History

DC MOVES was established to identify and develop innovative and/or collaborative solutions to local human services issues. DC MOVES is intended to foster a “Made in Dufferin” integrated human services community.

Case for support

DC MOVES is a response to the growing awareness of the challenges residents face in navigating an increasingly complex and changing human services landscape in Dufferin County. These challenges can deter a person’s desire and ability to connect with an appropriate service provider and, in turn, create further challenges. To provide better service, all agencies and their staff must be equipped with local human service provider information, knowledge transfer opportunities and have the big picture of human services in Dufferin County.

Vision

what we want to see

An equitable community where everyone, today and for generations to come, has 100% wellbeing.

Mission

how we make that come about

We achieve this through us being better together: being connected to each other; growing and learning; knowing we own it and have the power to create it. (it being the vision)

The Vision and Mission statements were redefined by DC MOVES participants in 2022 Forums focused on re-creating DC MOVES and using a Catalytic Thinking (TM Creating the Future) approach.

Benefits of engagement

Increased awareness of local programs and services

• Create a local human services community
• Participate in local human services planning discussions
• Share programs, progress, ideas and local strategies
• Identify and understand the impacts of service gaps
• Coordinate organizational knowledge transfer opportunities

Greater capacity to serve residents

• Align service provider mandates with community needs and available resources
• Create opportunities to partner and acquire funding supports
• Build collaborative approaches to service delivery
• Foster joint implementation strategies
• Increase agency capacity and profile
• Have access to shared training and staff development opportunities
• Use collective impact strategies to address complex social issues

Values

1. Accountability: Being responsible individually and as part of the collective to the overall vision, mission and goals of DC MOVES
2. Client Collaboration: Making space for and working with as many voices of the community as possible to meet the DC MOVES agreed upon goals
3. Embracing Diversity: Building awareness and appreciation for individual and collective experience, history and culture
4. Innovation: Being bold to create new solutions for gaps identified in addressing pervasive social issues as agreed upon by the DC MOVES participants

As defined and adopted by DC MOVES participants in 2019 following the Barrett Values Centre model.

Strategic Goals

1. Generate/foster collaborative opportunities to provide coordinated approaches
2. Increase community agency capacity
3. Identify and address service gaps