welcome to our community!

Welcome to Our Community!

TAMARACK

TODAY’S AGENDA

STRUCTURE & PROGRAMSROLE OF BUSINESS

CAREER EXPLORATION

MISSION & VISION

COMMUNITY OVERVIEW BACKGROUND

STRATEGIC PLANNING

OUR PARTNERSGOVERANCEBUILD

STRUCTURECORPORATE

GIVING

POVERTY REDUCTION

GOOD MORNING &

WELCOME

POVERTY REDUCTIONTHROUGH

COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

TODAY’S AGENDAReview / Update on our Progress to Date Frame What we Feel are the Key Policy

Issues and Strategic Outcomes Around the Overall Goal of Poverty Reduction

Review Upcoming Integrated Round of Strategic Planning Tamarack Phase II

Outline our Intended Outputs of Strategic Plan

Questions / Answers

POVERTY REDUCTION

WHAT DOES THIS MEANWHAT ARE THE IMPACTSWHAT ARE THE ISSUESPUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS WHAT DO WE SEE AS OUR ROLE AND

VISION ANDWHAT ROLE CAN YOUR ORGANIZATIONS

PLAYCOMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING

NEXT STEP

POVERTY REDUCTION

Understanding Poverty and its Root Causes

POVERTY & HUMAN IMPACTSFRAMING THE ISSUES

There are 39,060 single parent parent families in N.S. 19,085 single parent family heads did not work (49%

of all single parent families) 18,515 low income families are headed by single

parents in N.S. - 45% of all low income families 70% of single mothers have low income in N.S. (GPI) Average aggregate income among low-income

husband/wife families with children was $12,925 in 1995 compared to $55,789 for non-low income families

About 50% of poor children are in single parent families

1996 Stats Canada Census

POVERTY & HUMAN IMPACTS FRAMING THE ISSUES

The incidence of low incomes for family heads with less then Grade 9 was 21.7% in 1995 and 20.8% for less then High School completion

34% of visible minority families in N.S. have low incomes - more then twice the Provincial average

39.8% of visible minority population have low incomes



Low - income women age 15-39 are 62% more likely to be hospitalized than women with adequate income; for age 40-65 = 92% more (GPI data)

Single mothers are 3 times more likely to consult health practitioners for mental/emotional problems (GPI)

59% of N.S. inmates were unemployed prior to incarceration (GPI)

42% of N.S. inmates have less then Grade 10 education (GPI)



HRM has 59,940 low income individuals (17.7% of the population)

HRM has 15,015 low income families

HRM has 7,000 low income single parents



Now, let’s look at our specific situation in the Halifax Inner City

Principally the area bounded by Cogswell, North, Argicola and Barrington

Appox. 5000 residentsRacially, culturally, economically,

educationally and socially diverse• 40% African Nova Scotian • 60% of residents living in public housing• 20-25% unemployment

COMMUNITY OVERVIEW

High level of students not completing high school

Perception of rising violenceHigh concentration of Social Service

Agencies and Non Governmental Organizations [ NGOs ]

Many Under-utilized Community Assets

COMMUNITY OVERVIEW

HALIFAX INNER CITY BACKGROUND

HICI BACKGROUND

HICI formed in 2000 by a group of concerned citizens and North End Council of Churches in participation with HRDC and NSDCS

Initial Mobilization of Community around Focus Hope Vision

BACKGROUND

OUR MISSION [ 2002 ]:

To develop Employability and Well Being among the Citizens of a racially, economically, educationally, culturally and socially diverse Community by the means of Collaboration among all members and all resources within the Community.

MISSION & VISION

Our Difference / How We [Should] Add Value

Embrace and Promote a Comprehensive, Inclusive Multi-Sector Strategy for Poverty Reduction

Support and Contribute to Building Competence & Capacity Structure(s) in the Community - NOT in the HICI

Fill the Facilitation Role with Government, Private Sector, NGO Service Providers, Institutions and Citizen Collaboration

Provide a Dedicated Focus on Policy & Process Issues to Help NGOs and Government which are concerned with service delivery - Provide link to Tamarack / Caledon Resource

Provide the Missing Link in work related Training and Learning for Job Generation and Income Growth in our Community

MISSION & VISION

TAMARACK

OUR VISION

IT’S ALL ABOUT……Help citizens living in our

community to enable themselves to obtain personal and career development resources and improve their own living and well being.

MISSION & VISION

Inner City Initiative Accomplishments to Date

Hippy – 95 families Citizen Engagement Pathways Job Training - 60+ persons with over ½ now working Collaborative Assessment Model & Career Exploration Invited to become 1 of 13 Vibrant Communities and a Pan

Canadian Learning Opportunity Increased Strategic Linkage with Tamarack - now Trail

Blazer Community Governance – New Board now constituted GPI Inner City Portal March 6TH Role of Business in Poverty Reduction Community Outreach Workers 2001 Study Tour of Flint Michigan – 28 Citizens

PARTICIPATION & JOB GENERATION

Current Future Project Project

J ob J ob J obs J obs

Partic ipants P lacements P lacements Created Upcoming

GPI 3 10

HIPPY [ Families ] 95 7

J ob Demand Analysis 80 2

J ob Training 60 40 100 1 1

Parent Resource Center 6 4

Patheways 18 18 3

Gottigen St. Merchants 1

Property Maintence* 12 2

Y outh Engagement Project 60 2

HICI Outreach 195 3

HICI Administration 2.5

HICI Secondments 2

HICI Part T ime Consultants 2

TOTAL 526 44 118 28.5 13

*Under development

Community Engagement Research Study Defining What

Poverty Reduction Really Means in our Community

OBJECTIVES FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Achieving the Overall Goal of Poverty Reduction Which in our Community Means…...

MISSION & VISION


Being able to pay the bills on time - getting a month ahead

Having Choices related to employment and education

Addressing race and class issues Social and economic inclusion Having a Living Wage More balance in Business, Recreation and

Education

MISSION & VISION


Having the government and NGO service providers REALLY LISTEN to Us

Having some control over / say in the Community

Enabling the Community Development Process IN THE CITIZENS of the Community - Courses / PD

Being able to afford University Education [students]

Being able to live comfortably in your old age [seniors]

MISSION & VISION

POVERTY REDUCTION

Now, Derek is going to review what we believe are the key strategic

elements & process for us to achieve our overall goal of Poverty

Reduction

THE OVERACHING STRATEGIC APPROACH TO POVERY REDUCTION

WE ARE WORKING WITH IS BASED ONCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY

INITIATIVES

Sherri Torjman and Eric Leviten-Reid, March 2003


Comprehensive Community Initiatives, is a wide range of promising best practices of holistic and inter-linked strategies and policies for Community Development.


“The new synthesis rejects addressing poverty, welfare, employment, education, child development, housing and crime one at a time. It endorses the idea that the multiple and interrelated problems of poorneighbourhoods require multiple and interrelated solutions… [Its proponents] insist on combining physical and economic development with service and education reform, and all of these with a commitment to building community institutions and social networks.” [Schorr 1997: 319].


CCIs are Neighbourhood-based efforts that seek improved outcomes for individuals and families as well as improvements in neighbourhood conditions by working comprehensively across social and economic sectors.


Additionally, CCIs operate on the principle that Community Capacity Building is a necessary component of the process of transforming distressed neighbourhoods.

Community Capacity Building includes, for example, strengthening institutional capacity at the local level, enhancing social capital and personal networks, and developing local leadership capacity.


CCIs are also concerned with fostering a neighbourhood or community’s capacity to solve its own problems – such as high rates of crime or unemployment.


They are holistic

Comprehensive community initiatives seek to break down the artificial boundaries of compartmentalization which characterize the way that governments and communities generally tackle various social and economic issues.


They are multisectoral

Comprehensive community initiatives encourage partnering and collaborative work arrangements. They recognize the value of contributions from diverse backgrounds, networks and areas ofexpertise.


They are developmental

A major principle that underlies comprehensive community initiatives is that they are not simply remedial interventions which seek to reduce or compensate for identified problems.

Rather, these efforts aim to build the capacity of the community in a positive way from the perspective ofdecision-making and resilience.


They are inclusive

Comprehensive community initiatives seek to be not only comprehensive but also seek to be inclusive with respect to the diversity of community members they involve. CCIs typically include the many diverse voices of groups, such as people with disabilities, recent immigrants, youth, seniors, Aboriginal Canadians and members of racial minorities and can reach across barriers with such approaches as inter-faith groups.


The inclusion of low-income community residents as full participants in governing our

community-based poverty reduction initiative is fundamental

to our governance model


They are concerned with both Objectives AND Process

CCIs must not only have a sense of what they are seeking to achieve, with clear objectives / outputs and carefully track and measure performance to objective

CCIs must also build the capacity and infrastructure of the Process by which these objectives are reached.


Process Indicators - for example,

The creation of new partnerships between and among organizations that had not worked together in the past

The secondment of staff and other resources to the initiative

A review by local government or private business of their respective policies and practices

Career & Personal Development of Community Residents in CCI


The real value-added of CCIs is to establish effective structures that can enable the community to reduce poverty, change policy and introduce innovation.

In fact, improved Process may be the major outcome of the community effort


So, how do we see using this planning doctrine in our strategic planning process to achieve our overall goal of Poverty Reduction

POVERTY REDUCTION

Safer Communities

Increased Capacity

Healthier Communities

Increased Education Attainment

Increased Employment

Social Inclusion

Reduced Racism

Wealthier Communities

Reducing the Digital Divide

Greater Social Justice

Generate 250 Career

Opportunities

Increase Household Incomes +30%

Increase High School Completion

+30%

Increase Community

Wellness by 30%

Increase Household Wealth +30%

OUTCOMES

Confidential Data Base of Income

Tax Notices

Data Base of School

Completions

GPI Survey

Data Base of Job Placements

OUTPUTS MEASUREMENTS

POVERTY REDUCTION

Capacity & Competence Building

Multi Sectoral

Collaboration

Early Years

Employability & Learning

Job Training

Community Celebration

Youth Development

Life Long Learning

HIPPY

NSCC Career Exploration

NSCC Job Training

Community Celebration

Pathways

Gottingen St. Merchants

IT e.learning

BROAD STRATEGIES

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Techsploration

C.E.D.

Inner City College

Community Engagement

Business Engagement

Youth Engagement

GPI

Community Net / Portal

POVERTY REDUCTION

So, where do we go from here?

STRATEGIC PLANNING

Currently underway Phase II Comprehensive Community Strategic Plan

Collaborative Involvement of all Stakeholders

1ST Round Draft by July

STRATEGIC PLANNING

Outputs of Phase II Strategic PlanningFormal, Written PlanSpecific and Measurable Outputs /

Objectives 3 YearsLonger Term Objectives Address

Structural and Root CausesDetailed Implementation Plan with Costing

and Funding RequirementsSuccessfully move to Phase III with

Tamarack / McConnell

So, in closing, what are we asking for…

STRATEGIC PLANNING Asking for your partnership with the Halifax Inner City

Initiative in developing a Comprehensive Community Initiative Strategic Plan

Asking how can we work together in an inter-departmental and Multi Sectoral Collaborative Comprehensive Community Initiative here in the Halifax Inner City

Testing this new Model in the Halifax Inner City offers future opportunity to expand our successful test and our lessons learned to other neighbourhood communities in HRM and Nova Scotia

Opportunity for other community groups in HRM / NS to attend our planning meetings as observers

Engage the Corporate Sector and Non Government Organizations as key partners

THANK YOU

NOW, LETS OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS

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Documents

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low income individuals

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