The Co-operation and Working Together Partnership has launched a €7.9 million PEACEPLUS-funded Early Intervention Support Youth Hubs project.
The cross-border EASY project is aimed at providing early intervention support to 9,000 children, young people, and families living in the border area with social, emotional, or behavioural issues.
EASY will provide high-quality and targeted early intervention and support to children and young people who present with neurodevelopmental type conditions, or who have been recently diagnosed.
Such interventions and supports will be provided within local communities and in partnership with voluntary and community organisations.
SEUPB Chief Executive Gina McIntyre says they are conscious that the impact of the project must go beyond individual families. She says EASY is designed to strengthen regional resilience, to embed learning within systems, and to provide a replicable model for cross-border cooperation in children’s health and well-being.
Mark Hogan is Principal Psychologist for Sligo Leitrim, South Donegal and West Cavan IHA.
He says the project offers a unique opportunity for both jurisdictions to share and co-operate to support children, young people and families living in the area:
