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AHANAHANStrategic Planning Strategic Planning
SessionSession
2007- 20082007- 2008
Meeting Dates 2007Meeting Dates 2007• Wednesday March 21st, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Wednesday March 21st, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm,
County Administration Building, 3rd floor County Administration Building, 3rd floor Committee Rooms 3A&BCommittee Rooms 3A&B
• Wednesday June 20th, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Wednesday June 20th, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, County Administration Building, 3rd floor County Administration Building, 3rd floor Committee Rooms 3A&BCommittee Rooms 3A&B
• Wednesday September 19th, 1:30 pm – 3:30 Wednesday September 19th, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, County Administration Building, 3rd pm, County Administration Building, 3rd floor Committee Rooms 3A&Bfloor Committee Rooms 3A&B
• Thursday November 22nd, National Housing Thursday November 22nd, National Housing Strategy Day, Time and location to be Strategy Day, Time and location to be announced.announced.
What we are working from:What we are working from:
√ √ Boxed In Report – Appendix Action PlanBoxed In Report – Appendix Action Plan
√√Regional Homeless ReportsRegional Homeless Reports
√√CDC’s Report Card – Home, Home on the CDC’s Report Card – Home, Home on the FringeFringe
√√Continual Feedback – AHAN meetingsContinual Feedback – AHAN meetings
What is our Action Plan based on What is our Action Plan based on thethe
above reports?above reports?
Strategic PlanStrategic PlanAHAN Steering CommitteeAHAN Steering Committee Objective:Objective:
• Raise level of awareness Raise level of awareness of issues related to of issues related to homelessness and the homelessness and the need for affordable need for affordable housinghousing
Steering CommitteeSteering Committee
Goal:Goal:
““Know your law” – focusing on legal changesKnow your law” – focusing on legal changes
Action:Action:
• Present at AHAN MeetingPresent at AHAN Meeting• Co-host sessions for Service Providers Co-host sessions for Service Providers
and tenants outside of Belleville (brown and tenants outside of Belleville (brown bags in Trenton, Centre Hastings, bags in Trenton, Centre Hastings, North Hastings and Deseronto)North Hastings and Deseronto)
• Co-host sessions for tenants. Partners Co-host sessions for tenants. Partners neededneeded
Steering CommitteeSteering Committee
Goal:Goal:• Resources for tenants/landlordResources for tenants/landlord
Action:Action:• Update packages for landlords and Update packages for landlords and
tenants. Distribute widely. Can tenants. Distribute widely. Can include on AHAN website.include on AHAN website.
Steering CommitteeSteering Committee
Goal:Goal:• Provide information on energy issuesProvide information on energy issues
Action:Action:• Provide information to tenants/landlords Provide information to tenants/landlords
onon
energy efficiency initiatives, smart energy efficiency initiatives, smart meter, Lowmeter, Low
Income Energy Network. Can include on Income Energy Network. Can include on AHANAHAN
website. website.
Steering CommitteeSteering Committee
Goal:Goal:• Poster on general awareness of Poster on general awareness of
AHAN/homelessness – refer to the AHAN/homelessness – refer to the Halifax exampleHalifax example
Action:Action:• Seek funds for the creation of Seek funds for the creation of
poster (possibly Services Canada?) poster (possibly Services Canada?)
Steering CommitteeSteering CommitteeGoal:Goal:• Prevention and Affordability for families Prevention and Affordability for families
with childrenwith childrenAction:Action:• Examine the linkages between claw Examine the linkages between claw
back of the NCB and affordability of back of the NCB and affordability of housing and look at what other housing and look at what other communities have done. Provide communities have done. Provide information on resources available to information on resources available to supplement working families (i.e.. Child supplement working families (i.e.. Child Care Supplements, National Child Care Supplements, National Child Benefit). Can include on AHAN website.Benefit). Can include on AHAN website.
• Hold forum inviting David Milne, Hold forum inviting David Milne, advocate and include other areas such advocate and include other areas such as Peterborough to see what they do as Peterborough to see what they do regarding NCBregarding NCB
Bricks and Mortar Task Bricks and Mortar Task ForceForce
Objective:Objective:
•Encourage creation of new Encourage creation of new affordable housing affordable housing opportunitiesopportunities
Bricks and Mortar Task Bricks and Mortar Task ForceForce
Goal:Goal:• Public Forum on innovations in Public Forum on innovations in
other areasother areas
Action:Action:• Investigate Forum ideas Investigate Forum ideas
Bricks and Mortar Task Bricks and Mortar Task ForceForce
Goal:Goal:• Recruit non-traditional partnersRecruit non-traditional partners
Action:Action:• Create list of non-traditional Create list of non-traditional
players and send letter players and send letter
Bricks and Mortar Task Bricks and Mortar Task ForceForce
Goal:Goal:• Partner with agencies to develop Partner with agencies to develop
feasibility studyfeasibility study
Action:Action:• Partnerships with Hastings County Partnerships with Hastings County
Social Housing, Three Oaks, Our Social Housing, Three Oaks, Our House etc. House etc.
AHAN, Steering Committee AHAN, Steering Committee and Task Forcesand Task Forces
Goal:Goal:• Create more affordable housing unitsCreate more affordable housing units
Action:Action:• Work with Hastings County to provide Work with Hastings County to provide
community input and community community input and community support for the development of new support for the development of new affordable housing units through the affordable housing units through the Federal/Provincial/Municipal Affordable Federal/Provincial/Municipal Affordable Housing ProgramHousing Program
Information Sharing and Information Sharing and Networking Task ForceNetworking Task Force
Objective:Objective:
•Increase networking and Increase networking and awareness for seamless awareness for seamless service deliveryservice delivery
Information Sharing and Information Sharing and Networking Task ForceNetworking Task Force
Goal:Goal:• Involving outside Belleville areas Involving outside Belleville areas
more formally/deliberately in the more formally/deliberately in the network (Regional Homeless Plans)network (Regional Homeless Plans)
Action:Action:• Refer to Regional Plans – invite Refer to Regional Plans – invite
members from the Brown Bag members from the Brown Bag lunches to be involved in AHANlunches to be involved in AHAN
Information Sharing and Information Sharing and Networking Task ForceNetworking Task Force
Goal:Goal:• Invite Lenox and Addington to Invite Lenox and Addington to
AHAN meetingsAHAN meetings
Action:Action:• Develop formal invitation to L&ADevelop formal invitation to L&A
Information Sharing and Information Sharing and Networking Task ForceNetworking Task Force
Goal:Goal:• Forums – What my agency/organization Forums – What my agency/organization
can do to prevent homelessness?can do to prevent homelessness?Action: Action: • Co-Sponsor with the Legal Clinic through Co-Sponsor with the Legal Clinic through
the Eviction Prevention Project a guest the Eviction Prevention Project a guest speaker -Sherry Tingley, who was speaker -Sherry Tingley, who was involved in federal research and produced involved in federal research and produced a report called “Cycles of Homelessness, a report called “Cycles of Homelessness, Understanding Eviction Prevention and Understanding Eviction Prevention and its relation to Homelessness”.its relation to Homelessness”.
Information Sharing and Information Sharing and Networking Task ForceNetworking Task Force
Goal:Goal:• Maintain membership list, website Maintain membership list, website
updates and recruitment updates and recruitment
Action:Action:• Ongoing maintenance of lists and Ongoing maintenance of lists and
website updateswebsite updates
Advocacy Task ForceAdvocacy Task Force
Objective:Objective:
•Advocate for changes to Advocate for changes to laws and programs to laws and programs to prevent/eradicate prevent/eradicate homelessnesshomelessness
Advocacy Task ForceAdvocacy Task Force
Goal:Goal:• Update public presentation. Where Update public presentation. Where
can it be presented?can it be presented?
Action:Action:• Present to various Present to various
groups/governments groups/governments
Advocacy Task ForceAdvocacy Task Force
Goal:Goal:• Assist with the development and Assist with the development and
promotion of Vital Services By-law promotion of Vital Services By-law and Property Standards By-lawand Property Standards By-law
Action:Action:• Meet with Belleville Councillors as Meet with Belleville Councillors as
requested requested
Advocacy Task ForceAdvocacy Task Force
Goal:Goal:• What is the municipal, provincial, What is the municipal, provincial,
federal strategy?federal strategy?
Action:Action:• Advocacy Taskforce to develop a Advocacy Taskforce to develop a
strategy for AHAN to implement for strategy for AHAN to implement for all three levels of governmentall three levels of government
Advocacy Task ForceAdvocacy Task Force
Goal:Goal:• Work with community partners to Work with community partners to
develop a strategy to prevent avoidable develop a strategy to prevent avoidable eviction from social housingeviction from social housing
Action:Action:• Tenant education workshops to be Tenant education workshops to be
offered in conjunction with Hastings offered in conjunction with Hastings County Housing Programs Brach as County Housing Programs Brach as recommended in the Rural recommended in the Rural Homelessness Initiative Community Homelessness Initiative Community PlansPlans
Advocacy Task ForceAdvocacy Task Force
Goal:Goal:• Human Rights/ Accommodation of disability Human Rights/ Accommodation of disability
(refer to CDC Report Card under “Continuum (refer to CDC Report Card under “Continuum of supports – Coordination of Services ). Hold of supports – Coordination of Services ). Hold forum on Human Rights and Accommodations.forum on Human Rights and Accommodations.
Action:Action:• Referring to the CDC report, obtain Referring to the CDC report, obtain
information on Human Rights/ information on Human Rights/ Accommodations and accessibility such as Accommodations and accessibility such as transportation and develop forum ideas. transportation and develop forum ideas.
AHAN, Steering Committee AHAN, Steering Committee and Task Forces and Task Forces
Objective:Objective:
•Maintain and promote Maintain and promote strong AHAN with strong AHAN with sufficient resources to do sufficient resources to do workwork
AHAN, Steering Committee AHAN, Steering Committee and Task Forcesand Task Forces
Goal:Goal:• Obtain administrative support for Obtain administrative support for
tasks/fundraisingtasks/fundraising
Action:Action:• Apply for funding through: SCPI, Apply for funding through: SCPI,
Job Creation Partnership, Trillium, Job Creation Partnership, Trillium, United Way, etc. (need lead United Way, etc. (need lead agencies) agencies)
AHAN, Steering Committee AHAN, Steering Committee and Task Forcesand Task Forces
Goal:Goal:• Website updates/electronic Website updates/electronic
communications “make it easy”communications “make it easy”
Action:Action:• Steering Committee work with Info Steering Committee work with Info
Sharing and Networking to develop Sharing and Networking to develop best communication strategy with best communication strategy with AHAN (i.e.. list serve)AHAN (i.e.. list serve)
AHAN, Steering Committee AHAN, Steering Committee and Task Forcesand Task Forces
Goal:Goal:• Standardize Agenda – what reports Standardize Agenda – what reports
to we need?to we need?
Action:Action:• Bring in reports from other Bring in reports from other
networks, groups (i.e.. Child networks, groups (i.e.. Child welfare group, Emergency Services welfare group, Emergency Services Group etc.) Group etc.)
AHAN, Steering Committee AHAN, Steering Committee and Task Forcesand Task Forces
Goal:Goal:• Bring in new ideas from other places Bring in new ideas from other places
(i.e. Housing Again Bulletin, Housing (i.e. Housing Again Bulletin, Housing Help conference, National Help conference, National Networks)Networks)
Action:Action:• We want to move forward on We want to move forward on
recommendations, how? Use new recommendations, how? Use new ideas as a standard agenda item ideas as a standard agenda item
AHAN, Steering Committee AHAN, Steering Committee and Task Forcesand Task Forces
Goal:Goal:• Invite CDC to give feedback on Invite CDC to give feedback on
Home, Home on the Fringe ReportHome, Home on the Fringe Report
Action:Action:• Invitation to the CDC to present to Invitation to the CDC to present to
AHAN. Steering Committee examine AHAN. Steering Committee examine and discuss, “Home, Home on the and discuss, “Home, Home on the Fringe” next steps based on content Fringe” next steps based on content and report cardand report card
AHAN, Steering Committee AHAN, Steering Committee and Task Forcesand Task Forces
Goal:Goal:• Maintain archivesMaintain archives
Action:Action:• Develop system for tracking and Develop system for tracking and
maintaining AHAN archives maintaining AHAN archives
AHAN, Steering Committee AHAN, Steering Committee and Task Forcesand Task Forces
Goal:Goal:• Support Services from United Support Services from United
Way/Co-director of Labour Support Way/Co-director of Labour Support ServicesServices
Action:Action:• Develop working relationship with Develop working relationship with
Co-Director of Labour Support and Co-Director of Labour Support and invite to sit on committee(s)invite to sit on committee(s)
Strategic PlanStrategic Plan
Comments, Discussion Comments, Discussion and Questions and Questions
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