Status Report on Fiscal Year 21/22 THWS Initiatives

This status report covers both program and performance updates as well as financial updates. Although all action items under the THWS will have a program and performance status report, only the 12 identified THWS core action items will have a financial status report. The financial status report on these items is provided after the program and performance section.

Information covered by this status report includes an identified phase, a status of the action item, and a summary of progress and performance in the FY 21/22. This information is presented for each action item as follows: “Phase. Status. Summary.” The phase and status definitions used by the THWS can be found in Tables 2 and 3, respectively. The information contained in this section was supplied to the THW Program Office by the primary point of contact from the Office of Primary Interest (OPI). The complete list of items included in the FY 21/22 status report can be found in Table 4, involving 39 action items and 11 sub-action items.

Table 2: Implementation Phases of Action Items and Sub-Action Items Covered in FY 21/22 Annual Report

Phase # in FY 21/22 Phase Definition
Phase 1 16 Action Items and Sub-Action Items that have been targeted for completion in the FY 21/22.
Phase 2 3 Action Items and Sub-Action Items that have been targeted for completion in the FY 22/23. They have been included in this annual report if they are THWS core action items.
Phase 3 1 Action Items and Sub-Action Items that have been targeted for completion in the FY 23/24. They have been included in this annual report if they are THWS core action items.
Ongoing 30 Action Items and Sub-Action Items that have ongoing or continued implementation past FY 21/22. These items may have a future projected completion date or are items that will continue implementation for the foreseeable future.

Table 3: Performance Status for FY 21/22 THWS Action and Sub-Action Items

Status # in FY 21/22 Status Definition
Steady State (Complete) 9 Achieved completion target for THW, continuing to track financials and or Key Performance Indicators
Complete 5 Achieved completion target, no longer requires tracking
In Part 23 Partially delivered, work is ongoing with all deliverables on track
Delayed 9 Delayed, work is continuing (action item may be entirely or only partially delayed)
Unlikely/Mitigated 3 Unlikely to reach targets, mitigations in place; tracking or monitoring unavailable for action item
Not Started 1 An action that for reasons disclosed in the summaries has not been started, but is not considered delayed.

Table 4: Fiscal Year 21/22 THWS Action and Sub-Action Items

LoE Action Item Action Status Groups Benefited
1 65 #65 – Family Violence Prevention Awareness Campaign (“Healthy Relationship Campaign”) Steady State (Complete)
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • CAF Veterans
  • CAF Reservists
  • CFMWS Employees
1 1 #1 – Develop and implement a Total Health and Wellness (THW) communications plan In Part All Defence Team Members
1 31.2 #31.2 – Transition training In Part
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • Veterans
  • Reservists
1 31.3 #31.3 – Transition digitalization In Part
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • Veterans
  • Reservists
1 42 #42 - Strengthening the Forces (STF) Program In Part
  • CAF Members
  • Reservists
1 41 #41 - Optimizing Performance Force and Family (OPF 2) - CANSOFCOM Program Delayed
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • Veterans
  • Reservists
  • Deployed CAF Members
1 2 #2 – Coordinate the development and implementation of an integrated THW training plan (DT-HRC THW SC) Unlikely / Mitigated All Defence Team Members
2 7 #7 - Stand up a THW Monitoring Office to ensure ongoing program monitoring of the THWS – THWS core Action Item Steady State (Complete) All Defence Team Members
2 60 #60 - Develop RCN governance structure that aligns L2 formation health and wellness committees In Part CAF Members (RCN Specific)
2 4 #4 – Formalize Total Health and Wellness governance structure Delayed All Defence Team Members
3 46 #46 – Implement the CAF Diversity Strategy Action Plan Complete CAF Members
3 62 #62 – Research Project: Developing CAF Member’s Resilience During Post OFP Training Complete CAF Members
3 10 #10 - Implement the Integrated Defence Team approach to building a healthy workplace (Bill C-65) Steady State (Complete) All Defence Team Members
3 13 #13 - Continue to operationalize Integrated Conflict and Complaints Management - THWS Core Action Item Steady State (Complete) All Defence Team Members
3 8 #8 - Manage a central repository of existing DND/CAF personnel research In Part All Defence Team Members
3 9 #9 - Conduct the Defence Workplace Wellbeing Survey (DWWS) – THWS Core Action Item In Part CAF Members
Reservists
3 12.1 #12.1 – Continue the Sexual Misconduct Research Program – THWS Core Action ItemFootnote 1 In Part All Defence Team Members
3 12.2 #12.2 - Continue to address hateful conduct in the workplace In Part CAF Members
3 12.4 #12.4 - Continue to address harassment and violence in the workplace In Part All Defence Team Members
3 12.5 #12.5 - Continue to implement and support the Employment Equity Act in the CAF to eliminate employment equity barriers in the workplace. In Part CAF Members
3 12.7 #12.7 - Continue to address sexual misconduct –THWS Core Action Item1 In Part All Defence Team Members
3 15 #15 – Achieve full operational capability for the Civilian Return to Work Program - THWS Core Action Item In Part DND Employees
3 16 #16 – Achieve full operational capability for the CAF Return to Duty program In Part
  • CAF Members
  • Reservists
3 48 #48 – CAF Sports Program In Part CAF Members
3 11 #11 - Adapt the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (PHSW) - THWS Core Action Item Delayed All Defence Team Members
3 19 #19 – Leverage current culture alignment activities to promote the psychological health and wellness of the Defence team Delayed All Defence Team Members
3 12 #12 - Continue to address sexual misconduct, hateful conduct, any form of discrimination, harassment and violence, employment inequity and abuse of power in the workplace Delayed All Defence Team Members
3 12.3 #12.3 - Continue to address any form of discrimination in the workplace Delayed All Defence Team Members
3 12.6 #12.6 - Continue to address abuse of power in the workplace Delayed All Defence Team Members
4 30 #30 – Integration of THW related Suicide Prevention Action Plan Items – THWS Core Action Item Complete All Defence Team Members
4 52 #52 – Using nudge theory, this project will trial different behaviourally-informed messages to notify COs about their unit's rate of FORCE test completion Complete CAF Members
4 53 #53 – This project will help CAF members reduce their consumption of alcohol and tobacco using contemporary principles of behavioural economics Complete CAF Members
4 50 #50 - Soldier On Program Steady State (Complete)
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Veterans
4 55 #55 – Officer/Non-Commissioned Members Mess Steady State (Complete)
  • CAF Members
  • Reservists
4 56 #56 – PSP Community Recreation Programming Steady State (Complete)
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
4 66 #66 – PSP Deployment support to members Steady State (Complete)
  • CAF Members on Deployment
  • CAF Families
  • Reservists
4 73 #73 - Service Income Security and Insurance Plan (SISIP) Personal Financial Education Program (PFEP); Financial Counselling Program (FCP) Steady State (Complete)
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • Reservists
4 29 #29 - Modernize the Military Family Support Program (MFSP) and increase programs and services nationally and locally to include the virtualization of family services – THWS Core Action Item In Part
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • CAF Veterans
  • CAF Reservists
  • CAF Members on Deployment
4 31 #31 – Achieve full operational capability for CAF TG – THWS Core Action Item In Part
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • Veterans
  • Reservists
4 31.1 #31.1 – Transition Process In Part
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • Veterans
  • Reservists
4 34 #34 - Implement the RCChS Spiritual Resiliency and Wellness Strategy – THWS Core Action Item In Part
  • CAF Members
  • Reservists
4 57 #57 – Implement the Patient Partnered Care Initiative In Part
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
4 28 #28 – Expand the Office of Disability Management (ODM) – THWS Core Action Item Delayed DND Employees
4 35 #35 – Implement BALANCE – The CAF Physical Performance Strategy – THWS Core Action Item Delayed
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Members on Deployment
4 51 #51 – CA Mission:Ready Program Unlikely / Mitigated CAF Members (CA Specific)
4 27 #27 - Enhance Health Services to ill and injured service personnel by increasing support for occupational therapy and case management – THWS Core Action Item Not Started CAF Members
5 31.4 #31.4 – CAF/VAC Collaboration In Part
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • Veterans
  • Reservists
5 58 #58 – Evaluate the CAF Addiction Program In Part CAF Members
5 59 #59 – Apply VAC research to inform CAF policy and procedures In Part
  • CAF Members
  • CAF Families
  • CAF Veterans
5 37 #37 – Identify opportunities for increased collaboration in support of a comprehensive approach to health and wellness (DT-HRC THW SC) Unlikely / Mitigated All Defence Team Members

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