Mandate of the Select Committee on Developmental Services - Ontario

That a Select Committee on Developmental Services be appointed to consider and report to the House its observations and recommendations with respect to the urgent need for a comprehensive developmental services strategy to address the needs of children, youth and adults in Ontario with an intellectual disability or who are dually diagnosed with an intellectual disability and a mental illness, and to coordinate the delivery of developmental programs and services across many provincial ministries in addition to the Ministry of Community and Social Services; and

That in developing its strategy and recommendations, the Committee shall focus on the following issues:

· the elementary and secondary school educational needs of children and youth;

· the educational and workplace needs of youth upon completion of secondary school;

· the need to provide social, recreational and inclusionary opportunities for children, youth and adults;

· the need for a range of available and affordable housing options for youth and adults;

· the respite and support needs of families;

· how government should most appropriately support these needs and provide these opportunities.