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Dans ce bulletin, nous explorons le contexte canadien de l’itinérance chez les anciens combattants et les résultats préliminaires d’un projet pilote lancé conjointement avec Anciens Combattants Canada. Nous présentons également des initiatives à l’intention des anciens combattants aux prises avec l’itinérance ou à risque de le devenir, lesquelles visent à fournir des services spécialisés et adaptés aux besoins de cette sous-population.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pour prendre connaissance de ce nouveau bulletin, veuillez consulter la page Web </span><a href="http://www.rhdcc.gc.ca/fra/communautes/sans_abri/bulletin/index.shtml"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Publications et bulletins</span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> de la Stratégie contre l’itinérance de RHDCC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Webinaire : La migration des jeunes et l’itinérance en milieu rural et urbain <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Le webinaire aura lieu le jeudi 23 mai 2013 et portera sur deux nouvelles études qui explorent l’ampleur et les causes de la migration des jeunes dans les collectivités rurales et urbaines. Ce webinaire s’adresse aux intervenants qui offrent des services aux jeunes dans les régions rurales et éloignées ainsi que dans les centres urbains où la migration a été constatée.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pour s’inscrire au webinaire, veuillez consulter la page Web </span><a href="http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rhdcc-hrsdc/contact/contactez_nous.asp?section=itinerance&lang=fra"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact : Stratégie contre l'itinérance</span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> de la Stratégie contre l’itinérance de RHDCC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Trousse d’outils du Bureau de l’alphabétisation et des compétences essentielles<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Le Secrétariat des partenariats de lutte contre l’itinérance et le Bureau de l’alphabétisation et des compétences essentielles (BACE) ont conjugué leurs efforts pour élaborer un guide qui présente des outils conviviaux, offerts par l’entremise de RHDCC, sur l’alphabétisation et les compétences essentielles. Ces outils peuvent servir aux fournisseurs de services afin d’épauler leurs clients itinérants ou à risque de le devenir pour qu’ils aient accès au marché du travail. Le <i>Guide à l’intention des fournisseurs de services d’aide aux sans-abri et aux personnes qui risquent de le devenir</i> appuie tout particulièrement les travailleurs de première ligne, les formateurs d’adultes, les conseillers d’orientation professionnelle et d’autres praticiens à mieux aider les sans-abri et les personnes qui risquent de le devenir à déterminer leurs niveaux de compétences et leurs possibilités professionnelles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pour obtenir des précisions sur la trousse d’outils du BACE, veuillez consulter la page Web </span><a href="http://www.rhdcc.gc.ca/fra/communautes/sans_abri/bulletin/index.shtml"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Publications et bulletins</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span lang=FR-CA>de la Stratégie contre l’itinérance de RHDCC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Points saillants de l’Étude nationale sur les refuges 2005-2009<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>L'étude nationale sur les refuges</span></i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> est la toute première analyse nationale qui se fonde sur des données uniformes recueillies par les refuges sur une période prolongée dans le but d'obtenir un dénombrement de référence et de décrire les caractéristiques de la clientèle des refuges au Canada. Cette étude repose sur les données recueillies par des refuges d’urgence au moyen du Système d'information sur les personnes et les familles sans abri (SISA) et par des refuges d’urgence de Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pour consulter la version électronique de <i>L’étude nationale sur les refuges 2005-2009 – Points saillants</i>, veuillez consulter la page Web de la </span><a href="http://www.rhdcc.gc.ca/fra/communautes/sans_abri/index.shtml"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stratégie contre l'itinérance de RHDCC</span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Programme de mobilisation des capacités locales pour mettre fin à l’itinérance chez les jeunes au Canada<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>À l’automne 2012, le Programme de mobilisation des capacités locales pour mettre fin à l’itinérance chez les jeunes (MCL) a sélectionné deux collectivités, Kamloops et Kingston, pour mettre à l’essai un segment d’un important effort national visant à modifier le sort des jeunes sans abri à l’échelle locale et nationale. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pour la deuxième année d’existence du Programme de MCL, on cherche maintenant deux nouvelles collectivités dans le but d’élargir les travaux en cours. Ce volet met en relation le coordonnateur national au développement communautaire du Programme de MCL et la collectivité dans le but de déterminer quels processus, formules d’aide et ressources sont nécessaires afin de renforcer sa capacité à lutter contre l’itinérance chez les jeunes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>La date limite pour soumettre une demande dans le cadre de ce programme est le 22 mai 2013. Pour obtenir des précisions sur ce dernier, veuillez consulter la section </span><a href="http://www.chra-achru.ca/fr/index.php/news-events/news/the-mobilizing-local-capacity-to-end-youth-homelessness-program-is-looking/"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nouvelles et activités</span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> de l’ACHRU.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>L’encaissement des chèques du gouvernement du Canada : Le saviez-vous?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Les travailleurs de première ligne seront intéressés d’apprendre que les personnes ont le droit d’encaisser sans frais les chèques du gouvernement du Canada. Un chèque du gouvernement du Canada peut être encaissé sans frais à n’importe quelle banque même si la personne n’est pas un client.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>À l’aide de matériel éducatif et d’outils interactifs, l’Agence de la consommation en matière financière du Canada présente de l’information objective sur les produits et services financiers afin de permettre aux Canadiens d’accroître leurs connaissances financières et leur confiance à gérer leurs finances personnelles. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pour obtenir d’autres renseignements, veuillez consulter le site Web de l’</span><a href="http://www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/fra/ressources/publications/droitrespons/fcgoucheque-fra.asp"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Agence de la consommation en matière financière du Canada</span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Communication des renseignements <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nous vous invitons à transmettre le présent courriel aux membres de votre collectivité. Pour vous inscrire à la liste de distribution de la SPLI ou pour nous donner vos commentaires, veuillez nous </span><a href="mailto:NC-HPSINFO-INFOSPLI-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>faire parvenir un courriel</span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Pour en connaître davantage sur les nouvelles et les événements relatifs à la SPLI, veuillez consulter la page Web de la </span><a href="http://www.rhdcc.gc.ca/fra/communautes/sans_abri/index.shtml"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stratégie contre l'itinérance de RHDCC</span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:black' align=center></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Community Representatives,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HPS Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We are pleased to</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> share </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the spring edition of the HPS Bulletin focusing on veterans experiencing homelessness. This Bulletin explores the Canadian context of veteran homelessness and provides preliminary results from a pilot project being undertaken in collaboration with Veterans Affairs Canada. The bulletin also showcases initiatives for providing veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with specialized services tailored to specific needs attributed to this sub-population.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To view the new bulletin, please visit the HRSDC Homelessness Strategy, </span><a href="http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/communities/homelessness/bulletin/index.shtml"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Publications and Bulletins</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> webpage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Webinar: Youth Migration and Homelessness in Rural and Urban Areas<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This webinar will be taking place on Thursday May 23, 2013 and twill feature two new studies which explore the extent and causes of youth migration in rural and urban communities. The webinar will be relevant to Stakeholders who deliver services to youth in rural and remote areas as well as in urban centres where migration has occurred.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To register for the webinar please visit the HRSDC Homelessness Strategy, </span><a href="http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rhdcc-hrsdc/contact/contact_us.asp?section=homelessness"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact: Homelessness Strategy</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> webpage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office of Literacy and Essential Skills Toolkit<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Homelessness Partnering Secretariat (HPS) and the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES) have worked together to develop a guide which highlights easy-to-use literacy and essential skills tools available through HRSDC. These tools can be used by service providers to assist their homeless or at-risk clients in accessing the labour market. The Guide for Service Providers Assisting Homeless or At-risk Clients specifically supports people such as front-line workers, adult educators, career counsellors and other practitioners to better assist homeless individuals and those at risk of homelessness to identify their skills levels and vocational possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more on the OLES toolkit please visit the HRSDC Homelessness Strategy, </span><a href="http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/communities/homelessness/bulletin/index.shtml"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Publications and Bulletins</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> webpage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Highlights | National Shelter Study 2005-2009<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The National Shelter Study is the first national analysis using consistent shelter data collected over an extended period of time to establish a baseline count and description of the characteristics of the homeless population in Canada. This study uses information gathered from emergency homeless shelters using the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS) and emergency homeless shelters in the City of Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For an electronic version of the <i>National Shelter Study 2005-2009 – Highlights</i>, please visit the </span><a href="http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/communities/homelessness/index.shtml"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HRSDC Homelessness Strategy</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> webpage. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mobilizing Local Capacity to End Youth Homelessness in Canada<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In the fall of 2012, the Mobilizing Local Capacity to End Youth Homelessness (MLC) Program selected two communities, Kamloops and Kingston, to pilot a segment of a major national effort to significantly change the course of youth homelessness locally and across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>They are now looking for two new communities for the second year of the MLC Program to expand on the ongoing work. This part of the program links the MLC’s National Community Development Coordinator with the community to identify what processes, support and resources are required to build their capacity to address youth homelessness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The deadline for applications to this program is May 22, 2013. For more information on this program please visit the CHRA </span><a href="http://www.chra-achru.ca/en/index.php/news-events/news/the-mobilizing-local-capacity-to-end-youth-homelessness-program-is-looking/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News & Events</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> section.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cashing Government of Canada Cheques: Did you know?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Front line workers may be interested to know that people have the right to cash Government of Canada cheques for free. 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