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Coordinated Service Planning is a key pillar of Ontario’s Special Needs Strategy. The goal of Coordinated Service Planning is to support children/youth with multiple and/or complex special needs and their families through a dedicated Service Planning Coordinator who will connect them to the multiple, cross-sectoral services they need, as early as possible, and monitor their needs and progress through a single Coordinated Service Plan.
As a result of Coordinated Service Planning, families and children/youth with multiple and/or complex special needs:
For service providers, this means:
Policy and Program Guidelines for Coordinated Service Planning have been released. To learn more, click here.
Policy and Program Guidelines for Coordinated Service Planning have been released. To learn more, click here.
To support children/youth with multiple and/or complex special needs and their families to access Coordinated Service Planning across the province, we have identified 34 geographical service delivery areas.
Coordinating Agencies are responsible for Coordinated Service Planning within their service delivery areas.
* A Coordinating Agency identification process is currently underway for the Niagara and Windsor service delivery areas, along with an interim planning process.