Homelessness Action Advisory Committee Agenda - May 19, 2016.pdf

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HOMELESSNESS ACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2016, AT 3:00 P.M.ROOM 530 – 5TH FLOOR – ABBOTSFORD CITY HALL

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

.1 Minutes of the Homelessness Action Advisory Committee meeting held April 21, 2016 (attached) (p. 3)

3. DELEGATIONS

None.

4. PRESENTATIONS

None.

5. BUSINESS OUT OF MINUTES

None.

6. REPORTS

.1 Verbal report, from the Research Assistant, regarding an update from the


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May 19, 2016, Homelessness Action Advisory Committee AgendaPage 2 of 2

7. NEW BUSINESS

.1 Verbal update, from the Homelessness Coordinator, regarding the 2016Statistics Canadian Census

- Background Information (attached) (p. 20)

.2 Verbal update, from the Homelessness Coordinator, regarding the LangleyHomelessness Strategic Plan

- Background Information: http://www.city.langley.bc.ca/council-admin/community-initiatives/langley-homelessness-strategic-plan

.3 Committee Roundtable

8. ADJOURNMENT


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Minutes of the Homelessness Action Advisory Committee meeting held Thursday, April 21, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., in Room 530, located at 32315 South Fraser Way,

Abbotsford, BC Page 2

4. PRESENTATIONS

.1 Abbotsford Official Community Plan

The Senior Planner provided a verbal update and PowerPoint presentation regarding Abbotsford’s draft Official Community Plan (OCP). Highlights incl

uded the Abbotsforwardprocess; engagement activities, providing over 7,700 interactions which assisted in the

formulation of the draft Official Community Plan. The draft Official Community Plancontent is divided into three areas: (1) land use; (2) development policy guidelines and (3)policy. The plan anticipates a 75:25 ratio of growth between existing urban areas andnew neighbourhoods.

Committee discussion included: increased secondary suite use; infill guidelines; non-market housing; and community social development factors. Committee members wereencouraged to review the draft Official Community Plan, specifically items related to

housing and community social development policies, and provide feedback. A copy of thedraft Official Community Plan was distributed to committee members.

Moved by R. Santiago, seconded by D. Sheach, that theverbal update and PowerPoint presentation, regarding thedraft Abbotsford Official Community Plan, and backgroundinformation, be received for information.

HAAC22-2016 CARRIED.

S. Kuperis left meeting at 3:45 p.m.


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Moved by R. Van Wyk, seconded by N. McCready, that theHomelessness Action Advisory Committee acknowledgeBC Housing’s rental supplement efforts and collaborationwith the Fraser Health’s Assertive Community Treatment(ACT) team; and (2) that the Committee rec

ommends Abbotsford City Council solicit both the Provincial and

Federal governments to provide additional rentalsupplement funding.


Moved by D. Sheach, seconded by R. Van Wyk, that theverbal update and PowerPoint presentation fromR. Santiago, Salvation Abbotsford Community Services;

N. McCready, Salvation Army, and J. Wegenast, AbbotsfordCommunity Services, regarding the Abbotsford ShelterSystem Shared Service Delivery and Outreach Outcomes,and background information, be received for information.


D. Sheach left meeting at 4:32 p.m.

6. REPORTS

1 Outreach Working Group


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.3 Homelessness Action Plan Priorities

The Homelessness Coordinator and Research Assistant provided a brief overview of theHomelessness Action Plan priorities including: rental connect initiative; and integral roadmap strategy process. The first coordinated intake and referral

partner plan and modeldesign workshop is scheduled for May 11, 2016, and will include both research partners

and front line staff.

Moved by S. Kuperis, seconded by R. Santiago, that theverbal report from the Homelessness Coordinator andResearch Assistant, regarding the Homelessness ActionPlan Priorities, and background information, be received forinformation.


7. NEW BUSINESS

.1 Proposed Community Drop-In Centre

The Deputy City Manager will forward information to the Shelter working group for furtherdiscussion.

.2 Abbotsford Dignitarian Society Proposal

The Deputy City Manager provided a brief update on the proposal by the Abbotsford


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.4 Fraser Valley Regional District Report, “Still Dying on the Street”

The Homelessness Coordinator spoke to the need for critical prevention and responsestrategies in Abbotsford.

Moved by B. Rich, seconded by R. Santiago, that the

correspondence, from the Fraser Valley Regional District,dated April 14, 2016, enclosing its report “Still Dying on theStreet”, be received for information.


.5 Expression of Interest to partner with municipalities to create affordable rentalhousing

BC Housing will provide more information to the committee.

Moved by B. Rich, seconded by R. Santiago, that the pressrelease, from BC Housing, dated April 14, 2016, regardingthe BC Governments’ call for Expressions of Interest topartner with municipalities to facilitate the creation ofaffordable rental housing, be received for information.


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Report Title: Update report on the Shelter and Drop In Centre Working Group

Reporting Period: April/May 2016

Purpose: The report will provide a brief overview of the activities that the Shelter

and Drop-In Centre for an extended stay, low barrier shelter with access to

service.

Annual Status Update: The HAAC Shelter and Drop In Centre Working group is

comprised of City of Abbotsford, Mennonite Central Committee, Abbotsford

Community Services, Salvation Army, Look Out Society, Women’s Resource

Society of the Fraser Valley, and Harvest Discovery Homes.

Summary of Discussion Topics:

1) Discussion about the City of Abbotsford’s Interim Extreme Weather

Protocol. The Protocol will be circulated to the Shelter Working Group

members for review and updates to support pre-season planning for

warmer weather conditions in Summer 2016.

2) Look Out Society provided an overview of their shelter services for themonth of April. Discussion ensued about the gap and need for resources to

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and service providers; business, media, community and political

stakeholder engagement; shared service delivery outcomes; and

community awareness/public awareness efforts.

May Working Group Outcomes:

The Working Group received the Shelter Outreach report from Look Out Society.

June Working Group Activities:

- Drop In Centre Feasibility Study exploration

- Communication Strategy implementation

- Shelter System and Community Outreach Reports

- Inter-agency development of information sharing and consent form

- Extreme Weather Protocol review and updates.

On-going Working Group focused activities:

Inter-agency development of information sharing and consent form.

Explore and identify additional case management funding. Explore and identify potential funding and location for a drop in centre.

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Report Title: 2016 Homelessness Action Plan priorities

Reporting Period: May 19, 2016

Purpose: The report will provide a brief overview of the status of the priorities

and activities to support the City’s Homelessness Action Plan implementation and

stakeholder engagement processes, which include:

Coordinated Intake and Referral System development: 1) Research

Partner Plan preliminary findings (separate report), 2) Service Canada

Activity report, and 3) Incremental development of tangible outcomes to

ground research in community based action-oriented outcomes. Timeline:

On-going

Shelter System Integration and Implementation: 1)Existing Abbotsford

Shelter System Shared Outcome report (Salvation Army, communication

steward); 2) Communication strategy and public engagement development;

3) Drop In Centre exploration; 4) Information sharing practices to be

implemented, and 3) Funding exploration for Housing Retention services.

Timeline: On-going

Rental Connect: 1) procurement, rental navigation, and retention services;


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which will take place over 3 workshops. On May 18, 2016, the final

workshop revealed the map, “A Collaborative Roadmap for the Prevention

of and Response to Homelessness in Abbotsford” for broader stakeholder

input, review and commitment through the areas of the map that they can

contribute to. The Road map will be utilized to mobilize shared resources,

initiatives, and knowledge to achieve shared “action-oriented” outcomes

through respectful delivery of well-coordinated, coherent, integrated and

efficient system delivery. Timeline: Quarter 2-4 2016

Anticipated Outcomes:

1. Decrease homelessness in Abbotsford through a series of incremental and

intentional actions, which incorporate multiple stakeholder perspectives

and individuals who experience homelessness in the “co-creation” of the

solutions.

2. Strengthen cross-sector and inter-agency participation and commitment in

shared service delivery and collaborative solutions to addresshomelessness.


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For myself, I recognized that the members of the research partnership are willing to invest time and

resources to this project but they want to be assured that there will be action and follow through.

The time limited nature of the Service Canada funding is a concern for them. It is hoped that in co-

creating a CIR model that is built on best practice and adapted to the community will be a tangible

result that provide a foundation upon which a fuller community-wide response to homelessness will

be created based on best practice, collaboration and partnership. Support for addressing the

shrinking housing options for low income residents and planning for what happens beyond the end of

the current funding is a work that can start sooner rather than later.

Attachments to this report:

Quotes Community Research May 2016 PEH

Quotes Community Research May 2016 SP

Governance and Initiatives HAP Graphic


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“I just don’t want to see this municipality give up. It’s gonna be—it’s a long, hard road, but it’s doable. … It didn’t happen overnight,

and it’s not going to be solved that way. Right?So: Don’t give up!”

comments from homeless community members

“You don’t necessarily have to agree with drugs.You just have to respect the person who does them.”

“Being homeless is, you know, not fun. You just want to die.”

“We just would like a place to just… be.

You know?”

“We need a place in town for us, that’s not completely isolated and cut off,but like a little place for ourselves where we have all the resources we need,

there’s homeless shelter, there’s everything that we need and we can have it

in one space close by.”

“There is no centre . There should be a centre open to families, to men wherethey can go, and everything should be connected—you know, as a spider.

Even medical, even welfare.”

“You get clean, then you have nowhere to live.”

“With addictions, you gotta wait.You gotta wait, and wait, and wait just to see them.”

“There are some people out there that are so entrenched inhomelessness that jumping through hoops is almost impossiblefor them. And then they get looked down upon because they can’t

do something.”

“It’s not just ‘go get a job.’ You need your health,you need to be clean. … Abbotsford’s the worst place.Where do you shower? There’s one shower in Abbotsford for men:Salvation Army.”

“Nobody wanted to listen to what we figured we needed.

They all figured they knew what we needed,

and that’s what I really hate.”

“It would be good because no one would get lost in the system.”

“There’s so many [homeless] people there, more and more all the time.”

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“It’s f*ing hard to get off the street. Trying to pick yourselfup, get that confidence boost, get yourself together, get aresume together, and f*ing get yourself off the street andstop doing those drugs that you so desperately every daycrave. It’s f*ing—it’s a rough road to try to escape. I’m inthe middle of trying to escape it right now. … There isn’t somany, like, available jobs around here, and when you do getthat chance, there’s not someone to give you theopportunity. They look at you like you're a f*ing drug addict,you’re not dependable. You’ve become someone that’s just afall down, ‘You’re not worth our time.’”

“My thought seriously is that the people that are running these servicesand that, right up to the hospital, is how judgemental people are about thehomeless, people that are poor, who are addicts. … They’re already feeling,you know, down and out as it is. And that just—I can’t understand howpeople that are so judgemental like that are doing first stage work and judging ones that really need the services. … And that’s a real issue— doesn’t matter what service it is. It comes from all of ‘em.”

“I’m not about to discard everything—nowhere to putanything I got, just to stay in somewhere overnight? No, I’llgo find a tarp. I’m not getting rid of what’s all I have left in

my life just so I can sleep on a mat…. Everybody thinks

that’s junk, well it’s not just junk. A lot of that is whatpeople’s lives consist of in that shopping cart. … and youwant them to go throw it away just so they can stay in a

shelter? No it doesn’t work that way.”

“I’ve been out on the streets now, oh, 15 years. …Through the years I’ve done a lot, a lot of counselling.People will come up to me and tell me the most intimatethings. And I won’t judge. I’ll sit there, and I’ll listen. …And that is something that’s needed. But unless peoplecan trust you, to come and talk to you, to share thingswith you, how are you going to know how to help?”

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“If you want to be more effective service providers,

know other service providers—the humans,

not the label.”“There’s value in knowing

what other people are doing

and how they do it.”

“I’m having trouble visualizing how a central human sorting station will improve the quality of life for anybody.”

“But as far as having a [CIR] system,I think it’s a great idea. … It wouldbe good to have that communication.… It would be nice to know who’sdoing what, or how can wecollaborate.”

“I think this is going to be a great thing to at least try!”

caliberprojects.com

comments from service providers

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“I feel like our clients are just form-ed to death.” “No one wants to go through a barrage ofquestions … it’s easier to feel likeyou’re talking to a human being.”

“If we really, truly want to do this right—and it’s

really important to get it formalized and organizedand working together—this [kind of intake] is jumping in the middle. It’s not step one.”

“If I’m doing paperwork, then I’m gettingbehind and out of my fieldwork—like helpingpeople out—but then if I”m out on the field, then

I’m behind on my paperwork. No matter what, I’malways behind. Like that’s how I feel, right? So it’svery tough to manage both.”

“Youth homelessness is different, the problems are different, the solutions are different.”

“We use it in somany different

ways, to not keepnotes, in myopinion, is silly.”

“As a non-profit, we need those stats.”

“The whole first point of it is building that trust. Andthat trust is being quiet—listening.”

“From an outreach perspective, not so much fun.But from an agency perspective, in terms oflongevity, we need it.”

“At the home, that’s where the real work starts.”

“I personally think that any sort of virtual connection to aservice is not a service to our homeless population.”

“I never want to lose my desire for an intimate connectionto humans. I don’t want to become part of a system.”

“To put it bluntly, you’re one f*k away from nothaving a roof over your head. …The genderpiece is so relevant. … It does impact the stabilityand sustainability of shelter in ways that we’reuncomfortable talking about, predominantly.”

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Shape Legend

Reporting Relationship

Stakeholder/ServiceProvider Participation

HAAC Working Groups

Initiatives

Work Responsibilities

AbbreviationsISRM Integral Strategy Road MapHAP Homelessness Action Plan

ResearchCoordinator

Council

City Manager/Deputy City Manager

CIR Implementation

Planning

CIR Model Design

ISRM

Rental

Connect

Homelessness ActionSteering Committee

Outreach Shelter &

Drop In

Policy: Community

Social Development

Policy: HAP

Implementation

Policy: Affordable

Housing Strategy

HomelessnessCoordinator

Stakeholders

& Service

Providers

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2016 Census

Marc HamelCensus Manager – Statistics Canada

April 2016

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Census of Population

• A Canadian tradition

• An obligation as mandated by theConstitution Act and the Statistics Act

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Importance of the census• The basis for federal transfer payments:

$300 billion in the past five years

• Redistribution of electoral boundaries:30 seats added to the House of Commons forthe 2015 federal election

• Its data required to administer federal

legislation (Official Languages Act )• Main source of small-area data on population

trends3

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Key results from 2011

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Vancouver (CMA)

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• 53% of British-Columbia’s population lives in the Vancouver CMA

• The 6th highest population growth (1.9% per year) between 2006 and2011 among all 33 CMAs in Canada

• 2nd highest population growth among CMAs located in British Columbiaafter Kelowna (2.2%)

• Three municipalities within the Vancouver CMA showing a highpopulation growth: Greater Vancouver A, Port Moody and Surrey

• Vancouver also the youngest CMA in B.C.: the proportion of seniors

aged 65 and over is only 13% compared to Kelowna (19%), Victoria(18%) or Abbotsford-Mission (14%)

• There are exceptions: municipality of White Rock, south of theVancouver CMA, shows a high proportion of seniors at 29%

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• Two out of four people had, as a mother tongue, neither english nor

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• Some neighboorhoods of Vancouver were showing higher shares of thepopulation with after-tax low-income measure

• 17% of the population live in condominums, the second-highest share

in the country after Toronto (23%)

• About one in five workers take public transit to work. Of these, a largershare than in Toronto or Montreal uses the bus

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Late changes to the 2016 program

• On November 5, 2015, the government

asked Statistics Canada to restore the

mandatory long-form census for 2016

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The 2016 Census at a glance…• Census Day: May 10, 2016

– Invitations to respond to be mailed out on May 2

• Various other collection approaches:• rural areas

• reserves

• collective dwellings

• Early enumeration in northern communitiesbegan on February 1, 2016

• Objective: 65% of responses online12

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The electronic questionnaire

• An application for all types

of technology—laptops,tablets or smartphones

• Easier, faster to use and

accessible to people with

visual impairments

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Content

• Generally same content as in 2011

• One in four households will receivethe long form

• New paper questionnaire format thatcombines the short and long forms

• New approach for collecting incomeinformation

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Key topics Aboriginal peoples

Activities of daily living

Commuting to work

Education, training and learning

Ethnic diversity and immigration

Family composition

Households and housing

Income

Industries and occupations

Labour market activities, employment and unemployment

Languages Mobility

Permission to make personal information public in 92 years

Population and demography

Population estimates and projections15

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Communicating with Canadians

• The Integrated

Communications

Strategy will use social

marketing practiceson various channels to

encourage

participation (paid

media, outreach,social media, etc.)

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Communicating with Canadians (cont.)

• National advertisingcampaign starting in April

• Securing support of

governments, municipalitiesand organizations

• Media Relations

• Census Helpline

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Infographics

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Census Program data viewer

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2016 Census Program release schedule:

Census Program

February 8, 2017

– Population and dwelling counts

May 3, 2017

– Age and sex

– Type of dwelling

May 10, 2017

– Census of Agriculture

August 2, 2017

– Families, households and marital

status

– Language

September 13, 2017 – Income

October 25, 2017

– Immigration and ethnoculturaldiversity

– Housing

– Aboriginal peoples

November 29, 2017 – Education

– Labour – Journey to work

– Language of work

– Mobility and migration

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2016 Census Program release schedule:

census geography products November 16, 2016

– Spatial information products• Boundary files, first edition

• Road network files

• Hydrography files

– Reference maps, first edition

– Attribute information products (correspondence files)

– Reference guides and documents, first edition

February 8, 2017

– Spatial information products

• Boundary files, second edition – Reference maps, second edition

– Attribute information products (GeoSuite and Geographic Attribute File)

– Reference guides and documents, second edition22

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Geography… what’s new?

Aggregate Dissemination Area (ADA): Ensure data are released at aconsistently small geographic level for entire country for 2016 Census

Delineate national coverage using existing geographic areas:

• Group census tracts (CTs), census subdivisions (CSDs) or dissemination

areas (DAs) to meet pre-set range of approximately 5,000 to 15,000

In areas with CTs, use CTs to start, and group small-population CTs to meet

criteria

In non-CT areas, use CSDs or DAs:

• If CSD population counts are small (less than 5,000), then group them; if

CSD population counts are large (more than 15,000), then subdivide

within these by using DAs Reserves and 100% canvasser areas would form their own ADAs

Create a unique geographic code structure: province + census division + four-

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How you can help

• Jobs: Tell your family and friends

– Apply online at www.census.gc.ca/jobs

• Community Supporter Toolkit: Interactive PDF document withaccess to web banners and content for emails or newsletters

• Follow or like us onFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/statisticscanada

Twitter: http://twitter.com/statcan_eng

• Your child’s classroom: Teacher’s kit available for download athttp://www.census.gc.ca/ccr16e/ccr16e_002-eng.html

• Speaking opportunities: Let us know of groups that may want tohear from us

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Questions

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Peter Liang

[email protected]

Tel.: 604-366-7597

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