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Supporting a resilient sector

Recommendation 67: Increased and sustained funding to manage additional expenditures of housing and supporting youth. Funding for wages should be adequate, so organizations are able to hire qualified and trained staff to offer meaningful support to youth.

Supporting a resilient sector

Recommendation 71: Support with administrative and operational costs such as buildings and proper infrastructure. It is common in our sector to have “bunk-bed desks”, which don’t work during a pandemic.

Supporting a resilient sector

Recommendation 72: Funding for staff development and wellness to ensure frontline staff are taken care of.

Supporting a resilient sector

Recommendation 73: Some youth recommend training for service providers to understand the unique needs of youth and how the pandemic has changed them.

Supporting a resilient sector

Recommendation 74: An opportunity to connect with other organizations and a community of practice to support the sector’s ability to look into the future.

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Recommendation 81: Create a cohesive system of youth-specific supports that continues to provide in person services for at risk youth to ensure they don’t slip through the cracks. While the pandemic pay for essential service staff is useful, providing long-term pandemic pay increases will allow the sector to hire qualified staff to respond to the increased needs of youth.

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