CREA Grant Project Summaries
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Council to Reduce Elder Abuse (CREA) Community Capacity-Building Grants Project Summaries July 2016 Table of contents: Introduction: ..................................................................................................1 Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC (ANHBC) ..................................................2 “Scaling-Up Elder Abuse Awareness and Prevention” ...................................................2 BC Association of Community Response Networks (BC CRN) ..........................................4 “Embedding the ability to deliver the ‘It’s Not Right!’ (INR) in the Community Response Network communities across BC” .........................................................................4 BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres (BCAAFC) ............................................6 “Us and Our Elders: A cultural training approach to building stronger relationships that end Elder abuse” ..................................................................................................6 BC Centre for Elder Advocacy Support (BCCEAS) ........................................................8 “Not in My Family: ..........................................................................................8 Working with Family Caregivers to Reduce Elder Abuse” ..............................................8 BC Crime Prevention Association (BCCPA) ..............................................................10 “Elder Abuse Awareness and Response for Front-line Service Providers and First Points of Contact” .....................................................................................................10 Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health (IALH) .........................................................13 (Formerly the Centre on Aging) – University of Victoria ..............................................13 “Addressing the Issue of Elder Abuse in Ethnocultural Minority Communities in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria” ..........................................................................13 Kwadacha Nation ...........................................................................................15 “Northern Tsek’ene Elders TREA Project” ..............................................................15 Network of Inner City Community Services Society (NICCSS) ........................................17 “Elders Connect” ...........................................................................................17 Simon Fraser University (SFU) ............................................................................19 “Raising Awareness and Addressing Elder Abuse in the LGBT Community” ........................19 S.U.C.C.E.S.S. ...............................................................................................22 “Outreach to Chinese Immigrant Communities in Metro Vancouver” ..............................22 Tonari Gumi: Japanese Community Volunteers Association ..........................................24 “Stopping Elder Abuse in the BC Japanese Canadian Community” .................................24 Vancouver Police Department (VPD) Domestic Violence, Criminal Harassment and Elder Abuse Unit 26 “Safety and Awareness for Elders (S.A.F.E.)” ..........................................................26 West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund (WCLEAF) ..............................................28 “Supporting Elders Fleeing Abuse in the Family Context” ...........................................28 West End Seniors’ Network (WESN) ......................................................................30 “West End Collaborative to Address Abuse of Elderly Renters” .....................................30 Contact List ..................................................................................................32 Introduction: The Council to Reduce Elder Abuse (CREA) was established in December 2013, pursuant to Together to Reduce Elder Abuse, B.C.’s Strategy (TREA Strategy), as a venue for organizations and agencies from various sectors, representatives from Aboriginal and ethnocultural communities, and seniors to collaborate and support province-wide efforts to raise awareness about, prevent, and respond to elder abuse in British Columbia. In April 2015, with funding obtained through the Ministry of Health, CREA provided grants (Grants) of up to $50,000 for projects involving partnerships among organizations that furthered the TREA Strategy’s and CREA’s goal of reducing elder abuse in B.C. The grants were intended to assist provincial and community-based organizations to develop new or enhance existing elder abuse prevention, recognition or response projects and programs, to support seniors, their families and caregivers, front-line workers, etc. The Grants were awarded for projects that involved strong partnerships, and to organizations with a good knowledge/understanding of elder abuse, excellent track records and a clear capacity to implement the project. The projects responded to an identified need, resulted in new approaches and resources to address elder abuse, and included a strong sustainability plan. They supported diversity, addressed issues faced by socially isolated or otherwise marginalized seniors, and strengthened networks. These projects, and the approach to prevention, recognition and response, are as diverse as the populations targeted, and have educated police, bystanders, service providers, caregivers, older women fleeing abuse, seniors from various ethnocultural communities, Aboriginal Elders, people in the LGBTQ community, elderly renters and their landlords, families and communities about the mistreatment of older British Columbians. It is hoped that through sharing and collaboration, the results will continue to have an impact on all British Columbians and will contribute to a change in societal attitudes so that elder abuse is no longer tolerated in this province. Contact information for the project leads is provided on page 32. Council to Reduce Elder Abuse ReduceElderAbuseBC.ca 1 Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC (ANHBC) “Scaling-Up Elder Abuse Awareness and Prevention” Project Objectives: • Create a model and social infrastructure for sustaining and expanding the reach of the Finding Home Community Capacity Building Dialogues for elder abuse awareness and prevention. • Create strategies for engaging seniors’ leadership and building partnerships across a wide range of community sectors to address elder abuse, and support initiatives led by seniors from all ethnocultural communities. Key Partners: • Finding Home; South Vancouver Neighbourhood House; Vancity • Additional partners identified through the project: Family Services of Greater Vancouver; MOSAIC; BCCEAS; BC211; City of Richmond; Vancouver Aboriginal Family Services; Musqueam Nation; Reconciliation Canada; Royal Bank; Vancouver Foundation; Metro Vancouver Cross Cultural Seniors Network; UWLM; Telus; London Drugs; Dream Bank; LOCO BC; Community Action Initiative (foundation); UBC Centre for Engaged Learning; City of Vancouver social planners; Provincial Health Services Society; Family Services of Greater Vancouver; Vantage Point, non-Profit Housing Association; Urban Matters; 411 Seniors Council; SPARC BC; Vancouver Coastal Health; and Burnaby Social Planning Committee. Activities: • Designed and facilitated: o 3 seniors focus groups with Afghani seniors; South Asian seniors; multi-cultural seniors o 1 focus group with host agency coordinators o 2 focus groups with agency and organizational leaders at Vancouver Foundation o 1 Aboriginal Leaders focus group at Musqueam First Nations o Sustainability workshop (testing tools with agencies identified through the focus groups). • Identified champions and focus group participants interested in further collaboration. • Interviewed and filmed nine seniors who volunteered to be in the promotional video. • Created a model of partnerships and presented to six planning and advisory tables. • Developed and tested the Readiness Self-Assessment tool for agencies. Outcomes: • Three non-profit organizations have self-assessed readiness to sustain elder-led activities. • The following communities and organizations indicated interest in using the tools and Finding Home™ approach to support elders-led abuse prevention dialogues: South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, MOSAIC, Century House. • Engaged financial institutions and funders in dialogue to brainstorm a funding model that would sustain an elders-led community development network. • Established new relationships and collaboration. Council to Reduce Elder Abuse ReduceElderAbuseBC.ca 2 Tools and Resources: Focus groups and interviews generated information that led to the creation of sustainability tools. • Developed a website dedicated to the scaling-up project with tools and resources http://www.worldviewstrategies.com/our-flagship-program/. • Tools are freely available to organizations interested in hosting a Finding Home program or for applying the unique elders-led approach. • Asset-Based Community Development - Phase One: Agency/Organization Self-Readiness Assessment Package o Readiness Checklist o Readiness Application o Gantt Chart o Work Plan & Cost Projection Tool o Build Your Own Budget Tool • Finding Home™ Handbook for Host Agencies • Digital Resources and Planning Tools • Core Team Model • Sample Community Partnership Model • Convening Video (176 MB) • Convening Poster Template • System Change Wheel Lessons Learned: • Further resourcing is needed