Edmonton Social Planning Council

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  • 2010 National Poverty Report Card

    Title:Reduced poverty = better health for all
    Variant Title:2010 report card on child and family poverty in Canada: 1989 – 2010
    Corporate Author: Campaign 2000
    Subject:Poverty – child poverty
    Publisher:Campaign 2000
    Place of Publication:Toronto
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    Canada’s economic recovery hinges on federal leadership to pull recession victims out of the poor house and prevent Canadians from plunging into deeper poverty, says Campaign 2000’s new report card on child and family poverty. Reduced Poverty = Better Health for All looks at the nation’s most recent child and family poverty rate compared to 21 years ago, when Parliament unanimously resolved to end child poverty by 2000, and finds that 610,000 children (2008 LICO after-tax) and their families lived in poverty even before the recession hit. The child poverty rate of 9.1 per cent is slightly less than when it was 11.9 per cent in 1989. Lessons from past recessions tell us that poverty will rise before the recovery is complete.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.04 POVERTY/2010 National povertyreportcard2010.pdf

  • 2010 Reconfiguring Settlements

    Title:Reconfiguring settlement and integration: a service provider strategy for innovation and results.
    Author(s):Burstein, Meyer
    Corporate Author: Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance
    Subject:Immigration – resettlement
    Publisher:Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance
    Place of Publication:Ottawa
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    This study was commissioned by CISSA-ACSEI: the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance – Alliance canadienne du secteur de l’établissement des immigrants. CISSA/ACSEI was formed in March 2005 to represent the immigrant settlement sector and to bring the sector’s expertise to bear on public policies and programs for enhancing the settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees. CISSA-ACSEI is dedicated to creating a society in which all immigrants and refugees are able to participate fully. The study is consistent with this objective. Its purpose is to take stock of emerging trends and to map a way forward that will allow settlement service providers to acquire the tools and capacities they need to partner with governments in meeting the challenges facing both newcomers and the communities in which they settle.
    CISSA-ACSEI commends the study to interested stakeholders as a first, serious step towards fundamental realignment in how the sector is organized and how it comports itself. Settlement organizations want to play a larger role in shaping and contributing to the future of Canada. They feel they have a great deal to offer. The study suggests ideas for increasing their involvement and influence.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F06 IMMIGRATION/2010 reconfiguring_settlement.pdf

  • 2010 Reality Check

    Title:Reality check: women in Canada and the Beijing declaration and platform for action fifteen years on : a Canadian civil society response.
    Corporate Author: Canadian Labour Congress
    Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
    Subject:Women – general|split|Women – rights and equality
    Publisher:Canadian Labour Congress
    Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
    Place of Publication:Ottawa
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    The findings of this report show that Canada is falling behind. Once ranked 7th in the world for closing the gap between women and men, Canada is now ranked 73rd. The decline is no accident. There has been a systematic erosion of the human rights of women and girls in Canada during the period covered by this report and the current UN review: 2004-2009. The changes to Status of Women Canada, the shifts in policy and programming within the federal government, and the government’s response to the economic crisis have been felt by the most vulnerable women and girls in Canada.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.10 WOMEN/2010 reality_check.pdf

  • 2010 Rough Sleepers

    Title:Providing personalised support to rough sleepers: an evaluation of the City of London pilot.
    Author(s):Hough, Juliette|split|Rice, Becky
    Subject:Income security programs – general|split|Housing – temporary, emergency, homelessness
    Publisher:Joseph Rowntree Foundation
    Place of Publication:London UK
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    This study evaluated a new way of working with long-term rough sleepers. It examined the impact of a pilot project offering personalised budgets to rough sleepers in the City of London, and explored the reasons for the project’s success.
    Fifteen people who had been sleeping rough for between 4 and 45 years were offered a personalised budget. By the time of the evaluation, the majority were in accommodation (seven) or making plans to move into accommodation (two). The personalised budget fulfi lled several functions. It helped to establish a trusting relationship with the project coordinator; gave people an incentive to move into and stay in accommodation; and supported people in maintaining tenancies by responding to crisis and planning for a future.
    The authors conclude that the personalised support provided to individuals was as important to the success of the project as the provision of personalised budgets. The personalised approach has brought people elements of choice and control not provided by standard offers of support, alongside intensive support from one trusted worker.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.04 POVERTY/2010 rough_sleepers.pdf

  • 2010 HUA Report

    Title:Progress report on the implementation of a plan for Alberta: ending homelessness in 10 years.
    Variant Title:2009-10 report to the minister
    Corporate Author: Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness
    Subject:Housing – temporary, emergency, homelessness
    Publisher:Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness
    Place of Publication:Edmonton
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    At the direction of Premier Ed Stelmach, who recognized that the growing number of Albertans who were at-risk of becoming or currently experiencing homelessness was an unacceptable situation, the creation of the Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness (the “Secretariat”) was announced on January 23, 2008. The Secretariat was given the responsibility for developing Alberta’s strategic plan to end homelessness. A Plan for Alberta: Ending Homelessness in 10 Years, (“the Plan”), was released on March 16, 2009. When the Government of Alberta accepted the Plan, it became the first province in Canada to sate publicly its intention to end homelessness. Central to the provincial plan is a fundamental shift in Alberta’s approach, which has relied on emergency shelters for those experiencing a housing crisis. This new direction means moving away from managing the problem because, despite the dedication of all those working within the system, this approach does not solve the problem of homelessness. Instead, the Plan provides a road map for ending homelessness. It includes strategies to achieve housing stability for those already in crisis by employing a housing first philosophy, and it outlines the courses of action that will prevent Albertans from falling into homelessness in the years to come. All Albertans will benefit from ending homelessness in our province because it will result in cost-saving opportunities for taxpayers. Evidence indicates that an emergency response system that relies on shelters and publicly funded services such as hospitals and policing, is more costly to public systems than providing housing with supports to homeless individuals. We also know that if we continue to employ the traditional approach, the number of homeless individuals and families in Alberta will very likely continue to grow.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    D. HOUSING/2010 HUA report.pdf

  • 2010 Predictable Crisis

    Title:A predictable crisis: older, single women as the new face of homelessness.
    Author(s):Sharam, Andrea
    Subject:Women – older women|split|Women – poverty|split|Housing – temporary, emergency, homelessness
    Publisher:Australian Policy Online
    Place of Publication:Hawthorne, AU
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    The dissolution of partnerships and re-partnering involve serious risks for women and their children, according to this paper. This significant gender-based economic and social problem has emerged on the back of demographic change. A recent national study of women and housing used ABS demographic modelling to show that a sizeable proportion of female baby boomers are single, poor and facing significant housing insecurity, which suggests that the new face of homelessness will be single older women by virtue of a combination of the sheer number of women in the cohort, their poorer economic status and social changes that occurred in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. This forecast appears as a startling departure from the existing statistics. More women than men use the homelessness service system, but this reflects the response to family violence which is aimed at women. Single women (as a group distinct from those seeking assistance because of violence) receive only about 4% of the national funding for homelessness. Single women are currently but minor players in the homelessness statistics, which can be explained by the historical size of this cohort, but this could shift from a trickle to a roar in the space of generation.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    D. HOUSING/2010 predictable_crisis.pdf