BREAKFAST / REGISTRATION 

8:00 to 8:45AM

Room: TBC

 OPENING REMARKS AND PLENARY 

8:45 to 10:20AM

Room: TBC

Sponsored by the Regional Municipality of Durham

 BREAKOUTS #1 

10:40AM to 12:00PM

 1.1   Presentations

• Infant and Early Mental Health Care Pathways
• Integrated Systems + Unique Data Collection = Better Child Outcomes

Resources:

• Infant and Early Mental Health Care Pathways Initiative Brief
• Infant and Early Mental Health Care Pathways Website: https://www.imhpromotion.ca/care-pathways

 1.2   Presentations

• Local Municipal Champion: Region of Peel - From Idea to Impact: Expanding Access to Essential Services in Peel Region
• Closer Than They Appear: Navigating Client Journeys with Partnership Development and Asset Mapping

 1.3   Presentations

• Collaborative Outreach: Providing Tiered Care for Homeless Populations
• Rethinking Paramedicine to Better Support the Community, Improve Access to Care, and Reduce Impact on Toronto's Health Care System
  

 1.4   Presentations

• Building Strong Landlord Partnerships: Durham Region Housing Program
• Supporting Tenants and Preserving Tenancies in Community Housing

 1.5  Sponsor Presentation

This breakout session is hosted by Hicks Morley

• Navigating Workplace Risk: Legal Obligations in Health, Safety, and Mental Well-Being

 BREAKOUTS #2 

1:15 to 2:35PM

 2.1   Presentations

• Local Municipal Champion: WERECE: Windsor-Essex Registered Early Childhood Educators: A Local Approach to Recruitment and Rentention
• Local Municipal Champion: Northumberland Early Years Employment Initiative - EYEI Program

 2.2   Presentations

• Collaborating to Address Encampments: Assertive Street Outreach in Niagara
• Peel's Asylum Claimant Response

 2.3   Presentation

• Meeting the Moment: Designing a Local End of Mortgage Strategy

 2.4   Presentation

• Reconciliation with Purpose, a Healing-Informed, Transformational, Collaborative Framework to Become Urban Kin

This breakout session is hosted by World Education Services

• Community Benefits Agreements: A Strategy to Support Inclusive Local Economic Development and Community Wealth Building in Toronto

 BREAKOUTS #3 

2:55 to 4:15PM

 3.1   Presentations

• Conditions of Quality and SNR Review - A New System Model
• Quality Assurance and Compliance in Special Needs Resourcing

 3.2   Presentations

• Local Municipal Champion: Region of Durham: Building Collaborations for Responsive Mental Health and Social Care Supports and Services
• Local Municipal Champion: County of Simcoe: Access to Integrated Care in Couchiching: A Partnership Between the County of Simcoe Ontario Works and Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital

Sponsored by the County of Simcoe

 3.3   Presentations

• Addressing the Housing Crisis for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: A Municipal Perspective
• Collaborative Housing Solutions for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

 3.4   Presentation

• Inclusive Innovation: A Confluence of Systems

This breakout session is hosted by 211 Ontario

 2025 AWARDS BANQUET 

6:00PM to 12:00AM

Room: TBC

As part of the Exchange Conference festivities, OMSSA is pleased to announce the Awards Banquet will return for 2025. The Awards Banquet is an opportunity to recognize our OMSSA Awards recipients and to gather for an evening to celebrate as a sector. There will be entertainment after dinner. 

Recognition:

• Champion of Human Services Award: Adrienne Jugley
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Katherine Chislett
• Young Leader Award: Kendra Habing
• Local Municipal Champion Awards:
  • City of Brantford: Community Resource Navigation Pilot
  • City of Windsor: Windsor-Essex Registered Early Childhood Educators Campaign (WERECE)
  • County of Renfrew: Mesa - A Collaborative Approach to Compassionate Care
  • Access to Integrated Care in Couchiching: A Partnership between the County of Simcoe Ontario Works and OSMH
  • Northumberland County: Early Years Employment Initiative
  • Region of Durham: Family Services Durham
  • Region of Peel: Stability Supports Program

 BREAKFAST / REGISTRATION 

8:00 to 8:45AM

Room: TBC

 OPENING REMARKS 

8:45 to 9:00AM

Room: TBC

 BREAKOUTS #4 

9:10 to 10:30AM

 4.1   Presentations

• Welcoming the Rainbow: Creating Resources for 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusion in Children's Programs
• "Embracing Black Hair" Beauty Salon & Barber Shop

 4.2   Presentation

• Growth by Design: Expanding Not-for-Profit and Public Child Care

 4.3   Presentation

• Celebrating Success in Life Stabilization: Opportunities for Collaboration and Learning

 4.4   Presentations

• Addressing NIMBYism in Transitional Housing Projects

 4.5   Presentations

• Local Municipal Champion: County of Renfrew: Mesa - A Collaborative Approach to Compassionate Care
• Navigating Housing Instability: Strategies for Supporting Clients with Complex Needs

 BREAKOUTS #5 

10:50AM to 12:10PM

 5.1   Presentations

• The Power of Stay Interviews: A Key to Unlocking Employee Engagement and Retention
• Building Workforce Sustainability in Child Care and Early Years: A Collaborative Approach Between the Region of Waterloo and Ryelle Strategy Group

 5.2   Presentations

• Advancing Health Equity in Housing and Child Care Settings: Opportunities to Improve Conditions Through Collaboration Across Sectors

 5.3   Presentations

• Homelessness and Community Response Team in Durham Region, a Continuum of Support
• Key Lessons Learned from the Grey Bruce Community Safety and Well-Being Plan

 5.4   Presentations

• People, Process, and Paper: Evaluating Toronto's STARS Supports Assessment Tool
• Using a Data-Driven Prioritization Method to Support the Launch of Needs-Based Portable Housing Subsidies

 5.5   Presentation

• Inner Outer Change: Conscious Leadership and Self-Reflection for Leaders in Human Services

 CLOSING REMARKS AND PLENARY 

1:10 to 2:30PM

From Insight to Impact: Turning Conference Inspiration Into Real-World Change

Presenter: Erin Landry-Baker, BA, MHSc, CCMP, Founder and Principal, Yellow Door Solutions 

Room: TBC