Community Plan 20072009 Homelessness Partnering Strategy

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Community Plan 2007-2009Homelessness
Partnering Strategy

• Bienvenue/Welcome

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Agenda

• Component 1 Community profile
• Component 2 Issues and priorities
• Component 3 Community plan outcomes
• Component 4 Implementation strategies
• Components 5 and 6
• Mapping pilot project
• Wrap-up

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The Homelessness Partnering Strategy

• The HPS replaces the National Homelessness
  Initiative (NHI) which expired March 31, 2007
• Purpose prevent and reduce homelessness by
  helping to establish the structures and supports
  needed to move homeless individuals and at-risk
  individuals towards self-sufficiency and full
  participation in Canadian society

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The five pillars of the HPS

• Preventing and reducing homelessness
• Ensuring tangible and direct response to client
  needs and measurable outcomes for clients
• Engaging provincial/territorial/other government
  departments and communities
• Supporting preventative and longer-term housing
  solutions
• Strengthening accountability and measurement

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Overview of the Planning Process

• Reference Guide
• Page 6
• Annex G

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Documents included in the Planning Process

• Data Tools helps with the collection of data
  used as support and background to the Framework
• Framework gathers qualitative and quantitative
  information used to guide the community planning
• Reference Guide acts as the guide to the Data
  Tools and Framework (includes examples, visuals
  and further written instructions)

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1. Community Profile

• Understanding your community is a continuous
  process. Taking stock and assessing the
  community on a regular basis ensures that your
  assumptions and understanding of your community
  are current.
• Smith, Mark K. 2001. Social capital. In Infed
  the encyclopedia of informal education.
  ltwww.infed.org/biblio/social_capital.htmgt.
  Consulted in July 2006.

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1. Community Profile

• Data Tools (Pages 1-10)
• Series A Community Statistics
• Series B Population summary based on housing
  circumstances
• Series C Community assets
• Framework (Page 1)
• Elements 1-3
• Reference Guide (Pages 8-26 and 30-31)

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Table A.4

• Additional housing data
• CMHC Rental Market Survey
• www.cmhc.ca/housingmarketinformation

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Homeless and at-risk populations

• Table B.1 Homeless and at-risk populations
  summary
• Table B.2 Population Profile
• Methods and data sources

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Population approach based on housing circumstances
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2. Issues and Priorities

• Data Tools (Pages 1-11)
• Series A Community Statistics
• Series B Population summary based on housing
  circumstances
• Series C Community assets
• Worksheet D Issues, Populations and Priorities
• Framework (Pages 2-5)
• Elements 4 and 5
• Reference Guide (Pages 32-36)

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2. Issues and Priorities

• Issues are key situations, challenges or
  concerns. They may represent fundamental policy
  questions or critical challenges that affect the
  communitys mission, homeless or at-risk
  populations, stakeholders, service levels, costs
  or management.

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Priorities
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HPS Generic Outcomes and Related Indicators

• Reference Guide Annex C
• Reduction of homelessness and transitions to
  housing stability
• Prevention of homelessness
• Social integration
• Improvement in service quality or service
  capacity (Including capital investments in
  facilities and additional services)

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3. Community Plan Outcomes

• Data Tools (Page 12)
• Worksheet E Objectives and Outcomes
• Framework (Pages 6-14)
• Elements 6 and 7
• Reference Guide (Pages 37-43)
• Annex B Measurement Strategy
• Annex C HPS Generic Outcomes and Related
  Indicators
• Annex D NHI CPA Indicators

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3. Community Plan Outcomes

• For each priority
• Identify objectives and related outcomes to
  achieve by 2009
• Describe measurement strategy
• HPS requires measurable outcomes for clients

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3. Community Plan Outcomes

• SMART Objectives
• Specific
• Measurable
• Ambitious but Realistic
• Time-bound

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Structure of Framework Element 6
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4. Implementation Strategies

• Data Tools (Pages 13-16)
• Worksheet F Potential Involvement of Sectors
  and Expected Relationships
• Series G Distribution of HPS Funding per
  Community Priority
• Framework (Pages 15-21)
• Elements 8
• Reference Guide (Pages 44-45)

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Structure of Framework Element 8
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5. Developing and Communicating the Community Plan

• Framework (Page 22)
• Element 9 Community Plan Development and
  Approval Process
• Element 10 Communicating the Community Plan

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6. Sustainable Development

• Data Tools (Pages 17-18)
• Series H Funds to the Community
• Framework (Page 23)
• Element 11 Financial and Non-Financial
  Resources
• Element 12 Human Resources
• Element 13 Environmental Initiatives

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Mapping Pilot Project
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Outline

• Maps can show
• Community Demographic Data
• Distribution of the Homeless Population
• Community Assets
• Pilot Project Requirements

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Community Demographic Data
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Distribution of the Homeless Population
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Community Assets
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Pilot Project Requirements
Expertise in GIS
Data
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Whats next?

• Community Plan
• Framework (with amended Element 7)
• Data Tools
• Bordertown examples
• Resources in the Guide
• Annex F

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• Community Plans are due October 1st
• Thanks for joining us today