Assignment task: Consider the agency below:
Q1. Define the characteristics of the populations served by the agency.
Q2. Identify the key issues, barriers, and challenges experienced by clients.
Q3. Analyze how local, state, and federal policies, legislation, and regulations impact these issues in Ontario Canada.
Q4. Explain the extent to which the agency is involved in policy advocacy efforts. Describe how you, as an intern at the agency, are involved. Offer specific examples.
Agency Description:
CSCHN is a Francophone Community Health Centre that provides health and social services to French- speaking clients. They provide a variety of services such as Health and Wellbeing, programs combating violence against women and sexual assault, childhood and Youth Mental Health, Adult counseling and addiction program, elders program, newcomer and immigration program. They also provide smoking cessation services and interdisciplinary care in Mental Health and addiction with a program called IPC (Intern Professional Care) Mental Health and Addictions Teams.