ahan strategic planning session 2007- 2008. meeting dates 2007 wednesday march 21st, 1:30 pm –...

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


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.


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.


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


Goal:Goal:• Public Forum on innovations in Public Forum on innovations in

other areasother areas

Action:Action:• Investigate Forum ideas Investigate Forum ideas


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


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


•Increase networking and Increase networking and awareness for seamless awareness for seamless service deliveryservice delivery


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


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


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”.


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


•Advocate for changes to Advocate for changes to laws and programs to laws and programs to prevent/eradicate prevent/eradicate homelessnesshomelessness


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


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


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


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


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


•Maintain and promote Maintain and promote strong AHAN with strong AHAN with sufficient resources to do sufficient resources to do workwork


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)


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)


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.)


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


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


Goal:Goal:• Maintain archivesMaintain archives

Action:Action:• Develop system for tracking and Develop system for tracking and

maintaining AHAN archives maintaining AHAN archives


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

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