Regional AgreementRegional Agreement • August 19th, 2023
Contract Type FiledAugust 19th, 2023The obligations of each ministry involved in the delivery of assistive listening technology to children and youth are specified in the Inter-Ministerial Protocol for the Provision of Audiological Support Service (the Protocol), one of the protocols in the Inter-Ministerial Protocol for the Provision of Support Services to Schools (2010). Through the Protocol, the Ministries of Healthy Living and Sports, Health Services, Children and Family Development and the Ministry of Education are making a commitment to providing assistive listening technology to students with peripheral hearing loss in order to give them better auditory access to their educational programs. The Ministry of Health Services provides funding and delegates authority to Regional Health Authorities for audiological services for children under 19 years old. The Ministry of Education provides funding and delegates authority to Boards of Education and the Provincial Resource Program - Auditory Outreach for the provision of