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The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
June 2012
Keith Hambly
Executive Director, Fife House Foundation
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Fife House
Program overview
Staff and volunteer compliment
Legislative Review
Policy Development
Implementation
Training
Review
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Who is Fife House...
Supportive housing and support service provider for
people living with HIV/AIDS
200 units of housing directly managed or where we are
the primary residential support provider
Various site / program locations
Additional 300-400 individuals access Homeless
Outreach Program
Peer lead programming
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Who is Fife House...
Research – PSHP, Transitional Housing Common
Measures initiative
Community Programming
Community activities, meal programming
Wellness centre activities
Two provincial programs
Ontario HIV/AIDS Substance Use Training Program
AIDS Bereavement and Resiliency Program of Ontario
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Who is Fife House...
Staff compliment and scope of work
67 full, part-time and casual
Personal support work, case coordination, management ,
administrative
Volunteer compliment and scope of service
270-300 volunteers
Program support, direct service delivery, community development,
administration, event and fund development and governance
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Legislative Review
Board Human Resources Committee
Ontario AIDS Network
Ontario Non Profit Housing Association
AccessOntario web site
Challenges/ Opportunities
Expertise in understanding the legislation, scope , who is
impacted
Time / nurturing and supporting internal champions
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Policy Development
Board Human Resources Committee and Board
Sr. Directors and Management Team
Information and template sharing
Challenges/ Opportunities
Review / assessment of current policies, procedures,
practices
Print materials, applications etc
Web Site
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Challenges/ Opportunities con’t
Physical plant review
Different sites, different landlords
Wellesley Central Residents Inc
Toronto Community Housing
Fife House
Cost of potential physical changes and reno’s
Agency culture reflection
Reflect on staff/volunteer attitudes
Understanding how Legislation and Policy will be woven into
everyday work
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Implementation
Executive Director and Management Team
All Staff Meeting
Volunteer role out
Challenges/ Opportunities
Coordinating and disseminating information to volunteers
How to reach casual and relief staff pool
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Training
Two large staff meetings
Staff sign-off/ verifying completion
Team trainings for each residential site
Board Training
Conducted at scheduled Board meeting
Volunteer Training
Selected program and administrative volunteers
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Challenges/ Opportunities
Finding the best training on-line training tool that was
most relevant to our work
ONPHA
Organizing two large staff meetings
Three of our large residential programs are 24/7
Training Relief and Casual staff
Volunteer Training
Building in AODA training for joint training session with Fife
House and Casey House
Work with Toronto HIV/AIDS Network on standardized training
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Fife House Process and Experience
Review
Web site design
Denison residential site
Training and orientation
New staff
New volunteers
Impact of AODA regulations
Unknown expectations
Unknown costs or funding source
THANK YOU
www.fifehouse.org