September 2017 Your Story Matters! NEEDS ASSESSMENT

 S HE LBURN E  Y ARM OUT H  D IGBY  A N N AP OLIS  KIN GS  WEST HANTS 

LOCATION Funding Status CONTRACT FOR DATA ANALYSIS SIGNED Municipality of Barrington YES The contract agreement between Acadia Entrepreneurship Centre Town of Shelburne YES (AEC), the Tri- Women’s Centre (project proponent) and the Municipality of Shelburne YES Affordable Housing Association of NS (AHANS) for survey Town of YES digitization, data collection and analysis of the Housing Needs Assessment Surveys across Shelburne, Yarmouth, Digby, Annapolis Town of Clark’s Harbour NO Kings and West Hants has been signed. Municipality of Argyle YES STATUS OF FUNDING REQUESTS Municipality of Yarmouth YES Town of Yarmouth NO AHANS has agreed to provide funding towards data analysis and community engagement related specifically to issues of Town of Digby YES homelessness in the amount of $2,500. Municipality of Digby YES Municipal partners were asked to contribute financially based on Municipality of Clare YES population by geographic partnership. Most have agreed to help Town of Annapolis YES fund this initiative (See chart to the right). Town of Middleton NO Community partners on our local housing collations (CHOICE, Municipality of Annapolis YES DAASH, SCHC) and across the will also provide an enormous amount of in-kind contributions towards this initiative. Municipality of Kings YES

Canada Mortgage Housing Cooperation (CMHC) is considering our Town of YES request for a financial contribution to enhance data analysis and Town of Berwick YES community engagement components Town of YES of the project. Town of Windsor YES Municipality of West Hants YES AEC is in the process of digitizing the surveys so Launching the survey and asking everyone to fill it out. they can be tested and piloted. Target Date: The first week of October This includes Duration of live survey: 4-6 weeks  A needs assessment survey for the community  A stakeholder survey for renters, developers and DID YOU KNOW? contractors AEC will provide weekly updates of completed surveys  A service provider survey by municipal unit so we can track our progress.

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PROPOSED ACTIONS AND TIMELINE (Timeline funding dependent)

Jan -Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 Survey Development  Working Group of existing housing coalitions and stakeholders  (Supportive Housing Needs Survey, Service provider Survey, Stakeholder Survey)

Contract Acadia Entrepreneur Centre:  Identify data related outcomes, confirm analysis expectations, refine draft survey questions  Design digital survey, test and approve  Surveys are launched

Survey Dissemination: (Community, Stakeholder, Service Provider)  Housing Coalitions and partners work together with community to disseminate and actively engage citizens to complete the survey

Community Engagement Plan:  First Voice, Service Providers & Stakeholders

Complete Final Report and Present Findings

Yarmouth County Denise Vacon [email protected]

Digby County Jennifer Lamrock [email protected]

Shelburne County Nancy Green [email protected]

Annapolis County Lisa Salley [email protected]

We are pleased to inform you that our Kings and West Hants Nancy Stewart Housing Needs Assessment is moving [email protected] forward, thanks to all funders and partners for making this possible.

AN INITIATIVE OF OUR LOCAL HOUSING COALITIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS

Including Women’s Place Resource Centre and Annapolis Valley Poverty Coalition

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