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<\/figure>On the ground thanks to the crisis cells<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Discover some initiatives launched by the crisis cells in Laval, Ahuntsic and Verdun.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
A strategy to reach Laval parents who don\u2019t speak the language<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When the Commission scolaire de Laval was planning for the opening of its primary schools in mid-May, it surveyed parents about whether they intended to send their children back to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Laval crisis cell <\/strong><\/strong>became concerned that very few parents from schools with the highest deprivation indices responded to the survey. Since these schools also serve more children from diverse backgrounds, they wondered whether language was a barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schools, family agencies and resources for immigrants and refugees mobilized to try and communicate with these parents more directly.<\/p>\n\n\n Right away, the crisis cell launched by the Solidarit\u00e9 Ahuntsic neighbourhood roundtable had portable toilets and sinks set up for the homeless, who had no place to meet their minimum hygiene needs due to the closure of cafes and restaurants. Phone support for seniors and a food delivery system by bicycle are just two more examples of their collective actions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n The Verdun crisis cell, which includes the Concertation en d\u00e9veloppement social de Verdun neighbourhood roundtable, is launching a project to distribute food at HLMs and make home deliveries to isolated people. They created a communication tool to reach people experiencing hardship due to housing, mental health or youth issues, etc. and who may be struggling even more due to the closure of multiple services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the start of the lockdown, Greater Montreal\u2019s crisis cells emerged almost organically. These regional and neighbourhood bodies ensure that action in the field comes together quickly so that people who need help can get…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1077,1007,948,980,1092,1045","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[685],"tags":[738,742],"content-type":[493],"sector":[],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19-en","tag-help-and-reference","tag-community-action","content-type-articles-en"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 13:29:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25888,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/25888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/0589f25184e93d4472b142b93e2bdb33.jpg\")
<\/figure>A safety net for Ahuntsic residents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Keeping an eye on Verdun residents in difficulty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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