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Healthy Families Profile
Healthy child development is foundational to lifelong health and wellbeing. These services enable all children to attain and sustain optimal health and developmental potential by supporting individuals and families to have a healthy pregnancy, prepare for and deal with the challenges of parenthood, have the healthiest newborns possible, and enable optimal health and wellbeing of children and youth in schools.
Service Details
Related Subservices
- Child and Adolescent Services
- School Health
- Healthy Growth and Development
Type of Service
- Public facing
Rationale
- Essential/Mandatory, Legislated requirement
- Essential / Mandatory (Healthy Growth & Development, School Health)
- Discretionary Municipal Services (Child & Adolescent Services)
Primary Funding Sources
- Grants/Subsidies
Service Level
- At standard
Service Level Source
- Legislated
- Past Practice
Performance Measures
2020
How Much Did You Do? (volume)
Significant decrease in call volume since COVID-19, likely due to perception that most services are closed or on reduced hours.
- Number of health connection calls, per year: 2,777
2019
- Number of health connection calls, per year: 7,005
2018
- Number of health connection calls, per year: 6,302
2017
- Number of health connection calls, per year: 7,782
2016
- Number of health connection calls, per year: 5,772
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