The Chatham-Kent Child and Youth Planning Network (CYPN) is a table for leaders representing various Chatham-Kent child and youth-focused organizations and community partners serving ages prenatal to 21 years.
If you are interested in receiving information regarding CYPN or joining the committee, please email ccey@chatham-kent.ca.
In 2019, CYPN achieved foundational milestones in 'turbo-charging' our impact as a community collective. Together, we:
- Developed a CK CYPN 'Connector Team' which acts as a support for the Chair and an Advisory Team for the CYPN
- Engaged CYPN Leaders in discussions on their 'vision', readiness for change, priority themes, and high-level range of options for network models
- Identified four (4) priority themes that create a 'framework' for the key ingredients of what matters to the CYPN:
- Family Voice
- Equity & Access
- Partnerships & Innovation
- Data & Knowledge Management
CYPN Meetings
Generally, CYPN meets on the first Wednesday of each month. We have implemented a new Meeting Calendar to help keep everyone informed of and prepared for our upcoming topics. We have also designed a document, the CYPN Presentation Template, to aid our members or guests in presenting ideas, projects, etc. to the team and creating discussions resulting in actionable items.
Keeping TraCK
Keeping TraCK is a website which provides well-being information about children and youth in Chatham-Kent. It is an initiative of the Chatham-Kent Child and Youth Planning Network (CYPN).
The goals of Keeping TraCK are:
- to create a robust and centralized collection of datasets related to the well-being of children and youth in Chatham-Kent
- to provide tools for analyzing and visualizing data
- to support data-driven program planning and decision-making
- to identify well-being disparities so that resources may be effectively targeted to areas of high need
- to reduce duplication, siloes, and costs in data collection
- to improve well-being outcomes for children and youth
Keeping TraCK - Child and Youth Well-being in Chatham-Kent
CYPN Resources
