The Lacombe and District Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is again hosting a "Super Clinic" for the communities of Lacombe and Clive.
Open to everyone, the Spring clinics offer services to help people in the community by bringing the government and other organizations to them.
Wendy Griffin, Community Projects Coordinator with FCSS, explains the purpose of the clinics: “We invite the CRA and Service Canada to come in and they have agents here, in person to be able to sit down and fix things with your CRA account, or if you have any questions about your GST or your climate action or your OAS, or your CP, or anything that has to do with government funding, they have representatives here that you can talk to and get things fixed.”
The CRA will provide members on-site to help with services, and Service Canada will have a member there for assistance.
Lacombe residents will be able to take advantage of this "Super Clinic" on Thursday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lacombe Memorial Centre in the County Room.
Clive residents will have their own clinic on Friday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the resource room next to the Clive Public Library.
At the Lacombe clinic, community residents will also have a chance to meet with members from the Community Legal Clinic, who will provide a lawyer for any questions and assist with non-government photo IDs.
“The adult guardianship is coming as well, and they'll have a representative there just talking about guardianship. So, if you're a senior and you're taking care of a grandchild or something like that and you need some advice, they're there as well,” says Griffin about the Lacombe event.
The Lacombe clinic will also offer an advocate with the Utilities Commission group to answer any questions about utility services like electricity and natural gas.
“This is definitely an event that is widely used and appreciated throughout the community for everybody, and you know, having the government actually on-site is really a valuable asset because nobody likes sitting on hold for a couple of hours so, when you can come in and get things fixed right there with you, it is actually very powerful,” states Griffin.
Both “Super Clinics” are a first-come, first-served set-up and will be offered again in the fall; dates for that session are still to be confirmed.