Large family connection centre in Kelowna will replace services offered at Starbright
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“We’ve provided a whole continuum of services during that period of time for kids and families, and a lot of like, sort of youth-specific services,” said ARC Programs CEO Shane Picken. “In the last 10 years, we have concentrated much more around children, youth with special needs, support needs, those types of services.”
“The definition of pilot does not mean that you destroy what currently exists and put something else in place just to see if it works. A pilot should be something in addition to what currently exists to see if there is a better way of doing it,” said Starbright executive director Rhonda Nelson. “And if it doesn’t work, I don’t know what will be there for parents and for families.”
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