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Community Plan on Homelessness in London - 2001
Authors: Ginsler & Associates Inc.
Publication Date: 2001
This Community Plan on Homelessness1 addresses needs in the City of London. It is the result of extensive consultation with community service providers, key representatives of the community, and most importantly, people who directly experience homelessness. In addition the consultant has undertaken an extensive literature review to identify best practices in meeting the needs of homeless and at-risk populations. It builds on the work of the Affordable Housing Task F...
Tags: housing; affordable housing; community plan; at risk populations; prevention; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; shelters and hostels
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Community Voices, Perspectives and Priorities: An Inclusive Cities Canada-Edmonton Report
Authors: Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
Organization: Edmonton Social Planning Council
Publication Date: 2005
Far too many people in Edmonton face genuine and often painful barriers to feeling socially included. All too often institutional, community and personal barriers work against many Edmontonians feeling a sense of belonging, acceptance and recognition in their own city. People who are viewed as being different in some way – for example, people who are visible minorities, are openly gay, or have a low-income, face discrimination, personal abuse and institutional roadblocks. The resulting...
Tags: housing; communities; Community Planning and Renewal; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation
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Prince George Community Plan 2001 (Updated in 2003)
Authors: Community Partners Addressing Homelessness (CPAH)
Publication Date: 2003
...with the results of community consultations and focus groups with service providers, agencies, and service consumers in Prince George. The result cumulated in the Community Plan on Homelessness released in September 2001. In 2003, the Federal Government renewed its commitment and finances to the homelessness initiative, with phase 2 scheduled to run from March 1, 2003 until March 31, 2006.
Tags: homelessness; policy; housing; Community Planning and Renewal; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; program planning and evaluation
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Sustainable Community Planning and Development Participation Tools and Practices
Authors: Crofton, Fiona S.
Publication Date: 2001
- Manual for getting public participation in sustainable community planning.
-Could be used by people trying to set up housing and new communities for the homeless, better running current housing communities and in trying to prevent people in communities for becoming homeless. (HRDC-2001)
Tags: community planning; practices; manual; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; program planning and evaluation
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Waterloo Region Community Homelessness Plan - 2003 Update
Authors: Waterloo Region Community Homelessness Working Group
Publication Date: 2001
The plan is based on the identifying community priorities, current and future needs in the Waterloo Region.
Tags: homelessness; community plan; kitchener; waterloo; affordable housing; housing; Community Planning and Renewal; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; program planning and evaluation
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Summative Evaluation of the National Homelessness Initiative - Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative ( SCPI )
Publication Date: 2008
This report contains the findings and conclusions for the summative evaluation of the National Homelessness Initiative ( NHI ) completed during 2006-2007. The evaluation addressed issues of the continued relevance of the NHI given current needs and priorities, and the NHI's success in meeting its objectives and expected outcomes.
Tags: funding; scpi; homelessness; project; access to supports and services; Community Planning and Renewal; program planning and evaluation; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation
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Ottawa's 2006-2008 Community Action Plan on Homelessness
Authors: Potter, Joyce; Hierlihy, Deborah; Connelly, Joy; Connelly, Paul; Ottawa Alliance to End Homelessness
Publication Date: 2005
In 1999, Ottawa developed an action plan on homelessness1 designed to respond to the growing issue of homelessness here and in cities across the country. Ottawa-Carleton had joined with other municipalities to declare homelessness a “national disaster” and to call for action from the federal government. The Province had designated municipalities as “local service system managers” for homelessness and had devolved many formerly provincial responsibilities to the municipal level. Toronto had...
Tags: end homelessness; action plans; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation
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Development Planning Unit (Dpu)
Authors: Homeless International
Publication Date: 2006
Working with universities forms part of our advocacy work. We want to make sure that the architects, planners and other professionals who will be working in urban development in the future have information about the kind of work that we and our partners do. We want to make sure that they have a chance to explore and discuss the principles that lie behind it and to appreciate the massive expertise that exists within communities with few physical assets. Working with universities also helps us....
Tags: homelessness; international; world; housing ; organization; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Definitions, Estimates and report cards; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; program planning and evaluation
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Social Planning & Research Council of Hamilton
Authors: Social Planning & Research Council of Hamilton (SPRC); Canada
Publication Date: 2007
The SPRC is a non-profit, registered charitable organization. We are located in Suite 103, 162 King William Street in Hamilton. We are governed by a community-based Board of Directors and carry out our daily work through full-time staff, special project staff and placement students.
Our goal is to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Hamilton through strengthening the community's understanding of social problems, developing strategies and the community's capacit...
Tags: hamilton; ontario; aboriginal peoples; poverty; housing ; homelessness theory; gender; Community Planning and Renewal; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; program planning and evaluation
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Vibrant Communities
Publication Date: 2007
It started out as a modest goal to assist 5,000 households in their journey out of poverty. Community by community, this grew exponentially to become 35,978 impacted by the work of Vibrant Communities' partners. The organizations offers recommendation for poverty reductions in Canada.
Tags: community; poverty reduction; access to supports and services; causes of homelessness; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Definitions, Estimates and report cards; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; program planning and evaluation
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Tamarack An Institute for Community Engagement
Authors: Tamarack an Institute for Community Engagement
Publication Date: 2004
Tamarack is a charitable organization dedicated to helping Canadian communities take ownership of local issues by making use of proven strategies for community engagement. Community engagement is commonly defined as citizens from different sectors of a community working and learning together, and taking leadership to address issues that affect them all.
Tags: housing; health; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; program planning and evaluation
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Doing Community Economic Development
Authors: Loxley, Edited by John; Silver, Jim; Sexsmith, Kathleen
Organization: Policyalernatives.ca
Publication Date: 2007
Challenging traditional notions of development, these essays critically examine bottom-up, community economic development strategies in a wide variety of contexts: as a means of improving lives in northern, rural and inner-city settings; shaped and driven by women and by Aboriginal people; aimed at employment creation for the most marginalized. Most authors have employed a participatory research methodology. The essays are the product of a broader, three-year community-university res...
Tags: reports & studies; economy & economic indicators; municipalities & urban development; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; program planning and evaluation
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National Homelessness Strategy
Authors: Department of family and community services
Publication Date: 2000
The National Homelessness Strategy presents a framework around which to design programs and policies that will lead to the prevention and amelioration of homelessness. This framework will inform and shape future policies and programs and will enable a holistic, strategic approach to be taken.
Tags: programs; prevention; druge use; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; mental health issues; patterns of use
5 Recommendations
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Settlement Story: Community Toilets in Hyderabad
Authors: Homeless International
Publication Date: 2007
In 2004, two members of staff from Homeless International visited India to understand more about how poor communities are getting involved in designing and constructing their own toilets. During the trip, we visited many toilets in Hyderabad and Vijayawada, and were amazed to see how working on toilets has brought communities together. (abstract from http://www.homeless-international.org)
Tags: homelessness; international; world; housing ; organization; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Definitions, Estimates and report cards; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; program planning and evaluation
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Business Action on Homelessness - Business in the Community
Publication Date: 2007
Launched in 1998, Business Action on Homelessness (BAOH) is a unique partnership between business, homeless agencies and the Government. It aims to break the vicious cycle of ‘no job, no home’ by helping homeless people to find employment and live independently.
Tags: business action; homelessness; help; employment; access to supports and services; causes of homelessness; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Definitions, Estimates and report cards; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; program planning and evaluation
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Pro-Active Versus Reative Responses: the Business Case for a Housing Based Approach to Reduce Homelessness in the Region of Waterloo
Authors: Pomeroy, Stephen; Focus Consulting Group Inc. ; Pomeroy, Stephen; Region of Waterloo; Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Publication Date: 2007
This report was commissioned to help Waterloo Region develop a business case for more purposeful proactive responses to homelessness by identifying social/economic cost/benefit estimates specific to Waterloo Region and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (the Region). In addition to living on the streets, people experiencing persistent homelessness often cycle through costly public services such as emergency shelters, the emergency and institutional health system, and the judicial system. In short,...
Tags: proactice reponse; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Cost Analysis of Homelessness; community-based mental health care; Enforcement
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2006-2007 Annual Report - Saskatchewan Community Resources
Authors: Government of Saskatchwan; Government of Saskatchewan
Publication Date: 2007
This Annual Report describes the actions and accomplishments of the Department of Community Resources for the 2006-07 fiscal year. The Department uses this information to assess our overall progress towards accomplishing our goals and objectives each year and to inform and improve on our future plans and actions.
Tags: policy; housing; Community Planning and Renewal; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; cost analysis
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Taking Responsibility for Homelessness: An Action Plan for Toronto. Report of the Mayor's Homelessness Action Task Force
Authors: Golden, Anne; Currie, W. H.; Greaves, E.; Latimer, E. J.
Publication Date: 1999
The homeless population in Toronto is on the rise. More people are living in the streets and using shelters: in 1996, almost 26,000 different people used the shelter system in Toronto. There is rising pressure on drop-ins, food banks, and other emergency services. The number of evictions is increasing. Waiting lists for social housing are getting longer: as of June 1998, more than 100,000 people were waiting for social housing. (excerpt from the report)
Tags: homelessness; action plan; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Definitions, Estimates and report cards; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; social exclusion; program planning and evaluation
5 Recommendations
1 Comments
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Philippines: Philippine Action for Community-Led Shelter Initiatives, Inc (Pacsii)
Authors: Homeless International
Publication Date: 2007
The Philippines has a total population of 82 million, dispersed across thousands of islands, of which forty percent live in slums. It should come as no surprise that these areas are characterised by limited access to basic services, no legal land tenure and insecure shelter generally on the least appealing plots of land. A high percentage of Filipino slum dwellers live in areas where they are vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters such as along shorelines, around dumpsites, under bridges and on...
Tags: homelessness; international; world; housing ; organization; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Definitions, Estimates and report cards; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; program planning and evaluation
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Downtown Victoria Community Development Project (February 1992 - August 1993): a Case Study
Authors: Rabinovitch, Jannit Dr
Publication Date: 1993
Masters thesis by Jamnit Rabinovitch of York University, for the City of Victoria's Office of Health Promotion and the BC Ministry of Health
Tags: housing; community development; project; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; program planning and evaluation