In the announcement of Reaching Home: Canada 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Homelessness Strategy, Minister Duclos introduced a new federal requirement for the implementation of Coordinated Access Systems. A Coordinated Access System is a community-wide system that streamlines the process for people experiencing homelessness to access housing and supports and is an essential step to … More
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The Honourable Jean-Yves 91Ó°ÊÓDuclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development announced Reaching Home: Canada 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Homelessness Strategy at an event in Toronto Monday. ‘Reaching Home’ represents the most significant change in federal homelessness programming since the introduction of the National Homelessness Initiative in 1999. By Tim Richter Reaching Home represents the … More
Michael Shapcott is a Director on the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness’ Board of Directors. He is recognized as one of Canada 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s leading community-based housing and homelessness experts and has worked extensively in Toronto, nationally and internationally on social innovation, the non-profit sector, civic engagement, housing and housing rights, poverty, social exclusion, urban health and health equity. Michael lead the CAEH 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s participation in the federal government 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s national consultation on a rights based approach to housing.
In June 2017 the , Minister of Families, Children and Social Development appointed an . The mandate of the committee was to support the redesign of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy. The met over the course of seven months, held roundtables in eight regions (along with a roundtable focused on veterans homelessness and a meeting with Community Entities and Community Advisory Board representatives at CAEH17) and they pored over reams of research and feedback from a public consultation process. .
We can’t gather the necessary information to house our homeless neighbours solely by counting them anonymously once every two years. Solving homelessness requires actionable, real-time, person specific data to ensure the right people get into the right housing at the right time and communities are armed with the data they need to transform their homeless systems.
The CAEH 91Ó°ÊÓtoday released our 91Ó°ÊÓcall for presentations 91Ó°ÊÓand opened 91Ó°ÊÓscholarship applications 91Ó°ÊÓand 91Ó°ÊÓonline registration 91Ó°ÊÓfor the 91Ó°ÊÓ2018 National Conference on Ending Homelessness. CAEH18 takes place November 5 to 7, 2018 in Hamilton, Ontario at the 91Ó°ÊÓHamilton Convention Centre.
The 91Ó°ÊÓMental Health Commission of Canada 91Ó°ÊÓ(MHCC) today transferred the 91Ó°ÊÓCanadian Housing First Toolkit 91Ó°ÊÓto the 91Ó°ÊÓCanadian Alliance to End Homelessness 91Ó°ÊÓ(CAEH) who relaunched the site this morning with an updated, user friendly design. This valuable online resource helps organizations and communities across Canada plan, implement, evaluate and sustain Housing First programs. 91Ó°ÊÓ The toolkit also includes videos and external links to online resources.