Government Strategies and Reports

Several strategies have been introduced over the recent years to address emerging issues, gaps in services, and areas of concern. Keeping up with the various strategies, approaches, and current reports can be a daunting task. It is critical that community agencies, boards, and organizations work together to inform and be informed by the work that is happening at a provincial or national level.

Included below are some links that you may find helpful in your work to stay current with respect to work that continues to evolve:

• Thrive – Toward a Healthier Nova Scotia
• Together We Can – A Plan to Improve Mental Health and Addiction Care for Nova Scotians
• Early Years Branch of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
• Nova Scotia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy – Preventing Poverty
• Nova Scotia’s Workforce Strategy
• Healthy Eating Strategy
• Moving Toward a Tobacco Free Nova Scotia
• Forward Together – Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Atlantic Canada
• Changing the Culture of Alcohol Use in Nova Scotia – An Alcohol Strategy
• National Crime Prevention Strategy
• National Anti-Drug Strategy
• From Red Tape to Clear Results – Blue Ribbon Panel Report