Community Social Development

With so many barriers already to hurdle, the current Covid-19 pandemic is a major stressor and trigger for crisis and anxiety. During these uncertain times Catholic Family Services has been able to continue to provide counselling services to the public. They are dedicated to providing affordable counselling to families, individuals, couples, youth and children. Catholic Family Services is also able to provide the "Youth Mental Health in School" initiative. This allows them t...o supply additional resources to our schools, students, parents, and teachers to cope with the anticipated influx of student mental health concerns and to come up with innovative ways to deliver services. Catholic Family Services Society of Grande Prairie is doing a great job and we are very thankful for their hard work!

The City of Grande Prairie’s Mandatory Face Coverings (Masks) Bylaw C-1426 trigger point has been reached, meaning that face coverings and masks in indoor space...s are now required within the City as of October 26, 2020. The bylaw is in effect for indoor, enclosed or substantially enclosed public places. It was triggered by a combined total active case number of over 100 within the City and County. The City of Grande Prairie thanks all residents for their diligence, understanding, and cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using face coverings or masks is an additional layer of protection against the spread of COVID-19 and will help protect the health of the public and the economy. The full media release is available here: https://bit.ly/35zGJND Details on the bylaw can be found here: https://bit.ly/3dZwWUR

The Home Alone Program is back and has adapted to provide in person training with COVID restrictions in place! Virtual training for this program will also be coming soon, which will allow more children to participate and learn to stay home alone safety. Thank yo Grande Prairie & Area Safe Communities

Throughout spring and summer, the staff at Cool Aid Society have spent hours connecting with their regular participants in the after school program. Kudos to Cool Aid Society for taking the time to care for the mental well-being of the youth in our community.

The staff at Camp Heal A Heart continue to provide support. They maintained regular contact with children going through the grief journey in our community. Since the camp could not be held this summer, resource packages were distributed to kids in our community while providing a virtual connection. Thank you for all that you do for the community Grande Prairie & District Grief Support Association

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