Homelessness is increasing. In the Halifax area, men, women, young people and increasingly families, are finding themselves without housing - a place to call ‘home’. The causes of homelessness are complex and numerous, and the solutions are community driven.
This web site is about solutions: the solutions in our community. Community Action on Homelessness works with community in advancing solutions to homelessness and the challenge some of our community members face in accessing safe and affordable housing.
We envision the Halifax Regional Municipality as a healthy community for all citizens to live, work and raise families, and we are guided by our mission statement.
Call for Proposals - Capital Projects
The Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy is accepting funding applications from organizations interested in obtaining financial assistance for capital projects that provide supportive housing with a continuum of care for persons with concurrent mental health and addiction issues who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. This includes pre-development, building/lot purchase, constructioni or major renovations for the following location and program:
Nova Scotia - Halifax Regional Municipality Homelessness Partnering Strategy
Application packages are available by contacting the Community Action on Homelessness office:
Claudia Jahn at 902-420-6026 or by email at
cjahn@cahhalifax.org
Information Session: Monday, July 6, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.
Service Canada Centre, Halifax Shopping Centre
7001 Mumford Road, Halifax Tower 2, 3rd floor, Room 303
Please register for the session when you request the application package.
Deadline for Application: Thursday, September 24, 2009
For inquiries contact: Peggy Chapman, Service Canada, at 902-426-3259 or peggy.chapman@servicecanada.gc.ca
- Call for Proposals - Capital Projects download
Call for Proposals - Programs and Services
The Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy is accepting funding applications from organizations interested in obtaining financial assistance to provide programs and services:
Prevention services that include direct and critical interventions to retain housing or prevent imminent homelessness for individuals and families at risk of homelessness; OR Support services that include housing programs and supports that address critical and urgent needs and other support services that promote the longer-term housing stability of individuals and families who are homeless, for the following location and program option:
Nova Scotia - Halifax Regional Municipality Homelessness Partnering Strategy
Application packages are available by contacting the Community Action on Homelessness office:
Claudia Jahn at 902-420-6026 or by email at
cjahn@cahhalifax.org
Information Session: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.
Service Canada Centre, Halifax Shopping Centre
7001 Mumford Road, Halifax Tower 2, 3rd floor, Room 303
Please register for the session when you request the application package.
Deadline for Application: Friday, July 10, 2009
For inquiries contact: Peggy Chapman, Service Canada, at 902-426-3259 or peggy.chapman@servicecanada.gc.ca
Our 4th Annual Housing Week, October 2009
Thanks very much to all our supporters, performers, volunteers, and the many organizations that participated in our Third Annual Housing Week in November.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to have your ad distributed to 50,000 households in the HRM via The Chronicle Herald! Book your space in the 3rd Edition of our publication, 'Building Community'.
Your content and artwork is not required before Friday, August 14th.
- Advertising Information 2009 (pdf)
- 'Building Community 2007' (pdf)
- 'Building Community 2008' (pdf)
Halifax Report Card on Homelessness 2009
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT CARD - released March 24, 2009
In June 2008, Community Action on Homelessness started the development of the Report Card on Homelessness to raise public awareness on the issues related to homelessness and to deliver a comprehensive set of statistics that reflect the current facts on homelessness in our community.
The Report Card documents the current state of homelessness using indicators that monitor homelessness, housing, and income. This enables us to identify pressure points in the system and develop proactive and responsive strategies. Statistics provided throughout the Report Card come from existing institutions - Statistics Canada, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and Nova Scotia Department of Community Services, Service Canada, along with independent research projects that Community Action on Homelessness delivered over the past year.
If you have any questions about the Report Card, please contact John Hartling, Director of Community Initiatives, 420-2186, jhartling@cahhalifax.org.
Media coverage:
- March 25th
- March 27th
- March 30th
Preventing Poverty. Promoting Prosperity. Nova Scotia's Poverty Reduction Strategy
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT - released April 3, 2009
Media coverage:
- April 3rd - The Chronicle Herald
- April 4th -The Chronicle Herald
Government of Nova Scotia:
Report of the Poverty Reduction Working Group
The Community Coalition to End Poverty - Nova Scotia
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