The City of Elliot Lake under the direction of the Ministry of the Solicitor General, has prepared a Community Safety and Well-Being plan .
Plan Introduction
On January 1, 2019, legislative requirements mandating Community Safety and Well-being planning under the Police Services Act came into effect. The City Of Elliot Lake, in accordance with the act, began the process of preparing a City specific plan. This plan allows communities such as Elliot Lake to take a leading role in defining and addressing locally identified and prioritized needs. An effective and comprehensive CSWB Plan requires collaboration among multiple partners to develop strategies for proactively addressing locally identified priority risks and/or populations. Essentially, CSWB is a concept that unites a local collaborative of service sectors under a pursuit of shared outcomes. This approach aims to improve interactions between police, community partners and the City’s most vulnerable residents.
Elliot Lake’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan outlines the following:
• The principles of the plan
• The Advisory Committee
• A community overview
• What’s already being done in our community to increase resident safety and well being
• A breakdown of Elliot Lake’s vulnerable populations
• A safety and 2 well-being initiatives
Safety Initiative
The safety initiative that the committee chose to pursue is the enhancement of services to survivors of sexual assault. This is primarily focused on the ability to have a sexual assault evidence kit (SAEK) collected locally. As noted in the plan, this will eliminate the need for a survivor travel 2.5 hours each way to get a kit collected post assault.
Well Being Initiative 1
The well-being portions are more community based. The first initiative addresses the City’s isolated seniors. The actions in this initiative involve:
• The opening of the City’s new arts and recreation facilities
• Digital and hard copy bulletin boards for seniors to have access to listings of group events
• “Friendly Visitors” check in service
• Promotion of services at the Renaissance Center
• Establish a mentorship program with youth
Well Being Initiative 2
The second well-being strategy is a youth engagement initiative. The actions suggested to take on this challenge are:
• The development of an awareness campaign focusing on youth inactivity and the lack of resources available to low income youth
• The establishment of a rental or donation system for recreational items for youth initiatives
• Fostering of a youth activity group
• Have the city’s recreation department establish low/no cost programming of youth programs
• Introduction of a mentorship program between seniors and youth
The City plans to begin Implementing these strategies in 2021/2022.
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