INTRODUCING THE SYSTEMS PLANNING COLLECTIVE Alina Turner - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

INTRODUCING THE SYSTEMS PLANNING COLLECTIVE

Alina Turner Principal, Turner Strategies || Co-founder & CEO HelpSeeker

2

HOW DOES THE SYSTEMS PLANNING COLLECTIVE WORK?

The Collective is committed to leveraging partner strengths to support common objectives To enable communities to have access to highly qualified Systems Planners, the Collective will be recruiting among Canada’s top individuals to participate as Associates Associates will be trained, supported, and expected to meet Collective standards of practice

3

WHY IS THERE A NEED?

4

BUILDING SYSTEMS PLANNING CAPACITY

Enhancing understanding, knowledge and ownership of systems planning within communities working to prevent and end homelessness Raising the planning IQ of any individual or

• rganization with a stake in

systems planning Supporting LEAD systems planning individuals and

• rganizations with training

and tools specific to their unique roles Convening a Community

• f Practice to support

shared learning

5

REACHING HOME & SPC: BUILDING SYSTEMS PLANNING CAPACITY

Federal investment to advance evidence-based solutions to homelessness using a systems planning approach by:

Systems Mapping support & technical assistance to support communities & organizations using HelpSeeker.org platform. Training and resources to enhance the capacity of individuals engaged in systems planning activities. Systems Planning National Experts Network to enhance community of practice and review approaches and tools.

6

SYSTEMS PLANNING OVERVIEW

• Shifting from a program-by-program to a

systems approach to ending homelessness

• Restructuring our approach to homelessness

following the Housing First philosophy

7

COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEGUN SYSTEMS MAPPING!

• 1. Vancouver
• 2. Abbotsford
• 3. Edmonton
• 4. Calgary
• 5. Rural Alberta
• 6. Lethbridge
• 7. Medicine Hat
• 8. Red Deer
• 9. Prince Albert
• 10. Winnipeg
• 11. Hamilton
• 12. Whitehorse
• 13. Newfoundland

THE HOMELESSNESS PARTNERING STRATEGY AND SPC

Janet Gwilliam Engagement and Partnerships Unit, Homelessness Partnering Strategy

COMMUNITY PROGRESS & PRIORITIES ACROSS CANADA

Anika Mifsud Post Doctoral Fellow, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness

10

PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY SYSTEMS PLANNING NEEDS ASSESSMENT

• Conducted needs assessment of CAB/CEs &

Housing and Social Service Stakeholders

• Increasing need to engage systems and sectors

beyond typical stakeholders

• Other public systems have role to play!
• Reaching Home recognizes need to engage public

systems, private sector, and other players that can help prevent homelessness and sustained exits

11

PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY SYSTEMS PLANNING NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Why CAB/CEs?

• Gain perspective on local systems planning as the groups that determine local

homelessness priorities and administer federal funding accordingly Why Housing and Social Service Stakeholders?

• Capturing wider range of individuals not represented otherwise
• Help identify perspectives on local efforts outside of CEs/CABs
• Identify local strengths and gaps in efforts to address homelessness

12

WHO PARTICIPATED?

• 103 surveys across Canada!
• 12 intended to apply for Designation

under Reaching Home

• Range of expertise: advocates, housing

workers, housing/social service managers, executive directors, CAB chairs, board members etc.

WHAT DOES THE DATA SAY?

14

THEME 1: VARIANCE IN STAGE/DEPTH OF PLANNING EFFORTS

• While some communities are further along in coordinating efforts and systems

planning

• Others are just beginning to scale their homelessness system coordination or do not

have a dedicated planning group

• Those that have planning groups: require technical support and enhanced

resources to advance work

• Common challenge: having dedicated funding and staffing resources to carry work

forward

15

THEME 2: SUPPORT NEEDED TO MOVE FROM SYSTEM PLANNING TO SYSTEMS PLANNING

• How to do this strategically, getting buy-in, and

tracking progress

• How to identify roles of other systems and the

need for coordination and planning between them

• Those on the ground may be less aware of how

their work ties in…but they can have a significant role in operationalizing a coordinated systems approach!

16

THEME 3: GREATER DIVERSITY & ALIGNMENT BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS NEEDED

• Need support identifying and including right players in public systems and
• thers outside of sector
• Majority believed there was little to no engagement with: justice (55%),

health (60%), child welfare (61%), and education (66%) systems

• 51% acknowledged need for meaningful inclusion of more diverse voices at

planning tables

17

THEME 4: DATA NEEDS ARE SIGNIFICANT

• 40% of CAB/CE respondents did not have

reliable real-time data

• 20% of CAB/CE respondents stated community

had data collection in place to assess homelessness trends locally

• Even with formalized and comprehensive data

collection, communities need assistance harnessing data to drive policy and systems change

18

THEME 5: CHALLENGES TO MOVE BEYOND ADDRESSING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS

• Systems planning serves as cost-effective upstream approach that responds to

those experiencing risk of homelessness

• Cumulative experiences of trauma increases the younger a person is when first

experiencing homelessness and the longer they remain homeless

• Systems need to be retooled to identify and mitigate individual risk factors for

homelessness, responding with an immediate and appropriate matching of services and supports

COMMUNITY PRIORITIES

20

21

• Advanced Systems Planning
• Systems Integration
• Leveraging Private Sector
• Basic Systems Planning Capacity
• Government Relations
• Best Practices in Program

Design/Operations

• Building Trust
• Indigenous specific content and culturally

appropriate approaches

• Effective peer support models

IDENTIFIED INTERESTS

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & POLICY DEVELOPMENT

David French Director of Policy and Planning, A Way Home Canada

23

SPC SUPPORT IN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

Want more government engagement? Frustrated with current level of government involvement? Lack clarity in how to engage different government players?

• Bring government decision-

makers to the table

• Determine roles and

responsibilities for government players

• Craft clear asks of government

24

SPC SUPPORT IN STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

Do you want to learn how to build connections with public systems and different orders

• f governments?
• Increase systems integration
• Get public systems to interface

better with the homelessness sector

• Align efforts between and within

public systems in accordance with local priorities

25

SPC SUPPORT IN PUBLIC POLICY PROCESS

Do you want to learn how to use community efforts to inform public policy?

• Better understand and

engage with the policy process

• Take local learnings and

translate them into policy ideas and options

COMING SOON FROM THE SPC!

27

• Curriculum with tools and resources to

mobilize systems planning knowledge, hone skills, and take actionable steps

• Mobilize systems planning knowledge on

policy, planning and practice

• Available to Designated/Non-Designated

Communities looking to start, advance and/or improve their local systems planning work

• We will need your feedback!

MODULES PILOT: COMING MAY ‘19!

28

• 1. Systems Planning 101

(Beginner)

UPCOMING MODULES

• 3. Engaging Stakeholders

(Advanced)

• 2. Change Management

(Beginner)

• 4. Governance Models

(Advanced)

QUESTIONS?