Ponoka Family and Community Support Services (FCSS)

Family and Community Support Services is:
• a legal partnership between the Province of Alberta and municipalities or Metis Settlements;

• an agreement under which locally-driven preventive initiatives can be developed, to enhance the well-being of individuals, families and communities;

• a funding arrangement through which the province provides a pre-determined grant for locally-driven initiatives, and municipalities match that grant by providing at least 20 percent of the funding;

• a philosophy under which:
◦ local people can influence things that affect them;
◦ communities can be innovative and creative;
◦ citizen participation, self-help and volunteerism are encouraged; human growth and potential are enhanced;

• continually evolving program that encourages communities to strengthen themselves.