Services for supervised access rights were established in Qu\u00e9bec in the mid-1980s. The service was designed to meet the public\u2019s need for measures that would allow children to maintain relationships with both of their parents\u00a0following a relationship breakdown that proved problematic or for any other major reason.<\/p>\n
The F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des organismes communautaires famille (FQOCF, Qu\u00e9bec federation of family community organizations) was the first group to become involved with the resources providing supervised access services, and to bring their work to the attention of the Ministries concerned. In the late 1990s, the FQOCF sponsored a new working committee called the national coordinating committee for supervision resources.<\/p>\n
In 2004, this committee organized a group work session to draft a code of ethics specifically for services for supervised access rights. The committee tabled the final document in November 2005 at the FQOCF National Meeting in Laval.<\/p>\n
In April 2005, the Minister of Health and Social Services announced in his budget that $1.5 million was earmarked for supervised access services in Qu\u00e9bec. However, not all of the money allocated was fully invested in the years following the announcement.<\/p>\n
In September 2005, a report from the interdepartmental committee on supervised access services was made public by Minister of Families Carole Th\u00e9berge, Minister of Youth Protection Margeret F. Delisle, and Minister of Justice and Attorney General Yvon Marcoux. The report contains recommendations for supervised access services. The Qu\u00e9bec government subsequently formed and mandated a new interdepartmental committee composed of the same Ministries to develop and establish standards of practice and to define the training relevant for supervision resources.<\/p>\n
In October 2006, the RQRSDA was legally constituted and became the main representative for matters concerning supervised access services.<\/p>\n
In April 2007, one of the RQRSDA\u2019s first mandates was to draft standards for supervised access in collaboration with the interdepartmental committee.<\/p>\n
In April 2008, the Minist\u00e8re de la Famille (MF), in collaboration with the Minist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9 et des Services sociaux (MSSS) and the Minist\u00e8re de la Justice (MJQ), published the Guide relatif \u00e0 l\u2019organisation des services de supervision des droits d\u2019acc\u00e8s<\/em> (GROS SDA, Guide for the organization of services for supervised access rights).<\/p>\n In February 2009, the RQRSDA worked with the interdepartmental committee to develop a training plan for supervision resources.<\/p>\n In 2009, the RQRSDA collaborated with the Community-University Research Alliances\u2019 study on separated parents and stepfamilies, the ARUC-S\u00e9paration parentale, recomposition familiale: \u201cenfants et parents \u00e0 soutenir\u201d (http:\/\/www.arucfamille.ulaval.ca\/). \u00a0The RQRSDA shared its expertise with the project partners.<\/p>\n In December 2011, a research project was launched to establish a description of services for supervised access rights in Qu\u00e9bec. The project was a joint initiative of the RQRSDA, the Centre for Research on the Adaptation of Youth and Families at Risk (JEFAR), the MJQ, MSSS and MF.<\/p>\n In March 2013, the RQRSDA, the FQOCF, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des associations de familles monoparentales et recompos\u00e9es du Qu\u00e9bec (FAFMRQ, federation of\u00a0associations\u00a0of\u00a0single-parent\u00a0and\u00a0blended\u00a0families\u00a0of\u00a0Qu\u00e9bec) and the Regroupement des maisons d\u2019h\u00e9bergement pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale (RMFVVC, association\u00a0of\u00a0women’s\u00a0shelters\u00a0for victims of domestic violence) presented their recommendations to the Ministries. The Ministries committed to exploring possible solutions to improve the accessibility and quality of supervised access services in Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n In May 2013, the RQRSDA submitted a Notice to the Ministries concerned, the Projet d\u2019organisation et de financement des services de supervision des droits d\u2019acc\u00e8s au Qu\u00e9bec <\/em>(Project on the organization and financing of services for supervised access rights in Qu\u00e9bec). The RQRSDA hoped that the document would bring improvements to supervision services for families.<\/p>\n In June 2013, the RQRSDA organized the first province-wide gathering. The event gave supervision resources the opportunity to discuss and share intervention tools and attend a presentation by practitioner, speaker and trainer Olivier Limet.<\/p>\n In the fall of 2013, four provincial training sessions on supervised access rights were held.\u00a0 The training was designed for supervised access service coordinators and workers. Sixty-five people from 34 resources attended.<\/p>\n The RQRSDA organized its first symposium on services for supervised access rights in March 2014, in Drummondville. The event comprised seven workshops and presentations on themes related to supervised access rights. More than 75 people attended the event. A participant survey reported that more than 90% of attendees enjoyed the workshops and the organization. This symposium was made possible thanks to financial support from the Minist\u00e8re de la Famille, the ARUC-S\u00e9paration parentale, recomposition familiale and the RQRSDA.<\/p>\n Today, the RQRSDA works closely with the Ministries concerned to advance the issues of funding, standards, safety, access to services, etc. The RQRSDA wants all families in Qu\u00e9bec to have access to quality services.<\/p>\n The Regroupement Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois des ressources de supervision des droits d\u2019acc\u00e8s (RQRSDA) supports and represents more than the majority of supervision resources in Qu\u00e9bec. In 2014, more than 35 resources were listed in Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ABOUT US Services for supervised access rights were established in Qu\u00e9bec in the mid-1980s. 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