THE TOWN OF OKOTOKS
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICESCOMMITTEE MEETING
AGENDA

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

5:30 P.m. - 6:30 P.m.

COUNCIL CHAMBER

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

Chair _______ will call the meeting to order and provide a traditional land acknowledgement.

The Town of Okotoks acknowledges the original stewards of this land that we know and call Treaty 7 Territory, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy First Nations the Kainai, Siksika and Piikani. The Stoney Nakoda First Nations, which includes the Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney, the Dene First Nation of Tsuut’ina and the Metis Nation of Alberta. We Vow to continue honouring and respecting the Indigenous Peoples Sacred and Traditional ways of life and will carry on this special relationship with the land so that generations to come can enjoy, use, and live off the land as their ancestors did. We honour and respect this space, the water, the animals, and all the beings who have a spirit and have been here long before us.

2.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

MOTION REQUESTED: That the agenda for the January 15, 2025 Family and Community Support Services Committee be adopted as presented.

3.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

4.

PRESENTATIONS

4.1

5:45pm Parenting Through Connection - Transform Your Parenting

Megan Lachance, Parenting Coach, will be in attendance to present the organization's funding request of $23,000.00.

4.2

6:00pm Rowan House Society - Preventative Education Program

Linette Soldan, Executive Director, and Haleigh Williams, Community Engagement Coordinator, will be in attendance to present the organization's funding request of $18,000.00.

4.3

6:15pm Solace Grief Support Society - Group Counselling

Shirley Crawford, President, and Deb Gardiner, Vice President, will be in attendance to present the organization's funding request of $2,520.00.

4.4

6:30pm Wellspring Alberta - Comprehensive Cancer Support

Gina Chavez, Strategic Partnerships Director, and Stephanie Durante, Foundation and Government Relations Coordinator, will be in attendance to present the organization's funding request of $20,000.00.

4.5

6:45pm Wild Rose Community Connections - DadConnexx

Keeley McLeod, Program Coordinator, and Marianne Dickson, Executive Director, will be in attendance to present the organization's funding request of $27,248.00. 

5.

CLOSED SESSION

(This portion of the meeting may be closed to the public if a matter to be discussed is within one of the exceptions to disclosure in Division 2 of Part l of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act.)

5.1 Funding Discussion (FOIP s.23(1) and 24(1)(g) (verbal report))

6.

MOTION(S) ARISING FROM CLOSED SESSION

7.

NEXT MEETING

The next meeting of the Family and Community Support Services Committee is March 5, 2025. 

8.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION REQUESTED: That the January 15, 2025 Family and Community Support Services Meeting adjourn at ___ p.m.