PACE has a long history of partnering to efficiently and effectively deliver and coordinate services for people with disabilities; to raise the profile of services for adults with disabilities; and to ensure stakeholders recognize and understand the value of personal support services for people with disabilities in Ontario.
Senior Leadership Team members participate in a number of provincial, regional and multiple sub-regional/Ontario Health Team tables. PACE leverages these opportunities to advocate for the needs of adults with disabilities and increase awareness about the system contributions made by the independent living sector.
Provincial
• Member, Ontario Health, System Advisory Council – providing advice to the President & CEO on system wide issues that support the mandate of Ontario Health in improving integrated care for all Ontarians; feedback and input on proposed strategies and initiatives with a solutions-focused approach to improvement.
• Member, Ontario Health, HHR Advisory Committee – providing advice to Ontario Health on challenges and solutions related to the ongoing pressures and staffing shortages affecting health human resources (HHR) in Ontario; provide input on proposed HHR strategies; identifying recommendations where provincial levers are needed to create change (e.g. policy, legislation, or regulation changes).
• Chair, Ontario Association of Independent Living Service Providers – advocating for persons with disabilities and the organizations that provide them service; advancing the development of independent living opportunities and experiences; supporting professional development and leadership excellence.
• Association Representative, Ontario Health, Service Accountability Agreement Advisory Committee – providing advice on the plan to evolve the SAAs including providing advice on the goals, strategies, and implementation plans for 2023/24 as well as further evolution in 2024/25 and beyond.
• Member of Policy Committee, Ontario Community Support Association – providing advice, input and feedback to related to issues impacting home and community sector policy positions; identifying emerging health system issues and trends in provincial and national policy initiatives; and recommending innovative strategies that will advance the not-for profit home and community care sector.
• Member, Provincial Acquired Brain Injury Network
Regional
• Member, GTA Attendant Services Leadership Group
• Lead, Community Client Satisfaction & Experience Survey Initiative
• Member, Advisory Committee and the Wait List Collaborative, Attendant Services Application Centre (ASAC)
• Member, Central Community Support Services Network
• Member, Toronto Acquired Brain Injury Network
• Member, Community Ethics Network Ontario Health Team Involvement
• East Toronto Health Partners
• West Toronto Ontario Health Team
• Downtown East Ontario Health Team • North Toronto Health Partners
• Mid-West Ontario Health Team (interest expressed)
• North Western Ontario Health Team (in development)
• North York Toronto Health Partners (in development)
Organizational Partnerships
• Westpark Health Centre – Behaviour Support Partnership
• North Yorkers for Disabled Persons – Provision of back-office finance support.
• Aphasia Institute – Provision of support to Aphasia Institute Day program clients
• Huntington Society of Canada – Collaborative support, consultation, and assistance for clients/applicants with Huntington Disease and their family members