Member Benefits
Tangible benefits of your membership include:
- Start-up package for new applicants/operators to help you navigate the challenges
- Virtual, monthly member roundtable discussions where we share and learn from each other (members only)
- Annual conference where we come together for education and networking
- Webinars based on trends, legislation, and member requests (e.g., legal, MCCSS, SCFA)
- Town hall meetings where we discuss topics of interest, concerns, legislative changes, etc.
- Ongoing monitoring and dissemination of information related to legislative changes
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Membership-led committees including:
- Children and Youth
- Adult and Developmental Services
- Regional (North | West | East | Central | Toronto)
- Government Relations
- Conference
- Social Media and Communications
- Membership
- Partnership with Nicol Insurance including: Sector-specific insurance expertise (e.g., risk management, new legislation); Claims data collection for advocacy of rate reductions; Conference sponsorship; Facilitation of insurance webinars, as needed
- Reporting of shared membership concerns/questions to policy makers and decision makers
- Expanded professional network of like-minded business owners
- Connection to qualified resources for brainstorming, policy revisions, form revisions, etc.
- SafeGuards training discounts
- Insurance discounts for the personal home/auto insurance of any employee of a member organization
- Web-based platform to share your bed availability with placing agencies/individuals
- Access to MCCSS funding initiatives made available through Ontario Care Collective’s Transfer Payment status
- No HST on conference and membership dues as a result of Ontario Care Collective’s charitable status
Intangible benefits of your membership include:
- Advocacy for your program and your clients through a unified voice
- Advocacy for increased funding and supports through a unified voice
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Your voice represented on the SafeGuards board of directors which informs MCCSS sponsorship of member-requested trainings. Agencies involved in this partnership include:
- Ontario Care Collective
- Community Living
- Association of Native Child and Family Services Agencies of Ontario (ANCFSAO)
- Foster Parent Society of Ontario (FPSO)
- Ontario Association of Young Parent Agencies
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Your voice represented at the Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services (MCCSS) Stakeholder Group including:
- Ontario Care Collective
- Ontario Association of Children Aid Societies (OACAS)
- Children’s Mental Health Ontario
- ANCFSAO
- MCCSS
- FPSO
- Keystone Children’s Mental Health
- Ontario Association of Child and Youth Counsellors (OACYC)
- Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs (OASIS)