1 / 11

Elder Abuse: How to Help with No Resources

Elder Abuse: How to Help with No Resources. Deana Johnson, MHK Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse West Regional consultant. Introduction. Over 50 Networks around province Environmental scan—what are they doing and how. Mobilizing the Community. Getting started

camila
Download Presentation

Elder Abuse: How to Help with No Resources

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Elder Abuse: How to Help with No Resources Deana Johnson, MHK Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse West Regional consultant

  2. Introduction Over 50 Networks around province Environmental scan—what are they doing and how

  3. Mobilizing the Community • Getting started • Core group of individuals (e.g. sub-group of Elder Abuse Committee) • Define the Problem/Purpose • Research • Literature Review

  4. Environmental Scan • What agencies/organizations presently involved in intervention • Type/style of intervention • Time commitments • Acceptance and participation in service process • Research a variety of programs/jurisdictions • Survey programs: • Motivation for program • Objectives/mandate/target population • Implementation steps/Referral process • Funding • Evaluation/how is success measured • Barriers/challenges

  5. The Team Who is involved? Who is missing? Who should be involved? E.g. Mental health Municipal- Building, Fire, Police, Social Services Public Housing Hospital-social work, ER Community agency—senior organization Advocacy organization Health services — CCAC Home care

  6. Justification for involvement Who are the leaders? Who are the idealogues? What and who are the road blocks? Cost analysis---selling point to involve agencies

  7. Community input • Community education and planning • The goal of the day would be to: • create connections, • engage the players, • build a local strategy, and perhaps • educate through experienced presenters.

  8. Potential Funders • Explore & List possible funders • E.g. government grants • Ontario Trillium Foundation • Private foundations • Private business • Write a letter of introduction • Briefly outline funding request • Enquire about priorities & process

  9. Matching Funders • Questions to ask • Funder’s interests • Organization’s profile/grant history • What is their budget and funds generally allocated • What are the deadlines • When is their year-end • Match funder to need, based on: • funds needed • Interests/priorities • History • promotion

  10. Other considerations Time commitments needed Application deadlines; where no specific date—what is funding year Staff/volunteers needed Past successful fundraisers Community calendar (to avoid conflicts in timing) Expertise available

  11. Proposal writing Have “Prospectus” available Summarize the project up front Describe your organization/ sponsoring agency and Committee Define the problem you are addressing Develop work plan/specific activities Define target audience What will be the expected impact Budget Other funding (including in-kind) How will the project be evaluated? Letters of support, Annual Report, Audited Financial statements, list of Board members (if appropriate)

More Related