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“Catulpa Community Support Services is described as being “very progressive” and “cutting edge” by its many community partners.  The organization’s Executive Director, Margaret Gallow, and her team demonstrate significant commitment to providing exceptional services to the individuals and families that they support.  A strong learning environment was evident throughout ...

Niagara Training & Employment Agency Inc. (NTEC) is awarded its 2nd 4 year accreditation! Through the validation process, Niagara Training and Employment Agency was commended by people using its services, their families, staff and community partners for taking a “people first approach” to service design and delivery. The organization ...

Congratulations to Niagara Support Services on earning its 3rd FOCUS Accreditation & Bronze Seal of Sustainability! Niagara Support Services (NSS) has earned the FOCUS bronze seal of sustainability! Through its 3rd FOCUS on-site validation, NSS demonstrated its ongoing commitment toward supporting people to live fulfilled lives in their community. ...

The FOCUS 2014 Fall Learning Event attendees took part in an interactive organizational systems thinking workshop and open space session, both facilitated by Phil Cady from CLSwest. 100% of participants gave this experiential learning event two thumbs up, and described the workshops as being a unique way to learn ...

We are pleased to announce the 2014 FOCUS Innovation Award winner and two finalists. The winner of the award, as determined by an independent committee, was Bethesda Services’ Curriculum of Caring. The two finalists were Community Living Dufferin’s Palliative Care Supports, and Participation House Support Services London and Area’s ...

“Community Living Timmins has made a concerted effort to create partnerships and connections in the local community that benefit people using services. There was consensus among family and community partners that services are person-centered, and staff committed to the work they do. FOCUS is pleased to include Community Timmins ...

Mark your calendars for FOCUS’ Fall Learning Event and Innovation Award Presentations and Celebration November 12th and 13th at the Ajax Convention Centre FOCUS Innovation Presentations and Award Celebration – November 12th at 1:00pm Join us for ‘Show and Tell’ presentations by organizations in the running for FOCUS? Innovation ...

As the number of organizations registered and accredited by FOCUS grows and diversifies, so does the FOCUS Peer Validator Cohort – we now have a team of 40 trained Peer Validators. Pictured here are FOCUS Executive Director, Janeen Halliwell and Manager of Accreditation, David Livingstone with 10 newly trained ...