Who We Are

We are Tasked with Ending Homelessness in Edmonton.

  • We are the system planner that coordinates responses to homelessness amongst all sector partners.
  • We are the aggregator of public funds from all orders of government and leverage those resources to make accessing funding easier for frontline-serving agencies, and more coordinated in reporting on outcomes to funding partners.

We are Guided by Key Documents.

Our Core Values.

  • We earn TRUST by being accountable, transparent, and delivering results to clients, community, government, stakeholders, and each other.
  • We BELIEVE in what we do and how we do it. This is demonstrated by a high level of commitment and loyalty.
  • We are RELENTLESS in the face of challenges and change. Every problem has a solution.
  • We focus on ACTION rather than perfection. We are prepared to take risks and proceed cautiously, course-correcting as needed.
  • We recognize INDIVIDUALS, their identity, experience, and intrinsic value, and when supported, we are collectively more successful.

Our Goals.

  • To end homelessness in Edmonton by reaching ‘Functional Zero’, making homelessness in our community rare, brief, and non-recurring.
  • Advocate for or contract housing-focused responses to homelessness, including shelter and outreach, to intervene quickly.
  • Provide a robust housing continuum of programs and services that can quickly divert people away from extended experiences of homelessness while also providing safe, adequate, and supportive long-term options for people with higher needs.
  • End the over-representation of Indigenous people experiencing homelessness by prioritizing Indigenous-led solutions and programs to homelessness.

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We recognize we are gathered, in collaboration and with joint purpose, on Treaty 6 territory. This territory is the traditional home and gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples. The nêhiyaw (Cree), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Dene, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwe), Nakota Isga (Nakota Sioux), Inuit, and Métis, among many others cared for this land since time immemorial and continue to steward it today. As visitors in this territory, we honour the importance of the Treaty and our responsibility to these communities. Only in partnership can we create the changes necessary to end homelessness. It is vital we meaningfully engage and partner with Indigenous people and communities in this work while recognizing and addressing the conditions brought forth by colonialism. Displacement from traditional homelands, systemic racism, residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and the ongoing overrepresentation of Indigenous people in child welfare, correctional systems, and homelessness are responsibilities we all share.