Helping Alberta's diverse communities build positive connections, gain information, and help themselves enhance their lives.
About us
Family and Community Support Services (F.C.S.S) is a unique 80/20 funding partnership between the Government of Alberta and participating municipalities or Métis Settlements. Provincially, the FCSS Program receives its mandate from the Family and Community Support Services Act and Regulation. The Regulation sets out the service requirements or broad parameters that a municipality or Settlement must meet to be eligible for funding. At the local level, a municipality or Métis Settlement Council chooses whether to establish a program and enters into an agreement with the Government of Alberta to jointly fund projects and/or services. Under F.C.S.S, communities design and deliver social programs that are preventive in nature to promote and enhance well-being among individuals, families and communities. These programs depend on community resources, often involving volunteers in management and delivery.
The F.C.S.S philosophy is based on a belief that self-help contributes to a sense of integrity, self-worth and independence. Programs developed are intended to help individuals in their community to adopt healthy lifestyles, thereby improving the quality of life and building the capacity to prevent and/or deal with crisis situations should they arise.
One of the key principles of the F.C.S.S Program is local responsibility in priority setting and resource allocation. F.C.S.S emphasizes local decision-making for programming based on the belief that communities have the desire, energy and resources to build community capacity. Each municipality or Métis Settlement therefore determines how the dollars they receive should be allocated to best meet local needs.
Mission Statement
To enhance, strengthen, and stabilize individual, family, and community life by assisting persons to identify and act on their social needs.
Value Statement
Mannville, Minburn, and Innisfree, and the County of Minburn #27 to build a satisfactory quality of life through the provision of a range of affordable core services and programs that are based on our communities needs.
Goals
1. Children and youth have social and emotional well-being to manage life's challenges in a positive way.
2. People are connected and engaged in an inclusive community
3. People are connected with each other and with others in the community.
4. People have supports they need to experience their optimal quality of life.
5. Volunteers help to create a strong engaged, connected and resilient community.
6. The community has the capacity to address social issues.
Strategy
Promote, encourage, and facilitate the involvement of volunteers.
Promote efficient and effective use of resources.
Encourage and facilitate cooperation and coordination with allied service agencies.
Promote, encourage, and facilitate the development of strong and healthy communities.
Promote citizen participation in planning, delivery, and evaluation of programs and services.
Provide preventative services that enhance social well-being.
Rationale
A community's most valuable resource are its people. Investments made in developing and supporting people pay dividends in all areas of community life.
Investments in prevention and early intervention result in healthier communities.
Volunteerism is linked to positive outcomes for individuals and community.
Partnerships/alliances are fundamental to building community capacity.
The municipality can promote healthy individuals, families and communities by providing preventative social programs and services.
The M-M-I F.C.S.S is best able to determine its own needs.