Communications

A. Distribute the Métis Child and Family Services Policy 
To the Members of the Métis Nation Legislative Assembly (Regions, Locals)
At the next General Assembly
Amongst the Métis Nation Saskatchewan Affiliates, Institutions and Organizations
To the Métis National Council Board of Governors and Cabinet Members

B. Share the outcomes of the conference over a series of New Breed Magazine Issues and other Métis Nation Regional and Local newsletters as discussion points and begin promotion of Métis Role Models through articles and interviews. 

C. Support Projects within the Métis Nation Saskatchewan, and beyond to include the Métis National Council Governing Members that promote Métis culture, heritage and languages in order to build communications and educational materials on the Métis Nation.

D. Encourage our Métis Leaders at every level within the Métis Nation Saskatchewan governance structure to be informed of the issues and to lobby for the greater involvement and decision-making authority of Métis people on matters related to Métis child and family services.

E. Support the Métis National Council Youth Role Model Program.

Networking

A. Begin plans to hold a National Métis Child Wellness Conference
B. Organize a meeting within the next four months with appropriate representatives of each of the Métis National Council Governing Members to discuss a future National Métis Child Wellness Conference and to draft national policy on the Métis Child to be reviewed at a national conference.

C. To add onto the agenda of each Métis Local and subsequent Regional Council meeting the topic of Métis Child Wellness and to share the Policy and to begin discussing issues of significance at the community level in order to maintain the topic as one of central concern and to identify opportunities in the future to become more active in the lives of our Métis children, including those facing difficulties.

D. Lobby the New Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, and the Saskatchewan Party on the increasing involvement of the Métis Nation seeking negotiations for devolution of the Métis Child and Family Services to the Métis Nation.

E. Each Métis Nation Local, Regional Council, Affiliate and Institution should promote the Métis Nation through the inclusion of Métis history, culture, language and governance structures in each and every program they offer.

Intergovernmental Actions

A. Develop proposals to take forward to the federal and provincial governments through the Métis Nation - Saskatchewan Tripartite / Bilateral processes for funding for long term implementation strategies and programs and services related to Métis Child and Family Services.

B. Begin pressuring the Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada to pass legislation devolving child and family services to the Métis Nation.

C. Engage our Métis Nation Saskatchewan Provincial Métis Council and Affiliate Boards to begin a review of existing agreements and Memorandums of Understanding and policies within the Métis Nation Saskatchewan and its Affiliates and Institutions as it relates to matters that impact on Métis Child and Family Services for Métis in Saskatchewan.

D. Establish a table of senior officials representing the Department of Social Services, Municipal Affairs and Education in Saskatchewan, Health Canada, Secretary of State Responsible for Children and Youth, Senate of Canada Standing Committee on the Child, and Métis Nation officials representing Métis Nation Saskatchewan Affiliates and Institutions to present and explore the Métis Child and Family Services Policy and its potential implementation. 

E. As part of the Bilateral Process, begin discussions under the Métis Act to make issues of child and family services a priority. 

F. Métis Family & Community Justice Services Inc, Métis Employment and Training of Saskatchewan Inc, the Gabriel Dumont Institute, and other Métis Nation Saskatchewan Affiliates, to negotiate partnership arrangements with the Department of Social Services to undertake joint initiatives in training and education to increase the number of Métis professionals in the area of Métis Child and Family Services.

Internal Governance

A. Métis Family & Community Justice Services Inc to draft a Métis Child and Family Services Act to be presented for adoption by the Métis Nation Legislative Assembly.

B. Table the Métis Child and Family Policy at the next Leaders Summit - Provincial Métis Council and the Métis Nation Saskatchewan Affiliates, Institutions and Organizations including Métis Family Community Justice Services Inc, Métis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan Inc, Gabriel Dumont Institute, Dumont Technical Institute, Provincial Métis Housing Corporation and Métis Employment & Training of Saskatchewan Inc, the Métis Nation Saskatchewan Senate, Women and Youth Councils to secure commitments and ideas for joint implementation of the Policy.

C. Negotiate with Métis Employment and Training of Saskatchewan Inc and the Regional Local Métis Management Boards to ensure opportunities and target setting for Métis clients to begin training in programs related to Métis Child and Family Services.

D. Encourage the Métis Nation Saskatchewan Youth Council to engage their Regional Councils in discussions pertaining to Métis Children and Youth and to make recommendations for action as it relates to addressing issues facing Métis children and youth.

E. Organize for a Métis Child and Family component of the Métis Nation Saskatchewan Education and Training Conference tentatively scheduled for March 2004.

F. Request that the Métis Family & Community Justice Services Inc and the Métis Nation Senate of Saskatchewan take a lead role in establishing a Métis Elders gathering for the explicit purpose of examining Métis Traditional Values and Culture to guide future policy and programming for Métis Child and Family programs.

G. Return as individuals to our families and our communities and to share the outcome of the Métis Child Wellness Conference, including the discussion and the Policy and Action Plan in an effort to examine the role that each and every citizen of the Métis Nation can play in facilitating Child and Family Wellness within our Métis families and communities, beginning with our own.