Homelessness Program

The Hamilton Executive Directors' Aboriginal Coalition in collaboration with its member organizations, the City of Hamilton, Community Services Department, Service Canada and the HPI Community Advisory Board (CAB) is proud to be directing HEDAC Homelessness Partnership Strategy Program 2009-2011.

HEDAC's 2009-2011 HPS program continues into the second year of on the ground homlessness prevention work. Recognizing that short term programs have difficulty in building sustainability in change and progress and that long term programming can be a better solution to building capacity; HEDAC's Homelessness Projects continue to build momentum and strength as each project addresses specific gaps in available services those experiencing poverty and or homelessness within the Urban Aboriginal Community of Hamilton.

HEDAC's 2009-2011 Homelessness Partnership Strategy Program includes 8 Projects. Most projects are scheduled to completed by March 31, 2011 or earlier. Upon successful outcomes the Hamilton Executive Directors' Aboriginal Coalition will complete a thorough evaluation of the program and project works.

HEDAC's ABORIGINAL PROJECTS

Urban Native Homes Incorporated: Capital Project (Multi-Use Building) - Multi Puprose Resource Centre to provide 8 units for men in transition at risk of homelessness. For more information please contact UNH at 905-548-6974 

Native Women's Centre: Crisis Intervention Worker - A CIW identifies and works with women and children facing or fleeing domestic violence by assisting in alternate housing, schooling, educational programming etc. to assist in the prevention of homelessness or at-risk of homelessness.

Native Women's Centre:  Aboriginal Healing and Outreach Program (AHOP) - Based on the Wrap Around concept this project outreaches to the community to provide information, referrals, access to programming, and relevant services to Aboriginal youth, adults, women and children and women and men in transition who are or may be homeless or at-risk of homelessness.

Native Women's Centre: Emergency Outreach Program - This program was formerly operated out of the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre. Presently the NWC Outreach program offers emergency outreach once per month. For more information please contact NWC at 905-664-1114

Sacajawea Non Profit Housing:  Program Manager - The Program Manager works with the Project Coordinators to improve HPS project coordination, communications and expected outcomes to the prevention of homelessness or those at risk of homelessness. To address the ongoing daily requirements of the Hamilton Executive Directors' Aboriginal Coalition capacity and growth. To enhance organizational outcomes and credibiltiy through the development and implementation of a HEDAC Newsletter and website, the development of a database management system, Aboriginal Directory and Diversity Training Tool Kit, all whole and part of HEDAC's HPS Program Strategic Initiatives to the prevention of homelessness.

Hamilton Regional Indian Centre: Youth Capacity Development Program - To research, identify stakeholders, hold community forums, to build a comprehensive Urban Aboriginal Youth Capacity Development Strategy to assist in the prevention of youth homeless or at risk of homelessness through improved identification of available assets and services, integration and communication of services and programs.

Hamilton Regional Indian Centre:  Community Development Officer - The project involves addressing the Capital Funding needs required to complete the Hamilton Executive Directors' Aboriginal Coalition 'Administration and Resource Building. A professional fund raiser, researcher and writer has been hired to research, identify and  resource and apply for funding opportunities needed to complete the Community Meeting Centre, offices, social capital (store), Roof Top Healing Gardens and potential training area for I.T. or technical trades. 

Aboriginal Health Centre:  Mental Health Addictions Program - Outreach of Mental Health Services to those who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness and in need of mental health services and cultural education. Focus is on making the services more accessible to the Homeless or at risk of homeless through out reach services, increased marketing and adding more specific Aboriginal cultural componnents to ones well being to compliment general mental health programming and services i.e. case management, referrals, and mental health service components.

Aboriginal Health Centre:  Elder's Mentorship Project - Sustainability of Culture and Traditions to Aboriginal peoples in search of culture and tradition through Eldership Training and Teaching to develop sustainability of, teaching of and access to Aboriginal Culture and Traditions to strengthen individuals towards the prevention of homelessness and the at-risk of homelessness

Please be advised to access more specific Project information please contact the Organization.