Partners: Lutherwood and the Lead Agency Advisory Council of Waterloo Region. In two sequential projects, conducted a comprehensive environmental scan of existing Child and Youth Mental Health services in Waterloo Region. The scan was developed to examine the types, reach, and focus of services within MCYS core funding as well as other CYMH programs funded
Partner: United Way Toronto United Way Greater Toronto (United Way), in partnership with the General Mills Foundation and Greater Twin Cities United Way, piloted a grant stream intended to strengthen Mississauga’s food system. The grant had a strong emphasis on building the evaluation capacity of funded organizations. United Way hired TNC to complete an environmental scan
Partner: Abiona Centre The Ujima Project is a pilot project focused on bringing mental health and early literacy support, developmental screening, and family navigation services to underserved mothers and their children. The Abiona Centre, the project’s lead agency, contracted TNC to conduct a multi-year evaluation across nine participating agencies. This evaluation examines the Ujima Project’s
Partners: The 519 and Homes First TNC has been working with both The 519 – a 2SLGBTQ+ community center based in Toronto, and Homes First – a shelter provider in the GTA to evaluate their partnership and the development of the first dedicated 2SLGBTQ+ shelter for queer refugees in Toronto. As part of this project
Partner: Community Food Centres Canada CFCC’s Market Greens pilot program was designed to promote food access by offering fruit and vegetable incentives to 320 families with low incomes that were redeemable at two markets in Ontario (Stratford and Midland). TNC evaluated the pilot using a mixed-methods approach including participant surveys, interviews with program participants, staff
WHAT IS CONNECTIVITY? Connectivity is the name of the Waterloo Region “Situation Tables”, which bring police, health and social service agencies together at a weekly meeting to collaboratively and proactively address situations of acutely elevated risk in the community. In January 2014, the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) in partnership with Langs Community Health Centre
UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR OUR PHASE 2 EVALUATION (2017) OF CONNECTIVITY, FOCUSING ON THE OUTCOMES OF WATERLOO REGION’S SITUATION TABLES! WHAT IS CONNECTIVITY? Connectivity is the name of the Waterloo Region “Situation Tables”, which bring police, health and social service agencies together at a weekly meeting to collaboratively and proactively address situations of acutely elevated
TNC was contracted by United Way KFL&A to help them develop an Action Plan to End Youth Homelessness in Kingston and Area. This project was part of a national program called Mobilizing Local Capacity to End Youth Homelessness (MLC), being led by Eva’s Initiatives, the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness, the Canadian Housing and
Across Canada, groups are developing innovative new ideas designed to help people have full access to affordable and nutritious food. One of the challenges that these projects face is evaluating their impact. Last year, the Public Health Agency of Canada invited TNC to develop an evaluation resource guide for food security projects.
Many Canadian communities are developing comprehensive anti-poverty strategies. Increasingly, affordable access to transit is emerging as a key component in these strategies. Access to the bus – especially ongoing, flexible access – can change the life of a person living on a low income.
