THE GATEWAY WINTER 2022
Community Liaison Coordinator Update by Renee Rau As the Community Liaison Coordinator, I work with communities and stakeholders to identify barriers to inclusion, share practical expertise and build community capacity for the inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities. I am also working to facilitate the creation of Family and Siblings’ Networks. I supervised the Community Engagement Workers who were hired to connect with communities and organizations across NL. Through our work there were: • 278 organizations contacted: 94 organizations in Western Region and Labrador, 108 organizations in Central Region and 76 organizations in Avalon Region. • 72 presentations occurred with 258 participants. Most of these presentations occurred via Zoom. However, COVID did not prevent us from having some face-to-face sessions when possible. Eight of the seventy-two presentations in this phase occurred in person. Many resources were sent via email to those organizations who participated in the presentations about RDSP’s and PIP’s (as well as other resources). Hard copies of resources were provided to those attending in person presentations. Resource packages with RDSP and PIP information were mailed to organizations to provide to their communities where we could not meet in person. This was a successful time of sharing information, hearing from communities. Next steps are to continue on with this work and focus on developing Family and Siblings’ Networks throughout the province. Thanks to our three Community Engagement Workers for their commitment and contributions to the In My Home…In My Community work.
L-R Raven Anderson,
Julia Pritchett, Maggie Millican
Community Engagement Workers
