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| End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: August 2021 View this newsletter on Mailchimp Video – Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy 1 Year Later Event Kíkinanaw Óma: A Strategy to Support Unsheltered Winnipeggers was released in June 2020. The one-year anniversary of Kíkinanaw Óma offered an opportunity to reflect on progress and reaffirm next steps toward ending unsheltered homelessness in Winnipeg. On July 7, community members gathered for a virtual event to share progress and challenges in supporting unsheltered Winnipeggers during the year since the Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy was launched. Speakers included Isabel Daniels – Velma’s House; Jacob Kaufman – Main Street Project Van Patrol Outreach; Melissa Stone – Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, Astum Api Niikinaahk; Kirsten Bernas and Kris Clemens – Co-chairs, Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy. You can view an hour-long video of the event here.  Winnipeg’s Non-Emergent Encampment Support Process The City of Winnipeg has formalized the Interim Strategy established by Kíkinanaw Óma. This Non-Emergent Encampment Support Process helps to ensure that residents of encampments on public property are connected with trained and peer community-based outreach workers who can support individuals’ basic needs and provide alternate sheltering options. Find out more here. Join End Homelessness Winnipeg’s Board of Directors End Homelessness Winnipeg is recruiting members to serve on its Board of Directors. Lived Experience and Indigenous candidates are especially encouraged to apply. The deadline is August 13. For more information, please download the Call for Members.  Now Hiring: Resource Inventory Development Officer End Homelessness Winnipeg is hiring a Coordinated Access Resource Inventory Development Officer. Under the direction of the Director for Housing Supports, the Resource Inventory Development Officer will create and maintain a resource inventory of housing support services and housing units appropriate for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Click here for posting details. To apply, email a cover letter and résumé, including the position title, by 3pm on Friday, August 6, 2021 to: careers@endhomelessnesswinnipeg.ca Ekosani, Miigwetch, Maarsii, Thank you! |
“A year after Kíkinanaw Óma – A Strategy to Support Unsheltered Winnipeggers was released by End Homelessness Winnipeg and its project partners, organizers say community groups have made progress on a handful of key initiatives, but there is still plenty of action left to be taken.
End Homelessness Winnipeg, in collaboration with the City of Winnipeg, first responders, outreach workers, social agencies, and people with lived experience, released the strategy in June 2020.
Kíkinanaw Óma, meaning ‘This is our Home Here’ in Cree, outlined six recommendations for supporting individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness or living in encampments.
The strategy calls for more housing, increased income supports, coordinated access between groups, enhanced outreach, additional 24-7 safe spaces, and to continue the interim strategy and a rights-based approach while implementing the other recommendations.”
Read more from the Winnipeg Free Press: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/times/Strategy-outlines-progress-on-homelessness-crisis-574802161.html
On Wednesday, July 7, 2021 community members gathered virtually to hear about progress and challenges in supporting unsheltered Winnipeggers during the year since the Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy was launched at the end of June 2020. Speakers included:
- Isabel Daniels – Velma’s House
- Jacob Kaufman – Main Street Project Van Patrol Outreach
- Melissa Stone – Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, Astum Api Niikinaahk
- Kirsten Bernas and Kris Clemens – Co-chairs, Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy
Download the Kíkinanaw Óma Unsheltered Strategy 1-Year Report (.pdf)
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| End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: July 2021 View this newsletter on Mailchimp Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy: 1 Year Later Kíkinanaw Óma: A Strategy to Support Unsheltered Winnipeggers was released in June 2020. The one-year anniversary of Kíkinanaw Óma offers the opportunity to reflect on progress and reaffirm next steps toward ending unsheltered homelessness in Winnipeg. Please join us this Wednesday, July 7 from 7-8pm to hear from community members on progress and challenges in supporting unsheltered Winnipeggers during the year since the Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy was launched. Speakers will include:Isabel Daniels – Velma’s HouseJacob Kaufman – Main Street Project Van Patrol OutreachMelissa Stone – Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, Astum Api NiikinaahkKirsten Bernas and Kris Clemens – Co-chairs, Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy. Register Now Extreme Weather Response Plan and Resource Guide Just ahead of Winnipeg’s most recent heat wave, End Homelessness Winnipeg released the 2021 Extreme Weather Response Plan and Summer Resource Guide on Wednesday, June 30. The Extreme Weather Response Plan is a homeless-centred plan for keeping Winnipeggers safer during extreme weather events including heat, cold, and storms. The Plan is developed, implemented and monitored by the Extreme Weather Response Committee, a group that brings together emergency shelters, community organizations, first responders, and public service agencies. The Plan sets out stakeholder roles and responsibilities; offers prevention and response information for weather-related risks; and lists resources available in the community. Canada Manitoba Housing Benefit As of July 1, End Homelessness Winnipeg administers the Canada-Manitoba Housing Benefit (CMHB) homelessness stream. The CMHB is a portable shelter benefit. Eligible recipients are renters in core housing need: experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness and connected with a housing support program. This stream is designed to support independence and provide safe and stable housing. Find out more here.  Manitoba Housing Needs and Priorities Survey The province has launched an online survey to gather feedback from Manitobans on housing needs, priorities and solutions, as it embarks on consultations with the public and stakeholders to inform its second three-year action plan for housing for 2022-23 to 2024-25. The priorities identified will build on those identified in the first action plan and help direct funding. You can view the action plan for 2019-20 to 2021-22 here. To participate in the online survey and provide feedback on housing needs, priorities and solutions, visit https://engagemb.ca/mb-housing. Vote Housing National housing and homelessness organizations have partnered to launch Vote Housing: a national non-partisan campaign with a simple but ambitious goal: engaging thousands of Canadians across the country to ensure that policies to end homelessness and housing need are prioritized in the next federal election and by the next federal government. The campaign platform calls for six actionable policies that political parties should include in their platforms. The first one is to “Implement an urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing strategy containing both dedicated investments and an Indigenous-led governance structure.” Learn more and pledge to Vote Housing here.  Ekosani, Miigwetch, Maarsii, Thank you! |
“Winnipeg’s number of counted homeless individuals is the highest compared to its overall population.
Winnipeg’s Community Task Force to End Homelessness formed End Homelessness Winnipeg in May 2015. Lissie Rappaport, the manager of housing supply at End Homelessness Winnipeg, told The Pigeon founding members felt the need for an organization whose sole purpose is to ensure the homeless population has a voice.”
Read more from The Pigeon: https://the-pigeon.ca/2021/06/08/winnipeg-unhoused-support/