understanding family - community centre visiting
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Dan-Bi Lee, others.TRANSCRIPT
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Dorset Park Community Hub Newcomers' Centre
Location: 1911 Kennedy Rd, Unit 105 Toronto, Ontario, M1P 2L9Name: Heejae, Danbi,
Xiaoshi, Songxu, Zhengrong
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AgencyCommunit
y
Partnership
Contents
Services
Mandate
AccessibilityBarrier
sBibliography
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About Agency• It is part of Agincourt Community
Services Association (ACSA)• Non-for-profit and multi-service
organization• Help local residents in Scarborough
Area including newcomers, immigrants, families, children, seniors, and adults
• It is friendly and convenient location• Funded by provincial/local
organizations
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Mandate of Agency
“ Bringing Community Together”
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• Employment/ Financial Literacy
• Food Bank, Cooking classes• Computer Class• Services for Seniors, Youth, Children
• Newcomer settlement services
Services
• Services for single/teen/gay/lesbian parents
http://animoto.com/play/03wsR8kpmZVXx4OVgegYBw
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Employment• Job Search
Workshops in each month
• Resume Clinic in once a week
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Food Bank• It is open on three
days (Wednesday-Friday)
• Staffs put food in boxes and clients come to choose
• Provided in different boxes for people who have food allergy/food restrictions
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Sewing and Cooking Classes
• A program facilitator comes and teaches cooking in the kitchen
• People learn how to cook Canadian Food (new food) and take it to their home
• For mothers, they provide a sewing class
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Newcomer/Settlement Services
• Counseling is provided to access their needs, strengths, and challenges
• Newcomer orientations: relevant links for settlement (e.g. Housing, legal services, health care)
• ESL classes and social events• Citizenship Test Preparation Classes• Translations/Interpretations
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Seniors• Seniors'
Programs in every week (e.g. Senior Café, Senior Conversation Clubs and recreation programs)
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Youth• Healthy cooking program
for aged 11-19 • Job preparation classes
(e.g. How to cook food and how to manage cash to work at a fast-food restaurants)
• Youth Consultations• March and Summer Break
Programs
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Children• Ontario Early
Years Drop-Ins for 0-6 years old
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Teen/Gay/Lesbian Parents• Special programs
offered for these parents
• Education and conferences are constantly offered (e.g. How to defense themselves from abuse/violent, Health and Safety, Appropriate sex, Role play)
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Financial Literacy• Financial education
is provided (e.g. credit and debt, savings, insurance, long-term planning, income and savings, budgeting, investment, etc)
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Computer Classes• Online Job Search
• Internet access• The fax machine• photocopy services• Training of how to
use Excel and Microsoft Word and basic typing skills
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Partnerships• Citizenship and
Immigration Canada• Ontario Trillium
Foundation• United Way• CNIBI (Low vision clinic)• Access Employment• TransCare• Youth Leaps (After
school academic support)
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Community Outreach• Ask neighborhood
(Dentists, law clinics and stores)
• Students outreach (University/College field placement students)
• Community Newsletter
• Website
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Accessibility• Formally
required to book an appointment
• Convenient Location
• Open to everyone
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Barriers• Lack of translators/interpretations for
people from different countries• Financial Problem (Difficulty in
getting funding)• Not enough resources for Early Years
Centre• Lack of staffs
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• Animoto • http://animoto.com/
play/JkU5QAseOk3F4TXhXlKrRA
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Bibliography• Website:
http://www.agincourtcommunityservices.com/index.php
• Agency pamphlets• Agency interview
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