Banff No Community Left Behind .

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Banff Avenue Community

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Roles and responsibilities

Collaboration and relationship with partners

Sustainability

OBJECTIVE

To put a system/process for multi-partners’ collaboration in place for crime prevention and social development.

The main components and process

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Proposed structure: Local Organization chart

Progress

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Creating a better

Law Enforcement

CommunityPolicing

Prevention & Empowerment

Neighborhood Restoration

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLESCollaboration, Coordination,

Community Participation, Leveraging Resources

CORE COMPONENTS

Organizing Steering Committee

NeighborhoodAssessment

Prioritizing/planning/Strategy Dev.

Implementation Process. (Progress)

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Community Mobilization

• Step 1: Identifying activities that will mobilize the community.• Step 2: Securing residents’ commitment and involvement.• Step 3: Encouraging community members to help provide

community focus.• Step 4: Building community networks.• Step 5: Creating resident-led leadership structures.• Step 6: Leveraging internal and external resources.• Step 7: Creating additional communication vehicles between

the community and the police and other partners at different levels of age groups such as Youth and parents.

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Main components

Law Enforcement

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• Identifying, apprehending and prosecuting the most serious and visible criminal activities.

• Focusing on both collaborative problem-solving processes and enforcement tactics to suppress crime at the neighborhood level.

• Establishing Neighborhood Watch when the community is ready.

• Benefiting from the partnership for prosecuting the criminal elements.

• Establishing communication channels between the community and Police Services for trust building.

• Suggested activities: targeted patrols, assistance to the communities in gathering evidence, intensified drug investigations and targeted prosecution.

Community Policing

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• Two key concepts — community engagement and problem solving.

• Police officers establish an ongoing dialog with community members to solve crime problems through a systematic process of address the underlying causes of crime.

• Continued interaction (as opposed to situational/issues meetings) for fostering a sense of responsibility within the community to contribute to solutions.

• Activities include multi-cultural dinners, other informal meetings, community days, youth pizza parties, all leading to building trust, open communication channel and establishing neighborhood watch.

Neighborhood Restoration

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• Focus on revitalizing the economic and social conditions.

• Involve and integrate local CED activities into the NCLB model.

• Seek to expand the economic vitality of the community so that crime and disorder will not thrive. Would focus on coordinated use of provincial, local and private-sector resources.

• Focus on economic development, employment opportunities for community members and improvements to the housing and physical environment of the neighborhood.

• Activities: renovating and refurbishing housing, improving public spaces such as parks and recreational facilities, and creating opportunities for job readiness and employment training, including entrepreneurship and job creation through CED-related initiatives.

Prevention and Empowerment

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• Risk factors (economic deprivation, lack of meaningful support to families at risk, early academic failure) lead to health and behavior problems in adolescence.

• Protective factors (individual characteristics, bonding, healthy beliefs, clear standards) reduce the impact of risk factors on children.

• Possible services to create an environment in which crime and violence cannot thrive.

• Strengthen links among different agencies to improve the overall quality of services to community members.

• We are unknowingly involved in crime prevention. NCLB ensures sensitization and establishing a mechanism to integrate multi-service activities for knowingly addressing the risk factor and strengthening the protective factors.

• Some suggested services: Early years programming, family visiting, outreach to newcomers in the multicultural population after school programs, homework clubs, parenting courses, drug prevention programs, mental health services, drug education, family counseling.

Steering Committee

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OBJECTIVE

To provide guidance and maximize output of the resource input by integrating isolated projects for maximum impact.

Steering Committee: • Provides leadership, guidance, vision, and direction. • Provides a structure for building a commitment to the project. • Identifies areas of greatest community need. • Ensures everyone’s involvement in working toward the same goal. • Commits and delivers resources required to effect real change.• Meets frequently to oversee progress and approve changes to

program implementation.

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Organizing the Steering Committee

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Step 1: Identifying a core group for providing leadership.Step 2: Meeting individual stakeholders for ensuring

their commitment.Step 3: Developing TORs and determining the roles

and responsibilities.Step 4: Developing a decision making processes. Step 5: Creating an organizational structure for

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NCLB Steering Committee 3

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Ottawa Police ServicesOttawa Community Housing

Ottawa Community Housing SecurityUnited Way

Banff Community HouseBoys and Girls Club

Youth Services BureauOttawa South Legal Clinic

City of OttawaBusiness SectorCity Councillors

Russell Heights Community HouseTenants’ AssociationsChildren’s Aid Society

Assessment Process

• Step 1: Putting together an assessment team.• Step 2: Identifying sources and type of Information (Who lives in

the area; What’s the population; Employment rate, poverty, housing; How many children live in the area; Mean age of the residents.

• Step 3: Conducting Community Safety Survey and developing a crime and asset inventory.

• Step 4: Identifying resources and areas for intervention.

• Identifying and confirming top crime problems• Looking for Trends in crimes being committed• Identifying communities unmet needs and perceptions.• Comparing findings from residents with secondary data.

• Looking for signs of economic revitalization

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Main componentsQuestionnaire Report

http://nocommunityleftbehind.ca/inventory_by_partners.pdf

http://nocommunityleftbehind.ca/questionnaire.pdf

Planning/Strategy Development

• Step 1: Putting together a planning team, representing all stakeholders.

• Step 2: Identifying resources for planning and collecting data (by partner and by population breakdown).

• Step 3: Analyzing data and setting measurable outcomes and indicators.

• Step 4: Moving from community needs to critical priorities.• Step 5: Linking critical priorities to goals and objectives.• Step 6: Developing an implementation plan (activity plan for

implementation and a detailed plan with roles and responsibilities of all partners.

• Step 7: Sharing the final action plan with Steering Committee for approval.

• Introduce P.A.R.E process this year

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Problem, Analysis, Response and Evaluation Process

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Implementation Process

• Step 1: Establishing an organizational structure.• Step 2: Agreeing on roles and responsibilities in

action plan where needed.• Step 4: Establishing a consistent procedure staff

and volunteers.• Step 5: Developing a process for steering committee

and subcommittee meetings.• Step 6: Developing a process for team building.• Step 7: Providing training and technical assistance

to staff and community members.

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Evaluation

• Step 1: Setting Objectives for Evaluation.

• Step 2. Determining as to how the project will be evaluated.

• Step 3: Setting bench marks after the initial surveys and data collection.

• Step 3: Determining source/method to be used for gathering information.

• Step 4: Identifying outcomes, indicators, source of information, tools and frequency of information collection.

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Main components

Local organization chart

Steering CommitteeComprised of community

development partners and community representative

Project Coordinator

Neighborhood restoration

Sub-committee/TA, staff, Community House

Prevention & empowerment

Youth, CommunityDevelopment staff/

agencies

Community Policing/Neighborhood Watch partners

Law enforcementStaff

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Or, combine these


Directors of theCommunity House(s)

Roles and Responsibilities

Project coordinator• Personal Attributes

• Communication Skills

• Organization skills

• Resource development and Sustainability skills

Function of the coordinator• Connection with steering committee

• Connection with funders (NCPC)

• Job description/activities

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Coordinator’s responsibilities

• Primary outreach: promoting project to new partners and community residents.

• Preparation of progress reports.

• Interface with steering committee.

• Facilitating community in implementing and monitoring project activities.

• Working with partners for new activities and funding opportunities.

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Connection with funders

• Administrative/fiscal responsibilities.

• Basic personnel issues.

• Joint oversight of the project, steering committee and partners.

• Progress report, evaluation.

• Monitoring implementation of the activity plan.


Connection with the Steering Committee

• Organizational structure.

• Programmatic oversight of strategy.

• Development of strategy partners and resources.


Resource Development and Sustainability Skills

• Ability to think outside the box.

• Ability to develop long range planning.

• Ability to identify and leverage partners and resource.

• Ability to build capacity.

• Fund raising strength.

• Evaluation and accountability.

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Organization Skills

Meetings

• Steering Committee

• Sub committeesConducting

Organising

Recording

Follow up


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Communication Skills

• Good writing and speaking skills

• Arbitration and mediation skills

• Facilitation and coordination skills

• Ability to delegate tasks

• Negotiation skills

• Presentation skills

• Recognition skills


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Personal Attributes

• Having leadership and team building skills

• Being adaptable and flexible

• Working independently and/or as a team member

• Being creative, innovative and assertive

• Having patience and tact

• Having cultural sensitivity


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Collaboration and Relationship with Partners

Successful implementation requires effective collaboration between SC members as well as other community

stakeholders

Encouraging collaboration between steering committee and sub-committee members? Go>>>

Building, strengthening and developing relationship with key partners?• Local government and elected officials/law

enforcement/residents/othersWhat if the project is not developing collaboration and partnership?

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Mobilizing community residents Go>>>

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Mobilizing the Community

• Involve community in all aspects of the project.• Ensure that the goals and objectives identified and strategy

planned are consistent with vision and desires of the community.

• Ensure that residents serve on all sub-committees.• Continuously survey the community for needs, issues and

concerns.• Build resident led leadership structures.• Be accessible to the community.• Take advantage of local volunteers.• Market the community: web site, media coverage,

neighborhood meetings, newsletters.

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If we could not develop collaborations

Ask these questions:– Are we communicating what this project is all about to

residents and other partners?– Did we get feedback about the effectiveness of our

efforts/programs/initiatives/strategies?– Are there more partnership we could leverage?– Are there issues affecting the community that we are

not addressing?– Are we holding events/activities at the right time?– Are we expecting too much too soon?

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Encouraging Collaboration Between Committees

• One of the primary role of the project coordinator would be encouraging collaboration among the various organizations, agencies and residents involved in the project.

• Helping everyone that No Community left Behind is not a program, but rather a strategy, establishes a base for building collaboration.

• Secure commitment and involvement.• Identify more partners that share the vision.• For community: Associations; watch groups; individuals;

youth.

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Sustainability

• What are we trying to sustain? Go>>

• Measures for sustainability. Go>>

• Leverage additional resources for the project activities? Go>>

• Developing a transition strategy with the community and Steering Committee. Go>>

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Transition Strategy

• One or another of the stakeholder might like to carry on the process.

• Still it is better to chalk out a transition plan, keeping the following in mind:

• Who in the community will benefit from it.• Document all evaluations and successes.• Develop a continuation strategy without the main funding

source.• Train the community for seeking funds to continue TAs and

Neighborhood Watch programs.• Pass on the lessons learnt and acquired knowledge.

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Leveraging Resources• Identify and attract new resources to support the

process/strategy.• Ensure the available funds are efficiently optimized and

leveraged (making it bigger and better).• Look for more than just funds.• Create asset map (inventory of resources) and revisit it

frequently. All partners developing initiatives to invest in a joint-integrated manner.

• Let the donors know the difference in effectiveness of an integrated and piecemeal approach.

• Create and strengthen partnership with other service providers.

• Apply for collaboration grants.

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Measures for Sustainability

• Be consistent.

• Encourage on-going and open dialogue.

• Involve and motivate residents and stakeholders throughout the process.

• Build a vested interest of all partners.

• Develop capacity to carry on.

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What to sustain?Project? Funding? Or Process?

• All stakeholders realize the No Community Left Behind is a strategy -- not a program.

• It promotes a strategy development process that brings together key resources from law enforcement and social development service providers, agencies and residents to collectively address the issues impacting the quality of life in the project area.

• Therefore, it is the strategy development and implementation process that needs to be sustained and replicated.

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How long you have been living in this community?

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Stay in the community

Less than one years 9%

1-3 years 23%

3-6 years 23%

More than 6 years45%

Less than one years 1-3 years 3-6 years More than 6 years

How safe do you feel in the community?

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Do you feel safer in your community than you did 2 years ago?

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Feel Safter than 2-yrs age?

yes, 34%

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Please pick the top three concerns that you have about your community, if there are any?

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Gang members move from other areas

To feel sense of belonging

Do you think your child(ren) is in a gang or at risk of being in a gang?

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Involved

Not Involved

At Risk

Not sure

Have you ever been the victim of a crime in this neighborhood?

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Yes, 12%

No, 88%

Rape , 0%

Robbery, 7%

Burglary , 2%Gang-Related Car Theft , 2%

Assault , 0%

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What type of other crimes are you most concerned about?

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