Systems Planning to Prevent and End Homelessness: Community Progress and Priorities Across Canada

Systems Planning Collective

This NEW report highlights the priority areas for systems planning that emerged from a recent community needs assessment conducted across Canada, and outlines how The Systems Planning Collective plans to support communities to achieve their systems planning goals.

The Systems Planning Collective is led by A Way Home Canada, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and Turner Strategies and is dedicated to helping communities and governments to prevent and end all forms of homelessness in Canada by supporting evidence-based systems planning, capacity building and technical assistance.

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Creating LGBTQ2S Inclusive, Affirming, and Safe PiT Counts

Alex Abramovich / Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

This resource was designed to help communities better understand and address homelessness among the LGBTQ2S population by collecting gender identity and sexual orientation data through Point-in-Time Counts.

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Canadian Income Survey, 2017

Statistics Canada

The results of the 2017 Canadian Income Survey were released this month, revealing a significant reduction in poverty across Canada. Click below to read the full brief.

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Good News: The General Public ‘Gets’ Homelessness

Abe Oudshoorn / Western University

This blog post explores the results of an American study looking at public perceptions of and attitudes towards homelessness, and how this data can be used to shape the sector's strategies for gaining public support.

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Effects of Housing First Approaches on Health and Well-Being of Adults Who are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness

Andrew J Baxter et al. / Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

This journal article provides a systematic review of the evidence around the effects of Housing First on health and well-being, and addresses common concerns about the model.

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Homelessness Among Youth Who Identify as LGBTQ+: A Systematic Review

McCann E and Brown M / Journal of Clinical Nursing

This journal article identifies research on the specific support and care needs of youth aged 13-24 who identify as LGBTQ+, and can be used as a resource by communities seeking to develop more effective support services for this group.

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York University, 4700 Keele St.

Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3

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