A small neighborhood in East Hamilton bound by Centennial Parkway, Barton, Queenston Road, and Lake Avenue Park, right next to the border between Stoney Creek and the original Hamilton, Riverdale West is home to a vibrant mix of citizens from around the world.
Community Partner: Community Action Program for ChildrenSPRC Newsletter, Community – Vol 23 No 4 – Winter 2009
These Community Profiles have been developed to aid in understanding the unique social characteristics important to, yet distinct about, each community within the City of Hamilton. This series of reports will look at a number of demographic variables across each community within the City of Hamilton.
Funded by: United Way of Burlington & Greater HamiltonThe purpose of this research was to develop a better understanding of local child care needs from the perspectives of key stakeholders, and to identify innovative strategies that complement the existing child care system and meet current needs.
Funded by: Ontario Trillium Foundation Community Partner: Today’s Family Early Learning and Child CareThis guide, sponsored and supported, by the Community Services Department of the City of Hamilton and by the Hamilton Training Advisory Board, was developed initially in support of planning efforts upon which both sponsors are embarking. In the case of the Community Services Department, information in the guide will inform its Human Services Planning Initiative. In the case of the Hamilton Training Advisory Board, it will provide important background for its integrated labour market planning initiative.
Community Partner: City of Hamilton, Hamilton Training Advisory BoardAs part of an anti-racism organizational change initiative, the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton (CCAS) partnered with the SPRC. The role of the SPRC in this partnership was to consult with CCAS staff, management, volunteers, foster parents, directors, and members of racially and culturally diverse communities. The purpose of these consultations was to invite input and feedback about current policies and practices of the CCAS, and to consider how these policies and practices could be more inclusive.
Commissioned by: Catholic Children’s Aid Society of HamiltonThis report is an evaluation of the three year project led by the Street Youth Planning Collaborative and based on the 27 recommendations in the 2005 Addressing the Needs of Street Involved and Homeless Youth in Hamilton report. It reflects the project’s status as of June 30, 2009 when the community research was completed.
Funded by: Government of CanadaAnnual Report for April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
The report provides an overview of the methodology used in the study, the evolution and operation of the Under the Willows program, and findings from consultations with key stakeholders. A set of conclusions are also included, based on a synthesis of findings.
Funded by: Ontario Trillium FoundationThe data and analysis from this report shows both signs of hope and signs of concern for Hamilton’s fight against poverty.
Funded by: United Way of Burlington & Greater Hamilton, Ontario Trillium FoundationThe SPRC was contracted by Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion (HCCI) to do a broad stroke review of the successes and challenges experienced throughout the Enabling Institutional Change Through Community Partnership and Civic Participation project. The information for this evaluation came through a review of written evaluations by participants of numerous training activities that took place by HCCI as well as conversations with staff members and a review of training materials produced by HCCI through this funding. Training evaluation reports generated by HCCI staff were also scanned for feedback and the evaluator attended HCCI’s Report to the Community in March, 2009.
Funded by: Department of Canadian Heritage Community Partner: Hamilton Centre for Civic InclusionIn 2008, the Homelessness Partnership Initiative (HPI) provided funding to The Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton (CCAS) in partnership with The Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton (CAS) and the Street Youth Planning Collaborative for a three-pronged project- 1) supporting two transitional housing projects for street-involved and parenting youth, 2) providing aftercare support to youth in the community to help maintain housing and 3) to develop a community plan for reducing the risk of street-involvement for former youth in care. This report reflects the final result of the third prong.
Funded by: Homelessness Partnering Initiative Community Partner: Street Youth Planning Collaborative
