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1/31/2011 Review of Current Foster Care Standards
    CAC is currently evaluating our standards in preparation for the release of our 2011 version and we are looking to discuss these standards with Foster Care providers. If you are interested, please click here for more information about the Edmonton session and click here for more information about the Calgary session.
 
1/21/2011 New Fee Schedule
    The current fee schedule for 2011 is currently available online.
 
12/15/2010 ISQua Accreditation
    CAC is currently undergoing accreditation through ISQua, The International Society for Quality in Health Care, through their International Accreditation Program (IAP). We will be completing the process in November of 2011, so please keep checking back for more updates about this exciting undertaking.
 
12/15/2010 Suicide Intervention and Self-Harm Training
    We are continuing to look for new ways to expand our Training Centre and the new way we have done that is to begin to offer Suicide Intervention and Self-Harm Training to any organization that may be in need of the training. If you are interested, please click here. Please note: This training is required for accreditation but it does not have to be taken through CAC.
 
12/15/2010 ISQua Membership
    ISQua, The International Society for Quality in Health Care is an organization dedicated to their vision of:
"Driving continual improvement in the quality and safety of healthcare worldwide through education, research, collaboration and the dissemination of evidence-based knowledge."
We are proud to be new members of this exceptional organization.
 
9/30/2010 Toll-Free Number
    We are pleased to be able to offer a new toll-free number for all of our organizations to contact us at. The number will be featured at the top of our web page. As well, our current local number will still be in use.
 
9/16/2010 Accreditation Support Network
    We are thrilled to be able to announce that we have launched the Accreditation Support Network (ASN) to all of our organizations! Emails have been distributed to all of our organizations requesting a few pieces of information to set up the initial account, so if you have not yet received your email, please email Amanda at aellis@cacohs.com and she will be able to help set you up with your account. If you are interested in finding out more information about the ASN, please click here.
 
9/16/2010 New Payment Options
    In order to make payment for our training and manuals easier for you, we will be introducing PayPal as an option for our Standards Manuals, USBs, Training and Sample Documents. Please keep watching our site for this exciting new addition!
 
9/16/2010 New Standards Manuals
    Our Standards Manuals are now available in 3 new formats - on USB, Coil Bound Hard Copy and Perfect Bound Hard Copy. If you are interested in purchasing our standards in any of these formats, please click here.
 
6/15/2010 EMP First Aid Training
    In June we were happy to announce that we have become a Training Centre for EMP First Aid Training, led by our CORE Support, Deridre (Dee) Gerro, a trainer with more than 10 years of experience. This two-day training includes Medic First Aid, CPR, AED, and Infant First Aid Training. It's a low stress training session that will grant certification for 3 years. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend. Please click here for more information.
 

 

 

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