- Last year REACH respite services helped provide more than 67,000 hours of individualized respite support for children and adults who have developmental disabilities.
- All of the Developmental Services Worker students supervised by REACH over the past five hears have found employment in their field.
- REACH is an associate member of Community Living Ontario.
- Union House is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by a staff team of 16.
- Youth are able to call Union House "home" for a year, with the potential for extension based on a review of their strengths and desired outcomes.
- Child Clinical Services serves about 1000 children and their families per year.
- There are several programs offered by Child Clinical Services that have either no waiting period, or a very short waiting period.
- Child Clinical Services staff is involved in many initiatives in the community including, bullying prevention, suicice prevention, parenting education, facilitating workshops for community partners and planning for children's and youth services.
- Youth Services provides counselling and supports for youth on Probation.
- Youth completing court ordered community service are available to help out local non-profit agencies.
- Youth Services provides pre and post charge Diversion programs for youth .... with a 92% rate of successful completion in 2008-2009.
- In the four years of offering the Partner Assault Program (PAR), we have served over 400 court-mandated offenders of domestic violence, with 98% satisfaction rate.
- Family Services provides individual, couple and family counselling, to almost 500 families each year in Haldimand and Norfolk.
- Through the assistance of the United Way, Family Services is able to provide subsidies for many individuals, couples and families who need counselling.
- Last year, Contact Haldimand-Norfolk assisted: 423 callers with information about community services and 931 callers with referrals to children's mental health and children's and adult developmental services in Haldimand and Norfolk.
- With one call to Contact Haldimand-Norfolk, you can access referrals to 65 children's mental health and children's and adult developmental services programs and services offered to residents of Haldimand and Norfolk.
- 1,537 different caregivers were registered in 2008/09 with the Ontario Early Years Centre and visited the Centre 8,324 times.
- REACH's Family Early Intervention Program supported 105 children last year.
- Healthy Moms Eating Well for 2 is delivered prenatally and for six months following birth for pregnant teens and women over the age of 19. It is even offered in Low German in Norfolk County in partnership with Healthy Babies Healthy Children.
- During pregnancy, your body's need for iron and calcium doubles. You don't need to eat twice as much, but you do need to eat twice as well.
- Last year, REACH's Regional Autism Intervention Program provided 5181 hours of Intensive Behaviour Intervention (IBI) and conducted 158 home consults to families waiting for IBI.
- 27 children participated in activities designed for siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Sib Workshops). These children participated in fun activities, learned about ASD and shared their feelings with new friends.
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