Liz Yorke and Associates

Liz Yorke and Associates

Liz Yorke and Associates
September 2004

Liz Yorke and Associates, established in 1989, is a multi-dimensional health and human services management and organization development consulting firm. LY&A assists clients to make better decisions for the future, based on the collection and analysis of significant information, specialized and objective advice built from broad experience and a high level of skill, and workable ideas. The firms portfolio includes project management, business analysis, facilitation, and extensive research, planning and evaluative work in the not-for-profit and broader public sectors at municipal, provincial and federal levels.

Liz Yorke and Associates is committed to a collaborative approach in assisting Government, public sector organizations, corporations, and not-for-profit agencies in their search for innovative and practical solutions to new and evolving challenges.

We assist clients with:
board and organizational development, including working with governance, board/staff working relationships & accreditation issues
policy development and analysis
strategic planning and research projects
development and assessment of health and human services issues, programs and service systems
development, evaluation and review of institutional and community-based health and human services
facilitation of workshops, planning sessions, high-level meetings
report and proposal preparation
consultation with stakeholders and analysis of the impact on individuals and their communities of potential and evolving public and organizational policy.

Human services management consulting services:
Alzheimer Society Ontario, design and development of a Peer Review Guide
Alzheimer Society, Ontario, for South Central Counselling Policy Review
with Envirimed Inc. to develop functional program plans for longer-term mental health beds and addictions services for St. Josephs Care Group, Thunder Bay
Ontario Division, Canadian Cancer Society in the development of an advocacy training program
Central Health Services in the preparation of proposals for services tendered by Ontarios Community Care Access Centres and participation on their Leadership and Partnership Team for accreditation
associate with Prime Time Strategies for A Public Education Plan & Interim Action Steps-Early Years Project and Interim Action Plan for Ontarios Haldimand & Norfolk Counties
Ontario College of Family Physicians for assistance with implementation of A Proposal to Establish A Comprehensive Medical Education Program to Advance the Care of Persons with Alzheimer Disease & Related Dementias
A Community Service Plan and A Blueprint for Building the Service System Around the Child for Kent Childrens Services Council in Ontario
Restructuring Ontarios Substance Abuse Programs: Northwestern and Northeastern Health Planning Areas
Planning for Employees for the Guelph Hospitals Implementation Steering Committee, Wellington-Dufferin District Health Council
A Strategic Plan and Related Action Steps, Emergency Services for Hotel Dieu Hospital, St. Catharines, Ontario
A Palliative Care Service for West Park Hospital, Metropolitan Toronto
Design of a multi-service agency for the City of York
The Womens Wellness Needs Assessment for Grey-Bruce District Health Council
Design of a training program for foster parents dealing with sexually abused children for Catholic Childrens Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto
Evaluation of the Regional Geriatric Service for Humber Memorial Hospital and West Park Hospital, Toronto

Program review and related evaluations:
Review of the Lead Agency for Toronto Preschool Speech and Language Services and Infant Hearing Program for Toronto Public Health
Impact Evaluation for Year I of Ontarios Strategy to Combat Elder Abuse for the Ontario Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse
A Stakeholder Analysis for Community Care Access Centre of Peel
A Transportation/Housing Needs Survey for The Friends in Parry Sound/ Muskoka
Feasibility Assessment Potential for Merger of Huron and Perth Childrens Aid Societies
Review of the Delivery Method for Housing Improvement Program and An Organizational and Service Review of the Federation of Metropolitan Tenants' Associations for Shelter, Housing and Support, Community and Neighbourhood Services, City of Toronto
An Operational Review of the Mental Health Components of COTA and An Operational Review of Peterborough Civic Hospital and Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge Mental Health Service System, and An Operational and Service Review of VON Algoma for Ontario Ministry of Health
Review of the Home and Community Support Program for VON Brockville, Leeds and Grenville Branch in Ontario

Governance, board and organization development:
Wellesley Central Health Corporation
Toronto Childrens Mental Health Centres Executive Directors Network
Health Care Health and Safety Association of Ontario
Childrens Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin
Community Care Access Centre of Peel
College of Midwives of Ontario
A Communications Strategy, Long-Term Care Reform for Halton District Health Council
DHCs Made Almost Simple: A Tool Box to Build Programs for Orientation, Continuing Education and Marketing for the Association of District Health Councils of Ontario
Sudbury Heart Health for development of a sustainability strategy
Community Information Centre for the City of York
Osteoporosis Society of Canada
Evaluation of the Executive Director: A Board Responsibility for Nova Scotias child welfare sector

LY&A has been selected:
- to provide consulting and advisory services for The Women in Business Initiative, Entrepreneurship and Business Skills Development Partnership (developed by Consulting and Audit Canada, with Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation)
- to provide Consultant Advisory Services for ACOA in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
- on the Standing Offer for Projects in Government Departments, Offices, Agencies, Boards and Commissions for the Province of Nova Scotia.

Company Details

Company Information

Liz Yorke
Title: President and CEO
Telephone: (416) 481-4096
Fax: (416) 487-4048
Email: Click Here

Services

Health & Human Services Management Consulting