Social Development

Social Development provides financial support to adults and dependents and is meant as a last resort.

  In particular, Social Development:

• Administers according to the Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) Social Development Policy & Procedures Manual
• Administers Social Development payments directly to members
• Administers Child Out of Parental Home benefits (formerly Guardian Financial Assistance)
• Administers the National Child Benefit Reinvestment program funding
• Provide support to clients who secure employment
• Individual Opportunities Program is part of the Social Development team and provides programming and services to family units
• Quw’utsun Employment & Training is part of Social Development and provides services to members
• Refers members Cowichan Tribes' services/programs such as Quw’utsun Syuw’entst Lelum, Ts’ewulhtun Health, Lalum’utul Smuneem Child & Family Services, and Sustainable Housing Department
• Works with Cowichan Tribes Departments to address client/member needs
• Refers members to external agencies
• Has a Lunch Program team and delivers lunches to schools within the Cowichan Valley
• Completes proposals to secure funding and implement program to Social Development clients with goal of securing employment or accessing Post-Secondary Education funding

The Social Development team includes:

A Social Development Manager with five Band Social Development Workers (BSDWs), one Intake Worker, and one Clerk/Receptionist administer the Social Development program.  Revenue comes from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) through Comprehensive Funding Agreement.

Quw’utsun Employment & Training (QET) Program has a QET Coordinator and one QET Intake Worker

Individual Opportunities Program (IOP) has one IOP Advisor

A Lunch Program Team, also known as the Buckets on Buses (BOB) team is staffed each school year with term staff

Individual Opportunities Program  (IOP)