Alliance to End Homelessness

The Alliance to End Homelessness is a coalition of community stakeholders in Ottawa committed to working collaboratively to end homelessness by gaining and promoting a better understanding of homelessness and advocating for strategies to end it. Its priorities are public education; research and advocacy. Its collection of research, done by the Alliance’s Research and Evaluation Working Group, focuses on the causes of homelessness and on effective interventions.

Type d'organisation:

Autre

Nom du dépôt:

Sujets:

homelessness

Site Web:

http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca

Période couverte par la documentation:

2004-

Langue:

anglais

Format du dépôt d'archivage et des documents:

Some documents are highlighted on the main page, but the central source for all their documents is found under the About Homelessness category from the left-hand menu on the main page.

Documents are arranged under the following categories:

Report Card on Homelessness in Ottawa - found here are report cards for the years 2004 - 2007, which ATEH produces to track Ottawa's progress in ending homelessness. It looks at a number of indicators, including waiting lists for affordable housing units, costs of renting and vacancy rates, number of times homeless shelters were used and the length of stay in the shelters.
Alliance Briefs - a collection of submissions sent to various levels of government
Research - research items related to ATEH activities as well as other relevant Ottawa research and/or sources, arranged in chronological order (many of these are duplicated in other sections in this category)
2006-2008 Community Action Plan on Homelessness - "Priority on People" - Ottawa's 2006-2008 Community Action Plan on Homelessness to create "A City Without Homelessness".
From this page, is a link to reports prepared for the above Community Action Plan, which include the following topics: Aboriginal Homelessness; Developmental Disabilities; French Language Services; Housing Loss Prevention Network; Inuit homeless; Newcomers; Rural Homelessness; Single Men; Single Women.
Homeless & Using the Internet - information on locations in Ottawa that provide free Internet access as well, how to get an email account and links to a couple of discussion groups targeted to the homeless (not specific to Ottawa)
Ottawa Service Inventory for Agencies - a searchable database of community services available to the homeless or those at risk of becoming homeless in Ottawa
Also from this page is a document called: Scan of Organizational Capacity from the Inventory of Housing and Support Services 2005 which presents the results of the survey done in creating the Ottawa Service Inventory.

From the main menu on the home page, is also a section called Action Centre. Here are found some tips on what one can to do to help end homelessness. It includes email messages, postcards and tips on contacting government and media.

All documents are full text and free in PDF format.

Zone géographique:

City of Ottawa