Projects
Membership in the Co-op provides valuable opportunities to participate in and help shape the direction of regional projects. Regional projects the Co-op currently coordinates include the Nobody’s Perfect Parenting series and the Safe Kids & Youth (SKY) Coordinated Response.
Nobody’s Perfect Parenting
Nobody’s Perfect is a parenting education and support program for parents of children from birth to age five. It is designed to meet the needs of parents who are young, single, socially or geographically isolated or who have low income or limited formal education. It informs parents about the “whens,” “whats” and “whys” of the first five years of childhood. Participation is voluntary and free of charge to parents.
The Co-op holds the contract with the Interior Health Authority and sub-contracts service delivery in Kootenay and Boundary communities in partnership with Co-op member agencies including:
- Arrow & Slocan Lakes communities: Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services
- Boundary communities including Grand Forks, Christina Lake and Beaverdell: Boundary Family Services
- Castlegar: Kootenay Family Place
- Kaslo and North Kootenay Lake communities: North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society
- Nelson and Crawford Bay: Kootenay Kids Society
- Salmo: Salmo Community Resource Society
- Trail: Trail FAIR Society
Safe Kids & Youth (SKY) Coordinated Response
SKY aims to ensure that children and youth in the West Kootenay Boundary region who come forward about their experiences of abuse, violence or neglect receive the best possible response from the range of services they connect with.