor at their home.Page 17 of 64
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