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The center of the White Cross, Community organization in mental health, envisages to close its branch of Longueuil in December 1986. In front of the need for such a service, a committee of work of the area is formed, made steps of subsidy and a request for charter to operate the opening of another alternative center in mental health. Obtaining a nonrecurring subsidy of the CSSSM for fifteen months in order to establish the new center. Support of various organizations such of the CLSC, the Center Hope, the Center of day of the hospital Charles Lemoyne (Center kindness)... For the technical needs.
Opening of a new alternative organization in mental health. Engage of a general director. Realization of the three annual programmings of activities. Development of several requests for subsidies for obtaining the recurring budgets. Obtaining the charter confirming the existence of the organization under the name of Alternative-Centregens. Obtaining a project article 38 per four months in order to consolidate the structure of the voluntary help and to develop tools for promotion of the organization. Engage of an assistant to support the work of the general director as well as the maintenance and the development of the organization near various municipal and governmental authorities and other organizations of Longueuil. Day launching in the Center of purchase Jacques Cartier to expose work of painting of the users and to launch the new folder and the services of the organization near the population.
Modification of the objects of the charter with an aim of specifying the charitable character of our organization. Obtaining our number of?Modification of the objects of the charter with an aim of specifying the charitable character of our organization. Obtaining our number of charity organization. Meet with Centrée for a first request. Replacement partial of a subsidy of the CSSSM for one year.
Year of financial consolidation, first subsidy of the MSSS of 35,000$ and first subsidy within the framework of a program to the groups of mutual aid of 35,000$. Implication of the organization of Tripartite Regional. Development of training and popular education to allow and frame the real assumption of responsibility. Passage of has three employees; be added the post of secretary has time full and with a person in charge for the team for voluntary in order to supporting their actions.
The general assembly is given like priority for the next years to develop a programme of support in the community.
First year of financial support of Centraide of Large Montreal The double number of activities. The participative structures are consolidated. The organization has four shutters: Shutter helps with the person, shutter committee, shutter leisure and educational shutter. The organization arranges in these new larger buildings located at the 1912, way of Chambly.
Setting-up and realization of four projects adapted for the members: Publicity, recruitment, decoration and installation.
Obtaining the statute of permanent member with Centraide, consolidation with 30,000$ per year. Change of co-ordinating. Publicity campaign and recruitment on a large scale, the results exceed the hopes. (20 weeks project) Study on the establishment of a programme of support and accompaniment between pars in the community (24 weeks project). The organization sits on the board of directors of the Regrouping of the Alternative resources of Quebec.
Starting of the programme of follow-up and accompaniment between pars, Establishment of a committee united with the Collective of defenses of the rights of Montérégie on the accompaniment between pars. We sit on the board of directors of the Association of the Alternatives in Mental health of Montérégie. Enlarging and restoration of our room.
Creation of the sectoral table of the users of the groups of mutual aid Participation in the program of the lecturers Centraide (testimonys in companies) Participation in several conferences and committees Update of the Toolbox of the voluntary ones Elaboration of the background document of the groups of mutual aid of Montérégie.
We receive a regional mention within the framework of the prices of excellence of the regional Control of health and the social services category: Voluntary work and Community action. Development of the formation of support council between pars in collaboration with the Collective of defenses of the right-hand sides of Montérégie and provincial association the AGIDD-SMQ. One of the 4 permanent stations is lost Participation in the setting-up of the tables of district.
Setting-up of the program of the helping pars. Consolidation of Centraide with 45,000$ We celebrate our 10th birthday.
Following an invitation to tender of the regional Control, a recurring subsidy of 56,200$, plus a sum of 42,000$ are granted to us for the setting-up of a point of service in Brossard aiming at serving customers living out of private hearths and of anglophone origin. In June, first programming is launched. The organization proceeds the at the time of recruitment of 4 employees; three stations at the point of service of Brossard and one at the point of service of Longueuil. Promotion near the potential referents: Anglophone hospitals of Montreal, CLSC Samuel de Champlain and private hearths of the territory. At the point of service of Longueuil, we restore the station of agent of follow-up of the shutter helps with the person.
Change of coordination in Longueuil More than 70 conferences are given in companies Centraide of Large Montreal grants us additional 15,000$ for the new point of service.
Engage of an interim for the coordination of Brossard Creation of the station of direction Development of the structures of support to voluntary in Brossard Realization of one 5 to 7 and special activities within the framework of the week of the mental health.
Centraide of large Montreal grants us 30,000$ of more for the support of our various programs. Engage of co-ordinating at the point of service of Brossard, refitting of the buildings of Longueuil and Brossard. The number of members with Longueuil is stable the number of hour of voluntary help is with the rise. We are committed collectively in a process of alternate autoevaluation of the resources in mental health, project over three years of the AASMM.
Following the new process of budget appropriation of Centraide of Large Montreal our financing reaches 100,000$. A consultant is engaged within the framework of a strategic planning. We received 23,000$ to increase our capacity of reception within the framework of the demonstrator project of the setting-up of the network of services integrated for the territory of the CLSC Western Longueuil. Acquisition of our first building, it is at the 5770, which occurred Auteuil in the Brossard district.