COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Program Goals Stabilize housing Address - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Program Goals • Stabilize housing • Address social isolation • Work with tenants and community • Focus on long term independence; education, employment training or income support (A.I.S.H) 2

What is Social Isolation? • A state that occurs when someone experiences a complete lack of contact with the social world • A continual lack of contact with other people 3

Housing First • Centers on moving participants experiencing homelessness into independent and permanent housing • Providing a platform to help address physical and mental health issues • Offer client choice to minimize stigma and encourage client social integration • Encourage housing stability and improve quality of life 4

Harm Reduction • Harm Reduction: • Sobriety is not required for housing • Supports in place • Client- focused individual supports – meeting them where they are at • Benefits: • Increased community • Education 5

What is a Community Developer? • Referrals and resources • Programming and tenant board/ volunteer meetings • Community Engagement • Encourages communication between property owner and tenant 6

Our Buildings 7

Acadia 8

• Food programs: Adult and Kids Cooking programs; Cobs Bread; Food Bank; I Can for Kids (Summer food assistance); Brown Bag Educational programs: Employment and education; Summer events for kids; Paid outings to Heritage Park, Telus Spark. • Approximately 12-15 number of Food Bank Referrals per month. Greater need between September to June. • Band-Aid, KAIROS, Sleep Country, The Drop In Warehouse (basic household goods) • 75% of programming is currently tenant lead 9

Claire 10

• Programs include: Cobs Bread, I Can for Kids, Breakfast and Dinner Programming, Food Bank, Wednesday Bridge Club, Garden Club, Library Bus, and Mother Goose • 3-5 Food Bank referrals per month • Band-Aid, KAIROS, Sleep Country, and The Drop In Warehouse • 75% of programming is currently tenant lead 11

Bankview 12

• Approximately 3-5 number of Food Bank Referrals per month • Band Aid, CUPS • One-on-one with clients • 25% of programming is tenant led • Coffee time, community breakfast or dinner, monthly birthday celebrations 13

Longbow 14

• Programming includes dinners, social nights, movie nights, AA, bread program and holiday parties • 4-5 Food Bank referrals per month • 10-20 other referrals per month (WINS, KAIROS, CUPS Programming, Adopt a Family) • Currently, 70% of programming at Longbow is tenant led 15

Our Partnership with KAIROS 16

We asked our tenants… 17

What does Community Development Mean to You? How has KAIROS impacted your experience in Community Development? 18

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How can YOU make a difference? 20