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A Pandemic Response and Recovery Toolkit for Homeless System Leaders in Canada

July 8, 2020/0 Comments/in CAEH - Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Housing and homelessness Canada, COVID-19, Data collection, emergency response, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Housing assistance, trauma informed CAEH - Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Training/Toolkits Toolkit Canada /by Glenna Harris

The Pandemic Response and Recovery Toolkit is intended to assist System Leaders plan and navigate the next steps in their community’s response and recovery as it pertains to people experiencing homelessness and people supported in housing programs. The Toolkit outlines phases and action steps – many that have yet to be mobilized - to help with planning, implementation and evaluation of pandemic response and recovery activities in communities. Furthermore, it contains a compendium of resources to help System Leaders along the way.

This could be a time of doom and gloom. But there is a silver lining. With innovation and the courage to capitalize on emerging opportunities, the homelessness response and housing support system may emerge from this situation stronger and better than before the pandemic hit. It is possible that we can achieve Recovery for All.

Community Benefits of Supportive Housing

February 21, 2020/0 Comments/in BC Housing Research Centre Housing and homelessness, Poverty issues, Research and evaluation Canada, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Housing assistance, Poverty, System reform BC Housing Research Centre Research Report British Columbia, Canada /by Carrie Wong

This report highlights mostly B.C.-based research and includes key information, facts, and statistics to answer common questions that neighbours, local government, and other stakeholders may have about supportive housing. The easy-to-read question and answer format also includes infographics to showcase the benefits of supportive housing in neighbourhoods across British Columbia and beyond.

State of homelessness in Canada 2016

February 21, 2020/0 Comments/in Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press Housing and homelessness, Poverty issues, Research and evaluation At risk population, Government spending, Homelessness, Housing, Housing assistance, Housing first, Policy recommendations, Poverty, Research Erin Dej, Melanie Redman, Stephen Gaetz, Tim Richter Research Report Canada /by Carrie Wong

Ending homelessness in Canada requires partnerships across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Preventative measures, and providing safe, appropriate, and affordable housing with supports for those experiencing homelessness is needed.

This paper provides a series of joint recommendations – drafted by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and the Canadian Alliance to end Homelessness – for the National Housing Strategy.

Government of Canada Benefits Finder

September 12, 2019/0 Comments/in Government of Canada Tax filing and benefits Aboriginal peoples, Canada, Canada Learning Bond, Disability, Disability Tax Credit, Education savings, Employment, Energy assistance, Entrepreneurship, Financial aid, Health, Housing assistance, Low income, Tax credits, Training, Unemployment Government of Canada Tools Online tool Canada /by Carrie Wong

Answer the questions in this Government of Canada online tool to get a customized list of benefits for which you may be eligible. The Benefits Finder may suggest benefits from federal, provincial or territorial governments.

Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness in Canada: A Proposal for Action

February 23, 2018/0 Comments/in Homeless Hub Housing and homelessness Canada, Health, Homelessness, Housing assistance, Mental health, Policy recommendations, Research, Youth, Youth in care Bill O'Grady, David French, Kaitlin Schwan, Melanie Redman, Naomi Nichols, S. Gaetz, Sean A. Kidd Research Report Canada /by Glenna Harris

Without a Home, conducted by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness in partnership with A Way Home Canada, surveyed 1,103 youth experiencing homelessness across Canada. Youth in 42 different communities and nine of the 10 Canadian provinces, as well as Nunavut Territory, completed the self-report survey. The results provide the first national picture of youth homelessness in Canada.