Impact Stories

A Key Leadership Role

"Our recent project working on the transportation needs of the homeless is just one example of the leadership role the York Region Alliance to End Homelessness has taken. They were able to co-ordinate and facilitate the needs assessments, and focus groups. As one agency this is something we would be hard pressed to find the time to do, but participating and giving information to one central organization made it all work."

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A Youth Community Housing and Support Worker's Experience

"Without the work, leadership, and support of the York Region Alliance to End Homelessness it is difficult to say how the agencies like ours would be able to connect with each other. As the Community Housing and Support Worker I have found this opportunity to meet other workers from other agencies very valuable and I have referred youth to many of the services that are offered as a result of hearing first hand what support is out there for them."

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We are All in the Same Region

"Everybody was there [at the Transportation Working Group], because we are all in the same region, so it was just like: it’s not that it’s my planet, it’s our planet. It was just the whole idea of how we can serve the most people, and we looked at the geography as well. Who needed gas more than bus tickets?"

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Catalyst Effect of Collaborative Meetings

“HPI and the York Region Alliance to End Homelessness have been the catalyst for a remarkable new collaboration between two neighbourhood agencies.

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Double Benefit

“Coming to this kind of meeting, you know, serves double purpose, because you can help with the transportation part of it, but you can also hook up with other agencies that can maybe support clients that I work with.”

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