Blueprint CDS

In February 2022, ACDS received a grant from the Government of Alberta to lead the development of a multi-prong strategy for the Community Disability Services (CDS) sector workforce.

Blueprint CDS: Towards a Skilled and Sustainable Workforce will address the sector’s chronic human resource challenges and new pressures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing that the sector’s current workforce crisis is a consequence of complex and long-standing issues, this one-year initiative has identified a comprehensive strategy with a suite of 18 recommendations and an accompanying implementation plan with a timeline of priorities for action.

Read Blueprint CDS: A Comprehensive Workforce Strategy for Community Disability Services, Summary Document (Final Report): A summary of all recommended strategies to recruit and retain a sustainable CDS workforce.

Read Blueprint CDS: A Comprehensive Workforce Strategy for Community Disability Services, Technical Document: Following province-wide sector engagement, recommendations identified in the Initial Assessment report were validated and refined. This report provides detailed descriptions and suggested timelines for all recommended strategies, as well as summarizing all research and analysis performed to date.

Project Blueprint CDS Advisory Committee list

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