Holiday Closure ?

Our team will be taking a well-deserved break between December 23 and January 3rd. The office opens again on January 4, 2022. We wish you and your family a safe, joyful, and peaceful holiday!

Wreath Contest

Congratulations to Brody and Nicholas! Their names were drawn to win a gift certificate from Kool & Child Toy Store. And congratulations to Colette, our super creative Communication Health Assistant for getting the most votes for her wreath! She gets a gift certificate to Michaels’ to encourage even more creativity!!

MCFD New Directions

You may have heard…MCFD are restructuring their funding over the next three years. You can find more information here:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/managing-your-health/child-behaviour-development/support-needs/what-to-expect

In preparation, we are working with our provincial Speech and Hearing BC committees, as well as our many community partners to learn what this will mean for our clients. To date, our profession’s concerns regarding continuity of care for existing clients, recruitment of the necessary professionals, scope of practice of the service providers, and service delivery challenges of the new Family Hubs have not been responded to by MCFD. We continue to advocate for clear answers to these concerns and a clear plan moving forward.

There is a shortage of Registered Speech Language Pathologists in BC. Reducing the number of service sites to 40 employer agencies, providing services to every child and youth presenting with support needs in the given geographic region, while eliminating waitlists, and increasingly prohibitive restrictions on acquiring registration through our BC College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals, presents logistical challenges that are concerning.

Our commitment to providing our clients with excellent quality care has not changed. We will continue to learn, advocate, and investigate through the next year, and plan a way forward with you and your family. We will share more information as we get it!

Hot Stone Soup

This quarter, 100 Women Who Care donated to the Wisteria Community Association. The mission of this association is Relief of Poverty. Wisteria /Stone Soup is participating in the Food for Thought community program to bring much needed food, friendship and other supplies to the homeless in Nanaimo.