MTS-Youth-Homelessness-Prevention-Awards-2021

Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards 2021
Application Form

The following criteria are essential for eligible submissions:

Meet the deadline of submission by 5:00PM ET June 30, 2021.
Evidence of positive impact on youth between the ages of 13 and 24 years old.
The submission meets the Definition of the Prevention of Homelessness:
Homelessness prevention refers to policies, practices, and interventions that reduce the likelihood that someone will experience homelessness. It also means providing those who have been homeless with the necessary resources and supports to stabilize their housing, enhance integration and social inclusion, and ultimately reduce the risk of the recurrence of homelessness.

Submissions demonstrating the following will be favoured by the panel:

Submissions that demonstrate a rights-based approach to addressing the unique needs of developing adolescents and young adults.
Submissions that demonstrate potential to be replicated.
Submissions that demonstrate intentionality around addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls.
Submissions that demonstrate inclusivity of those with lived experience of youth homelessness.
Submissions that demonstrate innovation in action.
Submissions that demonstrate sustainability.
Submissions that demonstrate collaboration (either within the sector or a cross-systems approach).

1. About your Organization

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1.1 Name of Organization or Collaboration *

1.2. Mailing Address *

1.3. Organization Website

1.4. Email *

1.5. First Name *

1.6. Last Name *

1.7. Title *

1.8. Brief overview of your organization or collaboration *

NOTE: eg. purpose/key services; max 100 words

1.9. How did you hear about this Awards Program? *

Which Award category are you applying for? *

A - Program or Approach Within an Organization

B - Collaboration (community based ; cross-system or multi-stakeholder)

2. Partnerships/Collaboration

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2.1. Who are your partners in delivering this initiative? *

NOTE: If you opted for the Collaboration Award, this field is required.

2.2. What role(s) do your partners have? *

NOTE: If you opted for the Collaboration Award, this field is required.

2.3. Please provide contact names and phone numbers for the partners listed. *

NOTE: If you opted for the Collaboration Award, this field is required. In reviewing your application we may speak to your partners or others who know your initiative.

2.4. Please describe your partnership relationship. *

NOTE: If you opted for the Collaboration Award, this field is required. How has this partnership improved or provided a wider range of services for youth? For example, Does this partnership provide a wider geographical reach or access to youth groups? Does this partnership provide a more integrated approach to youth needs? Are there financial savings and better use of existing resources?

2.5. Please use this space to demonstrate the effectiveness of the partnership *

NOTE: Testimonials welcomed.

2.6. Who oversees this initiative within your organization? *

3. Submission Details

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3.1. How does the initiative align with the Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness? *

3.2. Briefly describe the initiative. What makes this initiative unique or innovative? *

3.3. Who is served by the initiative? Indicate the age breakdown of the individuals assisted through this initiative. *

NOTE: Youth homelessness refers to young people between the ages of 13 and 24 who are living independently of parents and/or caregivers, and importantly, lack many of the social supports deemed necessary for the transition from childhood to adulthood.

3.4. Please indicate how your initiative is culturally appropriate to various groups, and how this is infused into your practices. *

3.5. What challenges within your community or your organization are addressed by this initiative? *

NOTE: What gaps in services or needs in the community does it address?

3.6. Are youth involved in developing, designing, running or evaluating any aspects of the initiative? If yes, please describe. *

3.7. What aspects of your initiative (if any) could be replicated in another Canadian community? What materials could you offer to an organization wishing to replicate your initiative? *

NOTE: eg. logic model, detailed program outline, sample funding proposal, outreach materials, policies, procedures, other

4. Outcomes and Evaluation

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Homelessness prevention refers to policies, practices, and interventions that reduce the likelihood that someone will experience homelessness. It also means providing those who have been homeless with the necessary resources and supports to stabilize their housing, enhance integration and social inclusion, and ultimately reduce the risk of the recurrence of homelessness. Homelessness prevention must not only include interventions targeted at individuals, but broader structural reforms directed at addressing the drivers of homelessness. That not only communities but all orders of government, and most departments within have a responsibility to contribute to the prevention of homelessness is in keeping with a human rights perspective.

4.1. What significant impacts for youth result from your initiative? What results have you had to date? *

NOTE: Please provide evidence of how your initiative helps to prevent homelessness.

4.2. How do you monitor the effectiveness of this initiative? If you have an evaluation framework for the initiative, please send as an attachment with your application. *

4.3. If you have an evaluation framework for the initiative, please send as an attachment with your application.

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4.4. What barriers or obstacles has your organization faced in the development of your initiative? Were you able to remove or overcome those existing barriers? How? *

4.5. What are the lessons learned throughout this initiative? What change management practices were or need to be implemented to support the sector? How did you change course/direction? *

5. Additional Information

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5.1. If your organization wins an Award, are you willing to:

Participate in a virtual celebration as a way to publicize your achievements and recognize the sponsors of the award

Participate in a webinar with other award winners to present your project or initiative?

Participate on a conference panel to present or explain elements of your initiative?

5.2. Do you have other information you would like to provide as part of your application?

We invite you to submit a multimedia component of your choice (ie. a photo collage, a short video, potential testimonials from youth, families, partners) as part of your submission. Please upload your content in this folder.

I hereby grant Making the Shift Inc. to: *

1. Use, reproduce, publish, transmit and/or broadcast my name, likeness and/or prize information, without compensation; and

2. Use the information contained in my Award submission, in whole or in part, in any way, including without limitation, to reproduce, make derivatives, edit, modify, translate, distribute, transmit, publish, broadcast world-wide, by any means, without compensation.

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