On April 1, 2022, the Indigenous Community Advisory Board (I-CAB) under the Aboriginal Standing Committee on Housing and Homelessness (ASCHH) transitioned our Community Entity from the non-Indigenous Calgary Homeless Foundation to the Stoney Nakoda and Tsuut’ina Tribal Council to allow for more effective autonomy and sovereignty of voice around the needs of Indigenous homelessness and the core housing need in our community. Given this transition and with further funding potential, we are reviewing the Indigenous Community Plan for Calgary. As such, we are sending out this eligibility survey to gain broader feedback to implement into the I-CAB’s revisions.
This survey outlines the Eligibility Activities that have been defined by the Government of Canada. Please review and provide your feedback and comments in regard to what you feel is most important to the Indigenous community and the Indigenous population who relies on the support of the homeless sector.
This survey additionally includes some demographic questions for research purposes, but please note that all of your feedback will be kept confidential, and we will only share the aggregate data to the ASCHH I-CAB and Community Entity.

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* 1. What is your age?

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* 2. What is your gender?

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* 3. Which of the following best describes your current relationship status?

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* 4. Do you have any children?

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* 5. Please rank the following Eligibility Activities from highest priority to lowest priority in your opinion, with 1 being the most important and 5 being the least important.

  1. Capital Investments, which are intended to increase the capacity or improve the quality of facilities that address the needs of individual and families who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness, including those that support culturally relevant programming for Indigenous individuals and families.

    These investments include; renovations of emergency shelters, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing or non-residential facilities, covering repairs or damages resulting from housing placements, new constructions of residential, PSH or transitional housing, purchase of transitional or supportive housing, professional fees for consultants, audits and technical expertise, purchase of new emergency shelters for Indigenous populations, and the purchase of furnishings, appliances and machinery.
  2. Coordination of Resources and Data Collection, which involves activities that enable communities to organize and deliver diverse services in a coordinated manner and supports the implementation of homeless individuals and families information system as a local Indigenous community.

    These services include; developing partnerships to support a broader systematic approach to addressing homelessness, improving services through training and a systematic approach to homelessness, system support projects to strengthen the organizational capacity of networks, coalitions and other sector organized groups to develop best practices in regards to service delivery, collection of data for the purposes of accountability, supporting decision making and developing an understanding of the homelessness situation, activities intended to build partnership for data collection analysis, and the gathering, sharing and disseminating of information with the Community Advisory Board and other relevant parties.
  3. Prevention and Shelter Diversion, which includes activities aimed at preventing homelessness, providing crisis intervention to those at imminent risk of losing housing, preventing discharges into homelessness from systems and institutions, and shelter diversion support to avert individuals from entering the shelter system by contributing appropriate and immediate supports.

    These services also include; assistance with obtaining or retaining housing, landlord intervention to prevent eviction, financial literacy supports, legal advice to prevent eviction, other emergency assistance to avert from eviction, moving costs, and short term financial assistance to avert eviction or assist with deposits and first month of rent.
  4. Client Support Services, such as individualized service to help improve integration and connectivity to support structures, such as the provision of basic needs and treatment services, and may include support around economic, social, and cultural integration of individuals and families.

    These services include; basic needs services, essential services related to the provision of shelter beds and basic needs, life skills development, culturally relevant supports (ceremonies, traditional activities with the goal of increasing cultural connection and individual sense of belonging), some medical and dental supports, accessibility to technology, transit support, some clinical support, honorariums for Elders and traditional healers, access to traditional healing services (healing circles, Sweat Lodges and traditional medicine), supports to improve social integration, and Elder consultation to increase individuals' and families' connection to the urban Indigenous community.
  5. Housing Services, which lead to an individual or family transitioning into more stable housing.

    These services include; Transitional Housing, Permanent Supportive Housing, Long Term Housing, Indigenous Housing, Housing Placement, Short term rental assistance, Landlord and tenant supports, and housing funding and housing set up.

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* 6. (Optional) Please provide your reasoning for ranking these choices as you did.