Improving supports for people with disabilities

Two reports have been posted online highlighting improvements Albertans would like to see to two key disabilities programs.

Over the past year, comprehensive reviews of the Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) and the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) programs occurred. A PDD Steering Committee was appointed in October 2020 to oversee the PDD review and the report was given to the government this fall. The FSCD review was conducted by Community and Social Services from October 2020 to May 2021. A What We Heard report was developed in response to feedback from the review.

Families and individuals provided feedback to speed up access to critical services by reducing red tape. Alberta’s government listened and is already modernizing internal processes to make sure service delivery is consistent across the province for families for both the FSCD and PDD programs.

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