Working Groups
Kids Come First working groups include youth, families, caregivers, professionals and other subject matter experts to improve care for kids.
Child, Youth, Family & Caregiver Partners |
| The Kids Come First Health Team is committed to child, youth, family and caregiver partnership in the co-design and ongoing leadership at all levels of operations within the team. This table consists of youth, families, and caregivers with lived experience receiving health and developmental services in the region. |
Francophone Committee |
| The Francophone committee of Kids Come First raises awareness and sensitizes members to the reality, concerns, and issues faced by Francophones. The Committee has completed an analysis of the current state of health services for Francophone children, youth, and their families and is working to implement the findings and recommendations from the assessment. |
Integrated Home and Community Care |
| This working group focuses on a foundational strategy for the Kids Come First Health Team. Family partners, home care agencies, physicians caring for children with complex medical needs, and community organizations work together to co-design improvements to home care service delivery models. Long-term goals for this initiative included creating a more holistic approach to care, enhancing access to services, and providing a better system of seamless and coordinated care. |
Mental Health, Addictions, and Substance Use Health Table |
| This table is committed to improving the experience of children, youth and their families to timely equitable access to mental health, addictions and substance use health services, and coordination support when needed. Using a regional data-driven approach, this table can identify priority areas, where working together partners can transform the health care system for access, navigation as well as infant early childhood mental health, integration in the delivery of services for mental health and substance use health, and building capacity of the workforce. |
Population & Public Health |
| The population and public health working group is a coalition of individuals and organizations who understand that a population health approach is the glue that should hold together individual healthcare transactions. Their goal is to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups. |
Last updated: 2023-03-06