SUMMARY/KEY POINTS
- Introduce and provide information and gather feedback about this project
- SCFSA strategic plan includes the creation of a framework of practice
- The development of the framework must be lead and guided by our member communities and rooted in culture and language
- This framework will guide agency practice in all service delivery areas
BACKGROUND
The SCFSA Strategic plan was completed by our board members representing their respective communities to guide our work over the next 5 years. Strategic Priority #2: Excellence identifies the development of a service delivery framework.
Timeline: February 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022
PROJECT MEMBERS
- Yvonne Hare, SCFSA Executive Director
- Natalie Clark and Jennifer Lewis, SCFSA contracted support
- SCFSA assigned staff
WHAT ARE WE DEVELOPING?
- A framework for cultural practice is a living document for the communities and SCFSA staff to ensure that Secwépemc cultural practices guides all aspects of organization. It will be informed by work that has already been completed within the Nation and communities and will ensure community direction and guidance. The document is a way of affirming Secwépemc teachings about family systems and raising Secwépemc children for SCFSA staff and communities.
- Provide the vision and strategic directions for cultural practice for SCFSA.
- Support Secwépemc communities to find their own answers to the question: How do we want to look after our children and youth? How can we keep our children and youth safe in their families?
- Shape the kind of services that SCFSA provides. Guide the design of current and new support programs.
- Set the mind frame and ethical orientation of the people who work with our children.
PROJECT COMPONENTS
Guidance and Direction
- SCFSA Elder Advisory Committee
- SCFSA Secwépemc Youth Steering Committee
- SCFSA Community Band representatives
Community Engagement
- Work with each band representative, elder advisor and youth steering committee member to plan and implement community engagement
- Topic: How do you want SCFSA to practice with Secwépemc families/communities?
Gathering the Berries – Literature Review
- Gathering work completed by Secwépemc people, communities, nation regarding children and families and cultural ways to inform the framework of cultural practice
- Ensures that we utilize work completed already, with permission i.e. masters/PhD theses, community plans, reports, engagements, etc.
Secwépemc Art Book – “What is in my Heart”
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- Phase 1: Children and Youth
- Phase 2: Parents – Aunts/Uncles
- Phase 3: Grandparents
- Participants will create art answering one of the following questions: I feel the most loved/safe/connected/proud when; What I love about my family/community; What I want to see for all children.
- Art collected will be shared in a book to share and center the people’s voices in what is important to them.
