Spring/Summer 2024 Campaign
Spring/Summer 2024 Campaign
The CISSS de l’Outaouais’s establishments urgently require several small pieces of equipment that are essential to the performance of recurring tasks carried out by care professionals
The Freeman Complex is an important facility for the Youth Protection Branch in the Outaouais region. Each year, its four units receive more than 100 young people living with difficulties such as behavioural problems, violence, substance abuse, risky sexual behaviour and suicidal risk. The facility can also accommodate youths with high needs thanks to its day centre, which offers adapted schooling, as well as other programs promoting social reintegration and preparation for adult life.
With a mandate to rehabilitate youths and support them in their development, the facility’s service offerings aim to meet various needs, including the development of social skills, emotional management, collaboration, mutual aid, as well as self-improvement and self-esteem, all within the framework of an educational experience shared with educators and intervention officers.
For these young people with needs, the Freeman Youth Rehabilitation Centre is a full-fledged living environment – that is why the Centre’s team of specialists, through various intervention strategies, tries to normalize their daily lives there.
Sports and outdoor activities are an essential component of their rehabilitation program since they allow adolescents to develop positive social behaviours with a view to returning to their respective homes. By making these much-needed activities possible, new spaces and facilities can play an essential part in fulfilling the Centre’s primary mandate.
Currently, the outer courtyard and infrastructures are not adequately developed for these activities and do not meet the community’s needs. Moreover, especially difficult periods like the current pandemic demonstrate the absolute necessity of further outdoor development for the youths. Having a landscaped yard would allow young people to let off steam and channel their emotions, while developing a sense of belonging towards the Centre.
The Freeman Youth Rehabilitation Centre outdoor courtyard development project aims to create a fully functional outdoor multi-sports field with four courts (basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton), a platform that can serve as skating rink for ice hockey in the winter and inline hockey in the summer, and several spaces equipped with basketball hoops and pear ball stands for individual or small group activities.
The team of professionals strives to employ best practices in their interventions to help the youths best navigate the difficult times they are going through and to meet their needs. Despite the counsellors and educators’ best and most creative efforts, providing new outdoors and sports activities is not always possible due to the Centre’s obsolete facilities. This leads to frustration and disappointment among youths who feel their needs are not being met, and increases the risk of runaways.
This project will have the following impacts:
The CISSS de l’Outaouais’s establishments urgently require several small pieces of equipment that are essential to the performance of recurring tasks carried out by care professionals
Each year, the Gatineau and Hull hospitals’ laboratories perform more than 70,000 analytical procedures on blood products to determine blood groups, verify the presence of antibodies, ensure pregnancy follow-ups, and more.
• Ensure better care for children with mental health problems (by calling on the right people at the right time and leveraging inter-professional collaboration with the involved stakeholders).
The CISSS de l’Outaouais’ establishments are in need of several small pieces of equipment that are essential to the performance of recurring tasks by care professionals.
For these young people with needs, the Freeman Youth Rehabilitation Centre is a full-fledged living environment – that is why the Centre’s team of specialists, through various intervention strategies, tries to normalize their daily lives there.
The Gatineau Health Foundation is also doing its share to support a number of programs tailored to the diverse needs of young people in rehabilitation centres or foster families, as well as other children requiring a follow-up by the Youth Protection Branch.
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