The Hamilton Aboriginal Community is pleased to forward our Community Plan on Aboriginal Homelessness. The Community Plan is a grassroots approach to addressing the needs of the Aboriginal homeless population utilizing a continuum of supports, community-based interventions and enhanced partnerships. The Plan is a Wholistic Long Term Strategy Community Plan to address all Aboriginal Issues within the City of Hamilton. The National Homelessness Initiative Urban Aboriginal Homelessness Program may not be eligible to fund all of the desires of the Community of Hamilton. The Work Plan (“Schedule B”) will identify specific Urban Aboriginal Homelessness Eligible Objectives. 

The Community Plan identifies programming and service gaps, community objectives, priorities and proposed activities to meet the needs of the urban Aboriginal population. The population is estimated at Twelve Thousand (12,000) by the Hamilton Executive Directors’ Aboriginal Coalition (“HEDAC”).

Our Community Plan involves a cross-section of Aboriginal specific and youth-based organizations. The Organizations are responsible for local development and implementation of the Community Plan. The proposed delivery model is a Community Entity Model. The Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle (“ALFDC”) serves as the organization receiving Urban Aboriginal Homelessness funding from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (“HRSDC”). The ALFDC has ensured local community planning has been accomplished.

Native Home Providers in Ontario (“NHPO”) is the Local Delivery Mechanism, operating under a contract with the ALFDC. NHPO, under the direction of the Aboriginal Homelessness Allocations Committee (“AHAC”), is responsible to facilitate request the Request for Proposal (RFP) process. NHPO will assess and evaluate proposals and determine the financial allocation for community sponsors.