LifeSkills for Community Connection

For clients who are not yet ready to move towards employment but still want to progress towards community connection, a new program was launched in August of 2022 called Lifeskills for Community Connection.

Across all ICCS programs, there often remains additional need for individualized support to clients to ensure that once they are in housing, they are equipped with more fundamental life skills to help them cope and move forward. Others may benefit from engaging in learning activities that build their confidence and capacity to regain independence. Creating a welcoming environment encourages a sense of belonging, curiosity, cultivates relationship building and self worth.

With opportunities to engage in multifaceted social, cultural, communication, and creative (Ingenuity) skills building, these are key components in successful life skills competency development, with the ultimate goal towards re-entry into community connections as more a whole, positive-minded and capable individual.

ICCS has dedicated outreach and support staff to help clients with these skills within programs and has seen success when they are able to come alongside clients and build supportive relationships. In many programs, however, most particularly supportive housing programs, there is an assumed level of self-sufficiency among clients which may not be a universal reality. The LifeSkills programs strives to help support the development of this self-sufficiency so that residents can achieve their greatest potential!