Family Resource Networks filling gap left by Parent Link Centres
Families both in and around Blackfalds in need of prevention and early intervention services are now able to access them through the Lacombe branch of McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association.
On May 26, officials with the Town of Blackfalds announced that their co-application with Lacombe Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) to access provincial Family Resource Network funding was unsuccessful.
Officials acknowledged however, those much-needed services would instead be offered by the successfull applicant, McMan.
The announcement comes after Alberta Children’s Services Ministry released an ‘expression of interest’ last November for the new funding model for Family Resource Networks.