jillumbach Meeting Minutes

Poverty Task Force_A Community Conversation_8 August 2014

Front Porch

The Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force came together on 8 August 2014 to discuss how we want to shape the place where we live! Chocolate and fruit was served to keep things positive! Photos were taken of ourselves as Changemakers.  We focused on the spark, the passion and the energy that fuels us to be part of a “community of change”.   This meeting was part of the larger Grey Bruce Community Conversations being organized in partnership with the Tamarack Institute and led by Grey Bruce Public Health.   Attached are the agenda and notes of our Community Conversation:  Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force_Conversation 8 Aug 2014

 

jillumbach Income Security Action Group, Meeting Minutes

Income Security Action Group_Minutes_4 July 2014

The Income Security Action Group met on July 4th, 2014.  Guest David McLaren (Peace & Justice) discussed Precarious Work to follow up on action around the Living Wage campaign and the follow up on the “Poor No More” video.

  • Biggest drivers of inequality in a society include income disparities, (income disparities chart attachment) contribute to a number of inequities including poor health outcomes and early death. (see supporting resources list attachment)
  • Precarious employment DVD of Owen Sound and Walkerton Precarious Employment community forums available from Holly
  • They determined a need to bring in broad partners e.g. unions, PH, municipalities, services and a subgroup was formed (David McLaren, Monica Banz and Jill Umbach) to develop a Municipal Backgrounder and common messages to jointly go forward with to educate people in the upcoming Municipal elections.

Further work was done on planning a Living Wage Symposium with guest speaker Deidre Pike on October 17th: Day of Poverty Eradication.

An Income Assistance Decision Tree  as well as a Client Referral Letter was circulated and discussed.

See the full details in the minutes: Minutes July 4 2014

 

jillumbach Meeting Minutes, Research, Transportation Action Group

Transportation Action Group Meeting_Minutes_14 July 2014

The Transportation Action Group meet in Walkerton on 14 July 2014.   Key updates and discussions were on the Grey County Transportation Study. Tony Yu and Michael Schlesinger of Lough Barnes Consulting Group, Toronto http://www.loughbarnes.ca have begun their work. They have received good quantitative data and are in the midst of completing interviews with service providers, public health staff and politicians.  Findings and recommendations with analysis and feasible models will be presented to the Study Steering Committee on August 7th for validation.    Members agreed to develop 5 case studies to examine hard-to-reach clients and examine barriers to overcome.

Members also debriefed on the recent Transportation Forum organized by Rural Ontario Institute. Several reports were generated around the Forum

OHCC – Rural Transportation Forum Case Study PPT Jun 2014

Cost Benefit Analysis of Rural and Small Urban Transit July 2014

Dillon_Consulting_Forum_Presentation_June_16-14

Gas Tax Introduction – ROI presentation 2014-06-16

Presentations were followed by a discussion on geographic specific groups.  Two groups of Grey-Bruce participants looked at required action in our area. The discussion is captured in the following report.

Rural_Transportation_Forum_-_Walkerton_June_16_2014_-_Discussion_Notes

Overall participants felt it was an excellent opportunity for Grey Bruce discussions with an emphasis on partnership and breaking down barriers in order to provide more service.  Next steps are to take a full review of our existing resources and determine how we can better service more of the population without increasing budgets.  Service providers are of the opinion that we have enough resources in the area but we need to more efficiently use them.  We need to multi-load vehicles rather than having 2-3 vehicles passing each other on the same roads.

See the full minutes: PTF Transportation Minutes 14 July 2014