Transcript NLHHN Presentation - Newfoundland and Labrador Housing and

Partnering to End Homelessness
in Newfoundland & Labrador
PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE
Who We Are?
 170 community-based service providers, municipal,
provincial and federal departments, etc.,
 Committed to working collaboratively and creatively
on issues relating to housing & homelessness
GOALS:
 Prevent & end homelessness
 Ensure housing stability
11 Regional Community Advisory Boards
(RCABs)
 St. John’s
 Marystown - Burin Peninsula
 Clarenville - Bonavista
 Grand Falls – Windsor
 Corner Brook
 Stephenville
 Happy Valley/Goose Bay
 Labrador West
 Baccalieu
 Gander-New-Wes-Valley
 Coast of Bays
 Mount Pearl & Northern Peninsula
NL Housing & Homelessness Network
Past…..
 Homelessness and housing was not on the radar
 No Poverty Reduction Strategy
 No Supportive Living Program
 No rural Community Advisory Boards
 Little collaboration
 Working in silos with staff often working in
isolation
 Little to no data or research in NL
 Reactive instead of proactive
 No HSW in rural communities
Present…(last year)
 Funding unknown
 Increased understanding of CABS
 Revisioning and strengthening of Network priorities
 Changes/priorities within government
 Increasing need/complex issue
 Strengthened relationship with governments
 Management of Labrador HDC position
 NS Housing & Homelessness Network
Challenges & Struggles
 Need for adequate annual funding
 Federal and provincial program delivery
 Vast geography
 Maintaining effective communication
 Meeting the needs of all members
 Creating/maintaining strong relationships
 Growing needs in the sector
 Increased awareness = increased demand
 Tendency to take a cookie cutter approach
Provincial
Community Advisory
Board Committee
HDC
Regional
Oversight
Committees
4 Rural
Housing
Development
Coordinators
Board of Directors &
Executive Committee
Kimberly Yetman Dawson
Executive Director
Coordinator
Dave Murphy
Communications
& Strategic
Partnerships
Financial /Admin
Co-ordinator **
COMMITTEES:
COMMITTEES:
Provincial CAB
MACAH
Communications
NAVNET
Communications
Other Ad Hoc
Committees
NLHHN
Proposed
Incorporation
MACAH & MACAH
Policy
HPS NL Rural
Advisory Board
Co-ordinating Housing
Stats
Municipalities NL
Affordable Housing
HR Council Building
Cohesion & Project
Mental Health &
Addiction Community
Leadership
CA Evaluation Society
NL Board
Other Ad Hoc
Committees
Coordinator
Melissa Keough
Awareness &
Special Projects
COMMITTEES:
Sleep Out 120
NL Community
Pancake Breakfast
Provincial Conference
Social Enterprise Ad
Hoc Advisory
Other Ad Hoc
Committees
Strategies
Collaboration and policy development
Capacity Building: Recruitment, retention,
training and professional development
Research & data co-ordination
Increase awareness, knowledge transfer
and networking
Policy & Collaboration
• Residential Tenancies Act
• NIMBY Project
• NAVNET Workshops
• NLHC Consultations
• Housing Development Coordinators Proposal
• NL Housing Statistics Committee
• National projects: CHRN, HR Council, CHRA
• Labrador HDC oversight committee
Capacity Building: Training and Professional
Development
 Training for Shelter Staff & Housing Support Workers
 Other Professional Development Opportunities ie:
Provincial Conference, NAVNET, CHRA Congress, etc.,
 Development of Provincial Training Centre
 Gander Community Action Plan & Toolkit
 Disbursing CAB capacity funding
 Networking
 Network Newsletter
Inform Housing & Homelessness Issues
Through Research & Data Co-ordination
 HR Council Committees
 Homelessness Individual Family Information
System (HIFIS) Community Coordinator
 Promoting Data Excellence Preconference
 NL Housing Statistics Co-ordinating Committee
 Research on poverty and homelessness - PPT
Awareness, Networking & Knowledge Transfer
 Presentations: Mental Health, NLPPA, CFUW, etc.,
 25 NL Community Pancake Breakfasts
 Raising the Roof Toque Campaign
 Presentations: Schools, CFUW, NLPPA, Rotary, etc.,
 Affordable Housing Provincial Campaign
 Sleep Out 120
 Conference Attendance
 SLP & Network Road Trip
Areas To Strengthen
 Streamlining communication
 Support & strengthen CABs
 Sharing knowledge effectively
 Partnering with municipalities
 Strengthen leadership in policy, research & data
 Use technology more effectively
 Enhance professional development – responsive to
need
 Support HSWs in collaboration & capacity building
Future…..
 Moving to incorporation
 Pleasantville development – office space, training
centre, social enterprise
 Coffee shop business plan to help support network
 Provincial CAB advisory committee
 Municipal engagement
 Strengthen relationship with government: NLH,
Poverty Reduction, Health, Rural Secretariat, VNPS
 Help strengthen CABs
Pleasantville Development
The Network Way
 Collaboration, partnership, coordination
 No need to reinvent the wheel
 Community understands
needs
 Building capacity
 Provincial approach
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Your
Network –
Your Voice