Veterans Affairs committee  That's the model we're using with the veteran family program and with the veteran family coordinators at each of the seven locations. When I talked about the family liaison officer who's currently embedded within the integrated personnel support centres, the connection between th

Veterans Affairs committee  It's since the pilot started. Before the start of the pilot, the military family services program did not have a mandate for delivery of services once the member had released. Pre-release those services were provided, but at release they were not, which is the reason for the vete

Veterans Affairs committee  We don't track anything related to member suicides, with the exception of anyone who's calling into the family information line. Because of its being a crisis support line, we will receive calls at times from people who are suicidal. That information we do track for our own inter

Veterans Affairs committee  Traditionally we haven't done that, but over the last three years we have. At a lot of the recruiting ceremonies, or at the schools, we will do presentations on the type of services available through the military family services program. I will note that a lot of that informati

Veterans Affairs committee  The veteran family program is restricted to medically releasing veterans, yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I can't speak to the exact reason. When Veterans Affairs asked us to be able to support the program, that's what we were provided as a parameter.

Veterans Affairs committee  Not yet, but today now, thank you very much. That's an excellent suggestion.

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't have that direct breakdown with me right now. I can provide that later. We have done the assessment in year one, and I can absolutely provide it. The one thing I can say is that in the military family services program, we try very hard to ensure that overhead is insigni

Veterans Affairs committee  I can't speak to that. What I can speak to is that services at a military family resource centre aren't geographically dependent. Where a member may be in Petawawa and his parent may be struggling in London, Ontario, then the parent can go into the military family resource cent

Veterans Affairs committee  It depends on the service that's being provided. For example, if it's respite child care, then those service are reimbursed. If it's access to mental health services and they're not provided provincially, then the family member can come back to the military family resource centre

Veterans Affairs committee  That is a barrier. We're finding that one of the learnings from the veteran family program is that it is a barrier. That is why in some of the seven pilot locations we have right now, one of the major areas of interest for veterans and their families is financial stability. A l

Veterans Affairs committee  The reason for the development of the military family services program 25 years ago was for exactly what you're speaking about. It's an excellent point. Families at that time weren't acknowledged as an important contributor to operational effectiveness. Families need to support

Veterans Affairs committee  The $10 million difference or the discrepancy between the two had to do with the establishment of the initial pilot and then the tailing off of the pilot. There are two phases at either end. The $10 million is for the actual implementation of the direct services to veterans and t

Veterans Affairs committee  We're just coming to the end of our second year. The first year started in October, so it was kind of a half-year.

Veterans Affairs committee  It has just been concluded. I received the draft report earlier this week. It has to go through our organization and the Veterans Affairs organization to be able to determine if the results of the first part of the pilot have been successful enough to consider moving forward.