PROVINCE PARTNERS WITH CBO TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SWIFT CURRENT

People with disabilities in Swift Current will now have better access to the care they need with the opening of two new residential resources.

Premier Brad Wall today announced that children with disabilities in Swift Current and area will have access to the care they need with the opening of Angel House, a residential facility that provides full-time supportive living services for children with disabilities up to eight years of age and emergency protection for children with disabilities.

The province will provide $330,000 a year in funding to Angel House, which began providing much-needed long-term care and emergency services to children earlier this month.

Also today, the government continued its rollout of the $76.9 million commitment to eliminate the waitlist for specialized, residential and day-program services for adults with intellectual disabilities with the announcement of a new four-space adult group home in Swift Current.

"Southwest Homes' ongoing commitment to helping people with disabilities in southwest Saskatchewan is a perfect example of how CBOs work as an integral part of Saskatchewan's human-service delivery system," Wall said. "In partnership with Southwest Homes, our government is pleased to provide one-time capital funding of $100,000 and ongoing annual operating funding of nearly $150,000 to provide a home with daily living supports for four adults with intellectual disabilities."

Both Swift Current initiatives are made possible by partnerships between the Ministry of Social Services and Southwest Homes Inc., a community-based organization that has been delivering quality, sustainable services to people with intellectual disabilities in the Swift Current area for more than 30 years.

"These two projects, along with other recent initiatives made possible by our partnerships with the province, have allowed Swift Current to begin catching up in terms of the supports we have in our community to help people with disabilities and their families," Southwest Homes executive director Susie Eidem said. "These types of projects allow people with disabilities to enjoy a much-enhanced quality of life without having to leave their community or move many miles away from their families."

"These new investments demonstrate, once again, our government's resolve that everyone in Saskatchewan will benefit from the province's growth and prosperity," Wall said. "We will continue to invest in support of people with disabilities to ensure that they are able to live safe, secure and meaningful lives in their communities and are included in a meaningful way in the economic and social life of our province."

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For more information, contact:

Rosann Semchuk
Executive Council
Regina
Phone: 306-787-0980
Email: Rosann.semchuk@gov.sk.ca