Strategic Plan - Victoria Homelessness

AEHCR’s Five Strategic Goals Supporting Community Plan Outcomes

Five-Strategic-Goals

GOAL 1: Collective Impact

We align and focus the opportunities that arise from the intersection of our work in community through the development and strengthening of partnerships that result in system transformation, upstream and downstream.

GOAL 2: Sector Resiliency

We support our sector’s human beings to thrive in the service of our community by developing best-practices approaches that are human capital centric.

GOAL 3: Research & Data

We uphold the highest standards of research and data to support evidence-based decision-making at all levels.

GOAL 4: Advocacy & Communications

We amplify the voice of the sector to reach its functional-zero-by-2030 goal through the development and implementation of a sector-wide advocacy and communications plan.

GOAL 5: Organizational Strength

We continue to develop a GVCEH team that is adequately resourced to augment capacity that aligns and focuses on mission-critical actions that support the evolving needs of the sector.

Strategic Objectives (Year 1: 2022-2023)

Collective Impact

Prevention plan:

Conduct engagement consultation with working groups and members.
Draft responsive Prevention Plan outlining key activities for collaborative implementation with members and partners.
Socialize and begin implementation of Prevention Plan with research and evaluation feedback loop to ensure effective system integration.
Build homelessness system intersectionality through relational practice.
Continue System Transformation work with all members and partners.
Develop Relational Practice standards through micro-credential training.
Provide ongoing supports for Collective Impact initiatives.

Sector Resiliency

Sector-wide HR Best Practices project:

Develop comprehensive sector-wide HR support plan.
Gather labour market information.
Complete analysis.
Develop HR tactics. Training,
– Education and Retention mechanisms.
– Develop best practice HR support standards for front line service providers and management levels.

Research & Data

DATA Dashboard:

Complete partner consultation.
Complete information gathering and develop first draft.
Support BC Housing HIFIS Pilot Project.
Develop and implement community-based, Participatory Action Research (PAR) and peer research through System Transformation Working Groups.
Research and evaluation support for Collective Impact strategic goals focusing on data collection and data analysis for the Prevention plan consultation & Prevention plan evaluation design
Research and evaluation support for Sector Resiliency strategic goals

Advocacy & Communications

Health and Housing drivers to Achieve Functional Zero:

Develop an Advocacy Plan. iterative consultation,
– Conduct consultation and information gathering.
– Develop proposal.
– Begin implementation activities.
Develop Communications Plan for iterative consultation,
– Complete consultation and information gathering.
– Develop proposal.
– Begin implementation activities

Organizational Strength

Organizational Capacity & Resources

Develop and implement a fund development plan: secure funding stability and multi-year funding from a variety of sources
Organizational re-design: ensure alignment with capacity and with the current sector environment.
Develop an HR plan:
– Demonstrate financial and administrative best practices: review and fine-tune all baselines.
– Prepare a sector emergency intervention plan: consultation
– Provide effective Governance support on an ongoing basis.

Successes (Year 1: 2022-2023)

Collective Impact

Delivered Plan of Action
Reported semi-annually on delivery of Plan of Action.
Report on the ongoing work of the Health and Housing Steering Committee
Continue support for the implementation of the Sooke Homelessness Strategic Plan by participating in the Sooke Homelessness Coalition (SHC)
Engage with Salt Spring Island, Saanich, and Sidney homelessness-serving sector organizations
Participate in the various BC Housing-led Community Advisory Committees (CACs)
Developed Street Community Outreach Team (SCOT) that supports peers in accessing additional supports
Coordinated Extreme Weather Response

Sector Resiliency

Support Point in Time Count 2023,
Engage the community around CAA and HIFIS processes as required.
Support CAA Working Group
Support HIFIS Working Group
BC Housing Project HIFIS Lead
Name change to the Alliance to End Homelessness in the Capital Region and the inclusion of 3 regional representatives to ensure regional service accountability.
Coordination and cooperation with ACEH for the Micro-credential training project with the University of Victoria.

Research & Data

Phase 1: Development of system-wide Data Dashboard housing inventory and monitoring of progress toward quantitative housing unit Functional Zero.
Presented Community Data Dashboard Version 1 to the HHSC
Extended its research initiatives to provide support in identifying solutions to the problem of cyclical violence and homelessness for Women+

Advocacy & Communications

Convene and support the work of the Lived Experience Council
Municipal engagement of the Communications, Education, and Awareness initiative, with an effort to engage all municipalities.
Conducted a series of Face 2 Face with Stigma workshops
Facilitated talking circles, resident advisory committees, and other meetings amongst peers and community members who live in supportive housing and people with lived experience of homelessness

Organizational Strength

Produced 2021-2022 Annual Report
Conducted Annual General Meeting 2022
Convening quarterly funder meetings with BC Housing, Island Health, CRD & the City of Victoria to update on progress towards shared deliverables.
Health and Housing Steering Committee & Health and Housing Steering Committee Leadership
System Transformation Working Group: Review all partner tables with efficiency recommendations.

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