Stories, facts and figures behind REACH Edmonton Council for Safe Communities
REACH 2013 Impact Report
Making Edmonton a safer city in one generation. It’s a big challenge. At REACH Edmonton we’re on track to making it happen. We focus on prevention, which lies at the foundation of safe communities. But we’re not doing it alone. REACH is a catalyst: bringing individuals, groups, agencies and organizations together to dig deep beyond immediate problems and tackle the complex, interconnected root causes of crime. We’re collaborating and integrating to find sustainable prevention approaches that have a collective impact. Together we’re creating safer and healthier communities.
REACH Edmonton Council for Safe Communities A Centre of Excellence in Community Safety and Crime Prevention
ANNUAL REPORT 2013
Our job isn’t to encourage more specialization in the community, but rather to encourage the ‘orchestration’ of everyone’s efforts. – REACH staff member
2013
Creating, Catalyzing and Communicating
REACH
is Edmonton’s centre of excellence in community safety and crime prevention. We’re a backbone organization: bringing diverse agencies, groups and people together as partners to collaborate on how to address underlying issues that contribute to crime; encouraging and supporting our partners to think outside the box to foster sustainable, large-scale social change that will help make our city a safer place.
REACH has 3 goals that focus our work
We CREATE
We CATALYZE
We COMMUNICATE
collaboratively and sustain new approaches to community safety.
community crime prevention and safety initiatives, through investing in new ideas and solutions.
and build knowledge about excellence in community-based crime prevention and safety, and work as a co-ordinating voice of new approaches to community safety.
In 2013, REACH: n managed 16 Community Initiatives projects with partners, including Schools as Community Hubs, Ounce of Prevention and Combat Crime; n launched two multi-partner initiatives – WrapED and 24/7 MAP; n had OutREACH teams at 120 events in Edmonton, sharing resources and talking about prevention and community safety; n helped organize the two-day conference We All Have a Role: Ending Sexual Exploitation in Edmonton with the Sexual Exploitation Working Group (SEWG); n helped organize the two-day conference Cultural Context of Trauma for frontline workers to learn how to practice from a trauma-informed approach.
REACH 2013 AGM With guest speaker Det. Chief Supt. John Carnochan, who brought stories from his experience with theScottish Violence Reduction Unit.
REACH 2013 Highlights Among the many REACH initiatives in 2013 two major initiatives stood out; they exemplify REACH’s role as a backbone organization in collaborating with partners to have a collective impact.
24/7 MAP
In April 2013, the 24/7 Mobile Assistance Program (MAP) team hit Edmonton’s streets, responding to people in need 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The MAP team offers immediate help, freeing police and ambulances to focus more on emergencies, and connects people to housing and followup supports to deal with the underlying causes of their crisis.
24/7 MAP Partners REACH Edmonton Homeward Trust Bissell Centre
WrapED Partners The Africa Centre Edmonton John Howard Society Edmonton Police Services Native Counselling Services of Alberta REACH Edmonton YOUCAN Youth Services
WrapED
is a unique Canadian model of partnership and collaboration to help young people affected by violent crime stay away from gangs. It began when REACH brought five partners together to apply for a federal anti-gang initiative grant. In 2013, our WrapED team was awarded $5.2 million for our five-year project. WrapED uses an intentional collaborative approach: partners train together, communicate weekly and use each other’s strengths to make sure WrapED clients get the right supports to build on their strengths and move from surviving to thriving. REACH is the backbone organization in this partnership; monitoring results, extracting best practices, ensuring continuous communications between partners and defining the difference WrapED is making in our city.
Some of the parents who have filled out evaluation forms have said they can now work three more hours a day because of this program. If SACH didn’t continue, then they would have to quit or scale back their hours. It’s become very necessary for these families. – SACH project coordinator
Messages Message from His Worship
MAYOR DON IVESON Edmontonians rally together to make their city the place that it is today. REACH Edmonton's community safety and crime prevention work is showing results through Edmontonians coming together. The Schools as Community Hubs initiative helps high-needs families through after-school programs, English lessons and parenting classes. In partnership with agencies, REACH's integrated services are meeting the needs of families and communities. For every dollar invested in the Schools as Community Hubs initiative, far more goes back into the community as social return on investment. On behalf of City Council, I commend REACH Edmonton and its partners for their commitment to fostering social change. Our streets and our community become safer places for all. Yours truly,
Don Iveson
The causes of crime are complex - solutions have to be built up over time. Everything has to be tied to our culture. So we are taking our own community leaders and training them to deal with our problems. I'm realizing that we can transform a community, but it won't happen overnight. – Sudanese community member involved in the REACH Immigrant and Refugee Initiative (RIRI)
Message from REACH Board Chair
Message from REACH Executive Director
IAN MCCORMACK
JAN FOX
It is an honour and a great pleasure to be part of REACH Edmonton. REACH is still young and we continue to strive for innovation, forward thinking and an environment of collaboration for all who are affected by REACH’s work.
REACH Edmonton is proof that when a community works together, truly transformational change can happen. This year we had two particularly big collaborative success stories.
Over the past year the REACH Board of Directors has welcomed several new and creative members. We’ve further developed our three-year Strategic Plan, guiding us closer to achieving our vision of a city where citizens are safe and feel safe.
The WrapED initiative is tackling a complex problem in a new way. REACH and its WrapED partners are committed to a common vision, integrating our services and sharing our results. We’re very appreciative of support from Canada’s National Crime Prevention Centre to help turn our WrapED dream into reality.
Very importantly, we’ve seen outstanding results from key programs that have been supported by independent evaluators. Among these are the REACH Immigrant and Refugee Initiative, the REACH Aboriginal Leadership Circle, and Schools as Community Hubs, some of our first community initiatives.
As well, working with Homeward Trust and Bissell Centre, we’ve launched Edmonton’s first 24/7 Mobile Assistance Program: a team that offers people in crisis both immediate help, housing and followup supports to help them move toward independence and rebuilding their lives.
These and other REACH 2013 success stories result in large part from the dedication and hard work by all of our REACH staff, board members, volunteers and community partners. We continue to feel encouraged by the support we have received from community groups and all orders of government.
Our goals at REACH are ambitious and as a backbone organization our work can only happen with the wisdom, hands-on experience and expertise our partners bring to every initiative. I’m grateful to be a part of this innovative, creative team dedicated to lasting social change.
Ian McCormack
Jan Fox
The 24/7 MAP team, out on a routine drive, found a man drunk and lying face down on Whyte Avenue. He told the team his wife and son were dead; killed in a car crash a year ago. He’d moved to Calgary, but just as he got settled the 2013 flood hit and he lost his job. He came to Edmonton to start over yet again, planning to stay with a friend. But there was no room at his friend’s place. By now he’d lost all hope and the desire to live. – 24/7 MAP team client story (part 1)
REACH 2013 Initiatives REACH initiatives, events and workshops touched the lives of thousands in Edmonton in 2013; people of different ages, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and interests. For further details, please visit the REACH website.
Community Initiatives n REACH Immigrant and Refugee Initiative (RIRI)
n Sexual Exploitation Working Group
n REACH Aboriginal Leadership Circle (RALC)
n Injera
n Schools As Community Hubs (SACH)
n Edmonton Stop Marijuana Grow Ops Coalition
n WrapED n 24/7 • 24/7 MAP • REACH is working with stakeholders on innovative approaches to 24/7 response for people in need n Out of School Time • Two-day conference for people involved in supporting children during out of school time • Schools summeraccess coordinator
n Ounce of Prevention
n Community Crime Council Development n Youth Programs • Combat Crime • Mill Woods Youth Council • Step Up and Step In • Edmonton Youth Justice Committee • Clareview Youth Engagement Group
Collective Training and OutREACH n Cultural Competency Training • Working with Immigrant and Refugee Communities • Cultural Crossroads: (Re)Doing Difference n OutREACH • REACH teams attended 120 public events in 2013 n Sexual Exploitation Working Group • Week of awareness including a public event and two-day conference on ending sexual exploitation in Edmonton n Cultural Context of Trauma • A two-day conference on the trauma-informed approach.
REACH Initiative Evaluations In 2013, REACH applied the Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodology to evaluate some of our community initiatives. SROI assigns a monetary value to the social benefit created by a project, by identifying indicators of value that can be monetized.
Initiative
Return in social added value for every $1.00 invested in project
Greatest SROI benefit
Schools as Community Hubs (SACH)
$4.60
Avoided cost of high school dropout and increased income for parents
REACH Immigrant and Refuge Initiative (RIRI)
$1.28
Avoided costs of justice and police call-outs and increased income for participants
REACH Aboriginal Leadership Circle (RALC)
$2.50
Value associated with youth outcomes: staying in school and decreased costs for being in detention
The next day he spent more time talking with the 24/7 MAP team. After a while he let the team connect him with mental health, housing and employment supports. Two weeks later he had an apartment and a full-time job and the help he needed to keep his life on track. – 24/7 MAP team client story (part 2)
Summary Statement of Operations Year Ended December 31, 2013, with comparative figures for the period from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012
2013
2012
$2,592,496 221,845 211,498 67,994 25,437 4,899 24,908 4,156 4,965 $ 3,158,198
$2,592,496 0 1,074,874 0 146,645 13,155 12,779 6,105 400 $ 3,846,454
956,743 684,653 98,180 7,260 87,891 35,906 70,216 43,364 19,470 27,437 9,757 36,143 12,017 14,783 7,065 2,115 2,113,000
950,264 267,120 87,848 73,176 48,673 37,788 35,037 34,993 25,721 23,412 17,939 17,587 12,009 11,155 1,726 1,261 1,645,709
898,980 25,437 211,498 67,994 1,203,909
126,686 146,645 1,074,874 0 1,348,205
Total expenses
$ 3,316,909
$ 2,993,914
Excess of revenues over expenditures
$ (158,711)
$
Revenues: City of Edmonton - operating 24/7 MAP - Homeward Trust Safe Communities Innovation Fund WrapED - Government of Canada Health Canada Training revenue Interest income Memberships Miscellaneous revenue
Expenditures: Administrative expenses: Salaries and benefits Contributions to other organizations Rent Other expenses Advertising Office and general Sponsorship IT Support Amortization of capital assets Telephone Training Consulting Fees Meeting expenses Professional fees Insurance Interest and bank charges Program expenses: 24/7 Service Delivery Health Canada Safe Communities Innovation Fund WrapEd
852,540
REACH Board of Directors Ian McCormack, Chair Kyle DubĂŠ, Vice Chair Robert Dunster, Secretary Gary Reynolds, Treasurer Jon Hall Steve Hogle (to Sept. 2013) Dr. John Lilly Susan Christine Matheson
Gary Nelson Leigh-Anne Palter Dr. Michael Percy Kathleen Quinn Khalid Tarabain Rachelle Venne Honorable Allan Wachowich Q.C. LL.D.
REACH Advisors Councillor Dave Loken Heather McRae
Kurt Sandstrom (to March 2013) MLA Steve Young
REACH Staff Jan Fox, Executive, Director Lindsay Daniller, Director Community Initiatives and Development Adele Towns, Director Finance and Communications Jonathan Clark (to Sept. 2013) Marilyn Gray
Michelle Harvey Kelly Holland Brittany Lewchuk Jill McGinn Holly Miller Helen Rusich Madeleine Smith
REACH Edmonton’s work is made possible by funding provided by the City of Edmonton, the Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada. We are grateful for this continued support to help make Edmonton a safer city. REACH does not compete for funding against social agencies that provide direct services. Rather, we help partner groups access the resources they need to integrate their work and have a collective impact.
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