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67Table 27: What would assist in program ability to deliver EPISurvey Question Response All Large Small Hospital CommunitySitesQ138: Would your ability to deliver Great deal 60 55 67 67 50EPI be helped by better access toaddiction services/fair amt (%)Q138; Would your ability to deliver Great deal/ 80 66 100 83 78EPI be helped by better access tovocational/training/ education servicesfair amt (%)Large: catchment area population > 100,000 population (31 program sites)Small: catchment area population < 100,000 population (21 program sites)Hospital: hospital is parent organization (30 program sites)Community: community agency is parent organization (22 program sites).Approaches used by programs to provide psycho-social supports:The Standards identified different approaches for accessing community psychosocial supportsfor clients, including through formal service agreements with other programs (Table 28).Related to use of formal agreements with outside providers to access supports:o About 1/3 of sites had agreements to access housing and substance use services.o Only 1 in 10 sites had formal agreements to access vocational assessments and training,although despite this, about half indicated that these assessments could be accessed within 3months if needed.o Related to vocational assessments, small programs reported fewer formal relationships withcommunity programs and lower access for clients.Related to accessing academic or vocational assessment:o Half of program sites can offer clients an academic or vocational assessment within 3 monthsof referral, but this rate is lower for smaller program sites (33%).o Reasons not able to offer clients academic or vocational assessment within 3 months: limitedcapacity within team; limited access in community or use outside resources.Table 28: Formal agreements with outside provides to access supports and ability to offer academic orvocational assessmentSurvey ResponseResponse (% yes)Q117: Formal agreements with outside providers to access:- Housing supports 37- Addiction treatment services 37- Educational programs 21- Vocational assessments 10- Vocational training programs 8Q118: Able to offer academic or vocational assessment within 3 months 52