I don't think there's one solution. I think one of the challenges is that there are multiple needs. Foundationally, I think each person has said that supported housing would be one of our strongest needs. If we can provide supported housing, both for individuals living with FASD and for women who are pregnant, then we start to have a foundation to deal with some of those other things, whether it's substance abuse or mental health concerns.
Really, what we see is that our systems are set up to work with a part of an individual. We have mental health services. We have addiction services. We have health services. An individual with FASD would be accessing almost all those services. What happens, oftentimes, is that someone will age out of the youth services, which are often quite structured. Whether they're living in foster care or living in a group home situation, if they're not living with a biological family or an adopted family, all the supports that have been there end at age 17 or 18. Michelle talked about the gap period of time.
In a developmental approach, what would be a typical developmental approach, you would normally reach adulthood and you would be able to live independently. What we see with individuals who have FASD is that those supports need to continue for a lifetime. As a system, both federally and territorially, we haven't necessarily addressed that need for lifetime support in supported housing. We may do it on an individual basis. One person, if there's a strong advocate, may get a supported living situation.
As a system, it's our way that individuals, from an early-intervention perspective, could look at lifetime supports rather than at a segmented or siloed approach.
I'm not sure I answered your question.