Carstairs FCSS & Community Resources

Family and Community Support Services Office
Open Monday  - Friday 8:30 a.m.  - 4:00 p.m.
844 Centre Street,  Carstairs, AB, Box 370
Office: 403-337-3341
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What is Family and Community Support Services (FCSS)?

Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is a unique 80/20 funding partnership between the province and the municipalities, including Mountain View County. Under FCSS, communities design and deliver social programs that are preventive in nature to promote and enhance well-being among individuals, families, and communities. The programs depend on community resources, often involving volunteers in management and delivery.
Types of services eligible for funding:

• Services that promote the social development of children and their families;
• Services that enrich and strengthen family life by developing skills so people can function more effectively within their own environment;
• Services that enhance the quality of life of the retired and semi-retired;
• Services to promote, encourage and support volunteer work in the community;
• Services to assist communities to identify their social needs and develop responses to meet those needs;
• Services to inform the public of available services.

Types of services that may not be eligible for funding:

Services provided under a program must not:

• provide primarily for the recreational needs or leisure time pursuits of individuals;
• offer direct assistance, including money, food, clothing or shelter, to sustain an individual or family;
• be primarily rehabilitative in nature; nor duplicate services that are ordinarily provided by a government or government agency.

FCSS is provincial and municipal partnership committed to designing and delivering social programs that are preventative in nature to promote well-being among individuals, families, and community.  All programs and services aim to affirm and strengthen community capacity by modeling the principles of family support (FRfP Canada*) in all activities including planning, governance and administration.  *Carstairs FCSS is a member of FRP: Family Resource Programs of Canada.  Carstairs FCSS funds and partners with local organizations to provide programs and services that are flexible and responsive to emerging family and community needs.   Some of them are:

Current FCSS Programs

Courage to Change: Domestic Violence Superior Support Circle

YOUTH PROGRAM INFORMATION

JUMP START PROGRAM INFORMATION

JUMPSTART PROGRAM APPLICATION

IODE YOUTH PROGRAM FUNDING INFORMATION

IODE YOUTH PROGRAM FUNDING APPLICATION

2017 FCSS Community Grant Program

Carstairs FCSS provides annual grant opportunities for preventative social programming to non-profit groups working in the Town of Carstairs.  These groups must meet the eligibility criteria set out by the FCSS Mandate.  Grant applications are now available for 2016 applicants (link).   Deadline for 2017 Grants is November 18, 2016.

    Grant Application Link: 

• 2017 FCSS Funding Application
  Deadline November 18, 2016
• 2017 Measures Bank 
  This Must be used in conjuction with completing the 2017 FCSS Funding Application
• Children & Youth
• Adults
• Families
• First Nations
• Seniors

Resources:  Carstairs Circle of Supports 

• Addiction & Mental Health Services, Didsbury Clinic
  Phone: 1-877-652-4700 ext. 3
• Al-Anon
  Phone: 403.266.5850
• Alberta Mental Health
  Phone: 1.877.303.2642
• Alcoholics Anonymous
  Phone: 403.777.1212
• Cocaine Anonymous
  Phone: 403.568.8008
• Dial-A-Law
  Phone: 403.232.9022
• Emotions Anonymous
  Phone: 403.247.5381
• Gamblers Anonymous
  Phone: 403.237.0654
• NAOSH  WEEK
  Health & Safety
• Mountain View Food Bank
  5025 50 St
  Olds, AB T4H 1R9
  Phone: 403.556.1693
• Mountain View Home School Association
  Phone: 403.337.2110
• Narcotics Anonymous
  Phone: 403.569.3427
• Smart Recovery
  Phone 403.803.1049
• Youth Club
  Phone: 403.282.7614