About Family Community Support Services (FCSS)
Mission: "Promote volunteerism and enhance, strenghten and support family and community life by focusing on programs that prevent the breakdown of social principles and support the family."
The FCSS program is a joint funding initiative between the province and municipalities. Town Council appoints an Advisory Board (click here for more information) who provides support, direction and community input to FCSS.
The Mandate of FCSS is to promote volunteerism and to develop programs within the community that are preventative in nature and to:
- Enhance, strengthen and support family and community life;
- Improve people’s ability to identify and act on their own needs;
- Help avert family or community social breakdown;
- Provide citizens with information about its planning and operation;
- Encourage co-operation and coordination with other service agencies.
To fulfill this mandate, FCSS offers the following programs and services (click on title for more information):
- FCSS Resource Centre
- Parent Link
- Seniors Independent Living Program
- Affordable Housing
- Volunteer Tax Program
- Volunteer Referral Services
- FCSS Community Grant Program - the 2010 Grants are now complete. Watch for the 2011 applications in November.
FCSS also participates in, or facilitates, the following Community Collaborations:
- High River Interagency Committee meets every two months at lunch time to discuss issues of common interest to social agencies. Suggestions for presentations are always welcome! For more information, please contact the FCSS office.
Upcoming Interagency Meeting Dates:
September 14th, 2010 -11:45 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.
November 9th, 2010 -11:45 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.
January 11th, 2011 -11:45 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.
All interagency meetings are at Town Office.
- The United Way/High River Partnership– with the support of United Way of Calgary and Area, the partnership communities invest in programs that address the most pressing issues in the community. The Town hosts the partnership committee, act as fiscal agent and facilitate the application and investment process. Click here for more information. Watch for the 2011 Grant applications in November!
- 4 C - "Caring Citizens Committed to Healthy Communities": We work to improve our community by encouraging people to come together to share ideas on how to make HIgh River a healthy place to live, work and play!! If you are interested in more information or have ideas to share, please feel free to join us at one of our meetings. We meet at the High River library on the first Tuesday of each month. Click here for information on 4C history and projects. Upcoming meetings:
- September 7th, 2010, 9:30-11:00 am
- October 5th, 2010, 9:30-11:00 am
- November 2nd, 2010, 9:30-11:00 am
- December 7th, 2010, 9:30-11:00 am
- January 4th, 2010, 9:30-11:00 am
Minutes from the 2010 4C meetings:
FCSS Location:
High River Municipal Building
309B Macleod Trail SW
High River, AB, T1V 1Z5
Phone: 403-652-8620
Fax: 403-652-8623
