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Kelly Lamrock, New Brunswick’s public advocate, has proposed establishing a Non-Profit Opportunities Unit to improve coordination between provincial social services and non-government organizations. The unit aims to track human quality-of-life outcomes rather than following current bureaucratic methods, with an emphasis on preventing crises through early intervention programs for at-risk groups like teenagers recovering from addictions. Lamrock’s proposal also includes using "social entrepreneurship contracts" to incentivize preventative measures that could save government costs in the long term.
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Kelly Lamrock, New Brunswick's public advocate, has proposed establishing a Non-Profit Opportunities Unit to enhance coordination between government and non-profit organizations. The unit aims to measure success by focusing on tangible human results rather than adherence to bureaucratic procedures. For example, it would track whether vulnerable individuals actually receive housing assistance rather than just completing paperwork.
In two earlier reports this year, Lamrock had criticized the Department of Social Development for systemic failures leading to the deaths of a 16-year-old boy and an elderly woman. The new unit seeks to move from crisis management to prevention, fostering partnerships between government and non-profit organizations instead of relying solely on charitable efforts.
Lamrock’s report also suggests streamlining grant application processes for community organizations to make their work more efficient. Overall, the initiative aims to shift the focus from rigid rule-following to ensuring that social services lead to positive outcomes for people in need.
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New Brunswick’s public advocate says the province should create a new unit to bridge the gaps between its social services and the community organizations that deliver them.
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Kelly Lamrock says the unit would co-ordinate the province’s social services strategy while leaving service delivery to the government’s partners in non-government organizations.
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In a report published today, Lamrock proposes the establishment of a Non-Profit Opportunities Unit that would measure success by human results, such as vulnerable people receiving housing.
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He says the current system heavily depends on social services workers following manuals and checklists rather than tracking whether a person’s life actually improves.
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The new body would also work to connect the bureaucratic dots for the community organizations by streamlining grant applications.
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In two separate reports released earlier this year, Lamrock blamed the deaths of a 16-year-old boy and an elderly woman on systemic failures by the province’s Department of Social Development.
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In the 50-page report released Tuesday, Lamrock criticizes the department for being too rules-bound in its approach to social services.
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The proposed non-profit unit, he says, would track human quality-of-life outcomes as a new way of measuring the value of taxpayer-funded programs.
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He says the unit should use “social entrepreneurship contracts” that could provide savings for government by focusing on preventative measures.
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Lamrock suggests in his report that spending more on social services can lead to savings later by preventing crises.
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For example, he says investing more in programs for at-risk teenagers, such as those who are recovering from addictions, can decrease costs down the road by reducing the number of youth who enter the justice system.
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“By reinventing the relationship between government and the non-profit sector, New Brunswick can move from crisis management to prevention, from bureaucracy to partnership, and from charity to essential service,” Lamrock writes in the report.
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“The Non-Profit Opportunities Unit and Social Entrepreneurship Contract framework offer a roadmap for action — one that rewards outcomes, empowers communities, and sustains innovation.”
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