Family Services Windsor-Essex - Avenues

The Avenues Program provides personalized human resource and financial support for people with individualized or Passport funding.  The qualified staff help adults with developmental disabilities recruit, hire and maintain independent contractors and employees, as well as providing support in the following areas:
 

• Budgeting – Helping decide how to best use Individualized or Passport funding
• Finances – Direct payment of bills to other services and agency supports. Reimbursement of invoiced expenses
• Staffing – Support with recruiting, training, monitoring of independent contractors/employees. Support with administering their contracts and annual reviews
• Liaison – Linking to the wider community

  Support is provided at the main or satellite offices across Windsor-Essex, as well as virtual and telephone support. Most support happens in the community in places like people’s homes, workplaces, volunteer locations, schools, community centres, police stations, courts, coffee shops, and libraries.