Thank you, Mr. Chair. Aftercare was one of the big things that we were looking at. It was one of the challenges that we saw there. Basically, though, what we found is that aftercare has to be individualized. It has to be respective to that individual. Each facility, like Ms. Green talked about, had the opportunity to have aftercare available from each facility, that there were some 30 days, 60 days, 90 days of aftercare. There was the opportunity for people to come back to the facility for further treatment there. There was the opportunity to make phone calls. There is that option available.
The department has some good aftercare processes with their staff, and I don't want to speak on that, because we didn't look into that aftercare so much. When we talked to the Minister, he did provide some good, clear direction, good ideas, and good information that we needed to hear, and I think the Minister could probably elaborate further on that.
Again, we thought it was an issue, and we needed to work on it. We, as the government, need to make it better. We need to make it individualized, but we need to also train family and get family prepared. When I say "family," we are talking extended family and friends, when the person comes back. If we put them in the same environment, then we are going to see failure again.
When we talked to the people, that was one of the things there. One of the things with aftercare, they have actually stayed back. They stayed down in the city where this program is being done, because they realized the aftercare was not available for them presently in the Northwest Territories in their community.
We talk about peer support groups and that opportunity to help them. The aftercare is individualized, the department has some stuff, and I would rather have the Minister speak on that, as well, on what they are doing.
I guess the biggest challenge that we found was the communication of the programs that are being offered, and we are trying to, you know, work with the department on coming up with a plan. I will turn it over to any of my colleagues or the Minister who wishes to talk on this further. Thank you, Mr. Chair.