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A WAY HOME: YOUTH HOMELESSNESS COMMUNITY PLANNING TOOLKIT WEBINAR
DR. ALINA TURNER MARY-JANE McKITTERICK
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FUNDING SUPPORT
The Youth Homelessness Community Planning Toolkit was developed with support from the Government of Ontario.
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OVERVIEW • A Way Home Background • Toolkit Development Process • Acknowledgements • Overview of Toolkit • Walkthrough of Key Sections • Next Steps
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A WAY HOME IS
A National Coalition dedicated to preventing, reducing and ending youth homelessness in Canada
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A WAY HOME • Helping communities plan and implement youth
homelessness strategies • Supporting adaptation of effective models of youth
homelessness prevention • Putting Youth Homelessness on agenda of decision
makers • Public spotlight on Youth Homelessness
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KEY NATIONAL PARTNERS
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FUNDERS AS PARTNERS
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A WAY HOME COMMUNITY PLANNING
• Youth Homelessness Community Planning Toolkit • Community Planning Institutes • Youth Engagement Toolkit • Support Planning Community of Practice • Building Resource Library • On-going Technical Support
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COMMUNITY PLANNING TOOLKIT
• Resources to develop a plan to end youth homelessness in their communities
• Enables communities to go further faster in their planning and implementation efforts
• Build on promising practices and plans used in provinces, territories, states and communities across Canada and the U.S. to end youth homelessness
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COMMUNITY PLANNING TOOLKIT
• Supports the development of robust strategies and measurable targets
• Toolkit not an end in itself – technical support and expertise (provided by A Way Home and planning experts throughout Canada)
• Emphasis on the importance of Prevention and Housing First for Youth
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A COLLECTIVE EFFORT…THANK YOU!
• Melanie Redman, A Way Home, Toronto • Mary-Jane McKitterick, A Way Home,
Toronto • Steve Gaetz, Canadian Observatory on
Homelessness, Toronto • Dave French, Alberta Human Services,
Edmonton • Sheldon Pollett, Choices for Youth, St.
John’s • Giri Puligandlia, Homeward Trust,
Edmonton • Kim Wirth, Boys & Girls Clubs of
Calgary, Calgary • Kelly Holmes, Ray, Winnipeg • Deborah Hierlihy, Oriole Research &
Design Inc.
• Naomi Leadbeater, Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Association, Brandon, Manitoba
• Debbie Bentley-Lauzon, Wyndham House, Guelph
• Greg Bishop, Saint John Human Development Council, Saint John
• Iris Hamlyn, Sidedoor, Yellowknife • Albert McLeod, Social Planning Council
of Winnipeg, Winnipeg • Christina Maes Nino, Social Planning
Council of Winnipeg, Winnipeg • Mike Bulthuis, Alliance to End
Homelessness Ottawa, Ottawa
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TOOLKIT DEVELOPMENT Engagement Approach • Key stakeholders with
experience developing/implementing Plans
• Range of diverse jurisdictions examined
• Draft toolkit reviewed by stakeholders - ‘living document’
• Identified need for an Indigenous Module – next step
Youth Plans across Canada
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TOOLKIT SECTIONS
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1 GETTING READY
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SETTING THE PLAN’S FOUNDATION
• Primer on Youth Homelessness – What is youth homelessness? – Definition of youth homelessness (aligned with National COH
Definition) – Distinctness of youth homelessness – Do you need a Youth Plan?
• Options: Plan for a Plan, Youth strategy within a Plan on homelessness, Piloting while planning
– Focus on Prevention • Applying primary, secondary and tertiary prevention lens to
youth homelessness and community planning
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WHAT PLANS CAN/CAN’T DO Youth Plan will NOT in and of itself end youth homelessness. It CAN however:
– Validate good work occurring to respond to this issue; – Set clear direction for the necessary system changes and
shifts required; – Grant permission to move forward, innovate and create; – Kick-start a systems response in your community that can
transform how services are delivered and coordinated; – Act as a vehicle for action; planning process can be conceived
as an intentional relationship and trust-building effort to support implementation
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YOUTH PLAN AS COLLECTIVE IMPACT
• CI is useful framework to help you think through the essentials of building a movement to end youth homelessness.
• A Youth Plan is only a step in a CI initiative
• CI is a much more complex, long-term cross-sectoral mobilization effort to bring about social change.
• Ending youth homelessness, rather than creating a Youth Plan, is goal of CI.
• Plan can contribute, but it will not in and of itself bring about the desired social change.
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ELEMENTS OF YOUTH PLANS CONT’D
• Includes a statement of guiding principles and core values.
• Engages the necessary players from the community, all levels of government and the non-profit and private sectors to work towards real reductions in homelessness.
• Depends on collaboration among a wide range of stakeholders including funders, governments, service providers (mainstream as well as homeless-serving organizations) and those affected by homelessness.
• Articulates necessary actions at the service, local and government levels.
• Involves young people in planning, delivery and evaluation.
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ELEMENTS OF YOUTH PLANS • Has clearly articulated goals and objectives, timelines,
responsibilities, benchmarks and measurable targets. • Outlines the resources needed for implementation,
including projected budgets and cost-savings. • Provides direction on implementation actions and
governance options to move actions forward. • Leads to real changes in young people’s lives in
implementation. • Is a ‘living plan’ renewed on ongoing basis to ensure
relevance and progress in maintained.
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PLAN PRIORITY AREAS Considerations • System Planning &
Integration • Regionalized Approaches • Building on existing
strategies/broader homelessness Plans
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COMMUNITY READINESS Developing Plan • Backbone Support Organizations • Continuous Communication • Common Agenda • Shared Measurement Implementing Plan • Planning & Strategy Development • Organizational Infrastructure & Funding • Coordinated Service Delivery • Integrated Information Management • Performance Management & Quality
Assurance • System Integration • Government Support • Community Engagement
Readiness Assessment, sample
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GETTING STARTED 2
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INITIAL STEPS Considerations • Potential member sources • Selection approach • Recruitment • Characteristics & skills • Roles and accountabilities
Building the Planning Team
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WORKPLAN & BUDGET Considerations • Available resources • Consultation needs & approach
• Data & research • Political context
Sample Budgets
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LAYING THE FOUNDATION • Vision, Mission • Guiding Principles
– Housing First – Human Rights – Prevention-Focused
– System Planning & Integration
– Cross-Sectoral Collaboration
– Youth-Centered
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3 GETTING GOING
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GROUNDING THE PLAN
IN EVIDENCE • Locating Existing
Information • Engaging in Research
– PIT Counts – Youth in research
process • Policy Analysis • Environmental
Scanning • System Mapping
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DEVELOPING YOUR CONSULTATION APPROACH Consultation Levels: • Inform • Gather Information • Discuss or Involve • Engage • Partner
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CONSULTATION STAKEHOLDERS
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CONSIDERATIONS • Do your homework • Phase-in consultations • Check what you heard • Fix it before you launch it • Mind the buy-in gap • Maintain open communication • Working with funders and government • Influencing public policy • Building community support
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ENGAGING YOUTH • Toolkit provides overview of:
– Ethical Principles of Youth Engagement – Strategies of Effectively Engaging Youth – Practical Tips – Considerations for Engagement with Indigenous People
• Other resources: – Engagement Toolkit for Youth Homelessness Community
Planning produced by A Way Home and A Way Home Kamloops based on their planning process is available.
– Another resource is the Youth Engagement Toolkit Resource Guide, which provides useful guidance on engaging youth with diverse backgrounds.
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4 GETTING IT DONE
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KEY PLAN COMPONENTS • Developing Priorities, Strategies, Goals • Developing Targets, Performance Indicators & Costs
– Prevalence of homelessness & youth homelessness in your community
– Estimate of the at risk population – Homelessness type and acuity among at risk groups estimates – System capacity and performance analysis – Modelling solutions – Developing your funding ask
• Launching the Plan
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IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS: PLAN VS. IMPLEMENT?
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A LIVING PLAN
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NEXT STEPS Toolkit Available Here: www.homelesshub.ca/youthplantoolkit Support from A Way Home: • Living Library of resources • Continue the Conversation – COH Workspace • Ask Me Anything – Date TBA • C.P. Toolkit Blog – Melanie Redman, A Way Home • Social Media - #YouthPlanToolkit
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QUESTIONS?
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CONTACT INFO ALINA TURNER, PhD T: 403-827-8722 E: [email protected] W: TurnerResearchandStrategyInc.com MARY-JANE McKITTERICK, Community Planning Manager T: 416-977-4497 x 231 E: [email protected] W: www.awayhome.ca