Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I was referring to a safe house. You know, I recall a number of years back almost every community that I could recall had one, and that's something that the community is looking at, to have a place in the community that is open to anyone who finds themselves in this situation. Thank you.
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Glen Abernethy Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Without committing any financial dollars at this point, we're certainly open to an outline of what the community is proposing. We could see how it might work in that community and other communities across the Northwest Territories, recognizing, of course, you know, we have to spend our money wisely, but I'd be certainly interested in seeing what the community is proposing and see where we can go from there.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Our colleague from Hay River North was talking about a list of projects, and the deputy minister provided some of them. Is the Minister able to commit to giving us the list to see what these projects all are? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it's my intention that that would be included in the reconciliation I've already committed to provided committee on how the dollars in that area are spent.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister for his commitment there. I look forward to that.
I guess I'm still trying to understand how the family violence shelters work. We don’t have any in our region right now. How is the department willing to work with the authority, I would assume, the wellness committee, on trying to establish one in the region? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister. The Minister has indicated that Ms. DeLancey will be fielding this one. Ms. DeLancey
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Delancey
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So in the Dehcho region where there isn't a family violence shelter we have actually funded what was previously the authority and through the Dehcho region to conduct a pilot project that began in 2014-15 to develop community-specific protocols. So in the absence of a family violence shelter is there a safe house, who do people call, who does staff contact to get someone out of town if need be? That was seen as a pilot that could then be applied in other regions like the Sahtu that don't have family violence shelters. So that work is ongoing.
This year they're focusing on training events, looking at building community capacity to respond to emergency situations. I don't have a lot more detail, but we can certainly provide a more detailed report. We had hoped to have this work roll out in the other regions without family violence shelters in the last fiscal year. That work was slow to get going, but it is under way this year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the deputy minister for that answer. Actually, it is encouraging. I guess my next question would be: how are we promoting this information out there in the communities? Because I haven't heard of a lot of it, so I would like to know how it is promoted and maybe how we can work together to get that message out there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Glen Abernethy Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am going to go to the deputy for detail, but I think the important thing here is that obviously there is an opportunity for us to work with MLAs in those regions to get that information out. We will certainly have further discussions on how we can get that information out. For some more specific detail, I will go to the deputy.
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Delancey
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. So it is certainly being, as protocols are developed, the information is being made available through front-line staff, being shared with other agencies like the RCMP. In terms of public awareness, there hasn't been a lot other than some of the work we have invested in, for example, the family violence rants and the What Will It Take training sessions, which, of course, do provide people with numbers and advice that, if they are dealing with issues of family violence, it tells them who they can contact in these agencies so then would have the information on these protocols. We certainly can provide more information about what has been done to date and what we hope to do when the protocols are completed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister and the deputy minister for their answers. I guess my last question in regards to this area here: how are the community wellness authorities being consulted and worked with so that they can promote the information as well? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Glen Abernethy Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is early days for the individual regional wellness councils across the Northwest Territories, and we have been focusing on training them on different programs, services, their role. As time rolls out, we will be providing them with briefings on all the different files that are under their jurisdiction or under their purview, and they will certainly be encouraged to distribute information but also provide feedback and input on how to customize or modify.
Can I say that they have had a presentation on this particular topic in the Deh Cho? No, I can't say that at this point because there are so many presentations and so much information that have to be brought to them. The intent is to make sure they are always up to speed on those types of things. It will take us a bit of time to get there so that everybody has got all the information they need, but they will be sought for helping us get that information out there but also providing guidance on how to tailor and custom per region and community.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
No, I thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister for his answers, and the deputy minister has helped clear this up, so thank you very much. No further questions.
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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I just have a couple of more questions on Child and Family Services programs. One of the things that keeps coming up with me in my riding is that, if there are issues with children and then the relatives intervene and end up taking control of the children, they are not eligible to have any support unless it goes through the court system. I understand that they are also not an approved foster home, and I know that is what the issue is.
I am wondering if the Minister could tell me if there has been any work done towards approving the approval process of foster homes in this type of situation, where an uncle or an aunt take control of the children to save them from apprehension, actually, if there was a quick method the department has to approve those particular homes as foster homes. Thank you.