<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:600px;color:rgb(0,136,204);font-size:1.6em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(221,221,221);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239)"><tbody><tr><td><h2 style="line-height:1;font-weight:400;color:rgb(70,70,70);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;padding:0px;font-size:16px!important;margin:5px 20px!important">New post on <strong>Easternoasw's Blog</strong></h2></td><td style="text-align:right"><img border="0" src="http://s.wordpress.com/i/emails/blavatar-default.png" alt="" class="" style="margin: 5px 20px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:14px;width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;width:60px!important"><a href="https://easternoasw.wordpress.com/author/easternoasw/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178);display:block;margin-right:10px"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd7eb6ebd56695c90db9269575b542ca?s=50&d=identicon&r=G" height="50" width="50" class=""></a></td><td><h2 style="color:rgb(85,85,85);margin:0px;font-size:20px"><a href="https://easternoasw.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/a-parallel-discussion-of-housing-first-and-the-systems-and-structures-to-prevent-homelessness/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178);text-decoration:none!important">A parallel discussion of Housing First and the systems and structures to prevent homelessness</a></h2><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">by <a href="https://easternoasw.wordpress.com/author/easternoasw/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)!important">Bill Dare</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><em>Lynn Sherwood from the Eastern Branch Ontario Association of Social Workers Social Justice Committee shared this report. This report can contribute to dialogue in Ottawa on implementation of Housing First and bridging it to prevention as well as settlement.  It draws on both frontline and system planner  perspectives.</em></p><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">The report's aim is:</p><blockquote style="font-family:Times,serif;font-size:1.1em;font-style:italic;color:rgb(135,135,135);border-left-width:3px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1em;margin:1em 1em 1em 2em"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">"It is not our intention to lessen the importance of front-line Housing First initiatives (or continuing to fund them), nor to negate the hard, often thankless work that agency staff do every day. Rather, it is our aim to hold a parallel discussion of what it would mean to genuinely prevent homelessness from occurring, and how we can ensure that the systems and structures are put in place so that workers are better able to assist Housing First participants"</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>“…it is necessary that parallel work be done to prevent homelessness from occurring so that Housing First programs can truly achieve their goals.”</strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>from - Raising the Roof</strong>  <em>Beyond Housing First: A Holistic Response to Family Homelessness in Canada.  </em>Click here to read it:</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><em><a href="http://www.raisingtheroof.org/Our-Programs/Child---Family-Homelessness/Reports.aspx" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://www.raisingtheroof.org/Our-Programs/Child---Family-Homelessness/Reports.aspx</a></em></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"> </p><hr><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p></blockquote><div style="direction:ltr;clear:both"></div></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(153,153,153);font-size:0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