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Originally Posted by Dynamic
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Originally Posted by fishnguy
Province cancels funding contracts to Parent Link programs
More of the same. Many most vulnerable parents/kids, as well as “normal” average families, benefitted greatly from the programs these places have to offer. The place and staff in Peace River are really great. Hopefully, they will figure something out.
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I'm hoping that they get funding secured somehow. If I'm reading this correctly it seems as though they will have to reapply for funding with the province but changes such as a reduction in services may happen. As a single dad who used parent link plenty in the last 3 years this would be a huge blow to the community if we lost our parent link center. For the truly low income families it would affect them even more, one less support for them. At one point do they UPC realize that creating efficiencies is not as simple as threatening to pull funding for social services?
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I hear it may very well be that Parents Link may be no more, at least in this area. The budget for the programs where they are drawing their funds from, along with some other agencies, was slashed in more than half. From what I understand, that budget was a mil plus and went down to below 500k. I am not sure what other agencies share and compete for this money, and I am not sure if Parents Link is considered the most essential one.