January 2024 Board of Health Meeting - November 2023 - Monthly SafePoint Site Operations Update Information Report

BACKGROUND

Overview

  • SafePoint has been open since April 26th, 2023, serving clients 7 days per week between the hours of 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
  • In order to ensure transparency related to SafePoint operations, the Board of Health is provided with regular updates.

Application Status

    January 2024 Board of Health Meeting - December 2023 - Monthly SafePoint Site Operations Update Information Report

    BACKGROUND

    Overview

    • SafePoint opened on April 26th, 2023, serving clients 7 days per week between the hours of 10:00 a.m. – 
      6:00 p.m. daily.
    • In order to ensure transparency related to SafePoint operations, the Board of Health is provided with regular updates.

    Application Status

      January 2024 Board of Health Meeting - Dr. Charles Gardiner re: Voluntary Mergers and Boards of Health Leadership Correspondence

      December 1, 2023

      Dr. Kieran Moore,
      Chief Medical Officer of Health,
      Box 12,
      Toronto, ON M7A 1N3

      Dear Dr. Moore,

      Re: Voluntary Mergers and Boards of Health Leadership

      On behalf of the Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) and its Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health, Boards of Health Section and Affiliate Associations, we are writing to provide advice on the voluntary mergers component of the Strengthening Public Health initiative that is currently underway.

      November 2023 Board of Health Meeting - Support for a Funded Healthy School Food Program in Budget 2024 (Federal) Correspondence

      October 27, 2023

      VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL

      Honourable Chrystia Freeland
      Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance

      Honourable Jenna Sudds
      Ministry of Families, Children and Social Development

      Honourable Lawrence MacAulay
      Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food

      Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
      Ministry of Public Services and Procurement

      Dear Federal Ministers Freeland, Sudds, MacAulay, and Duclos:

      Re: Support for a Funded Healthy School Food Program in Budget 2024 (Federal)

      November 2023 Board of Health Meeting - Investing in a Sustainable Federal School Food Policy Correspondence

      November 9, 2023

      Fabio Costante, Board of Health Chair
      Dr. Kenneth Blanchette, Chief Executive Officer
      Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
      1005 Ouellette Avenue
      Windsor, ON
      N9A 4J8

      Re: Investing in a Sustainable Federal School Food Policy

      Dear Chair Costante and Dr. Blanchette,

      At the October 19, 2023 meeting, under Correspondence item d), the Middlesex-London Board of Health moved to endorse the following item:

      November 2023 Board of Health Meeting - Public Health Strengthening and Chronic Disease Prevention Correspondence

      October 27, 2023

      VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL

      The Honourable Doug Ford
      Premier of Ontario

      The Honourable Sylvia Jones
      Minister of Health

      The Honourable Michael Tibollo
      Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions

      Dear Premier Ford and Provincial Ministers Jones and Tibollo:

      Re: Public Health Strengthening and Chronic Disease Prevention