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A Community Economic Development Perspective on Welfare-to-Work The Social Purchasing Portal

A Community Economic Development Perspective on Welfare-to-Work The Social Purchasing Portal. Two Keys. The forces that make it difficult for people on welfare to find and keep employment are both individual and communal. Restorative programs are more effective when they help both

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A Community Economic Development Perspective on Welfare-to-Work The Social Purchasing Portal

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  1. A Community Economic Development Perspective on Welfare-to-Work The Social Purchasing Portal

  2. Two Keys

  3. The forces that make it difficult for people on welfare to find and keep employment are both individual and communal.

  4. Restorative programs are more effective when they help both the individual and the community to become stronger.

  5. The Dual Economy • Mainstream growth • Expanding pockets of poverty

  6. Community Economic Development Is A Solution

  7. CED Activities • Affordable housing • Community based businesses • Micro-enterprise development • Employment development programs • Individual asset building • Neighbourhood revitalization • Community safety programming

  8. CED Principles • Comprehensive, multi-faceted • Integrates social, economic, cultural • Conceived and directed locally • Local self-reliance & ownership • Focus on marginalized populations

  9. The Challenge: To scale up CED activity across Canada

  10. 3 Targets for Investment • Strengthening community planning & implementing capacity • Increasing availability of equity and credit capital • Strengthening human resources

  11. Strengths of Community SectorIn Human Resource Development • Closeness to the people • Accessibility • Integrated and flexible responses • Problem solving entrepreneurship

  12. Design Considerations for Community Based HR Development • A continuum of services • Attention to the demand side • Focus on partnerships

  13. A Vancouver Example

  14. The Challenge: Create real opportunities for the potential employees from DTES? • Remove barriers to success • Utilize existing training programs • Encourage individuals who are seeking jobs • Assist people moving from welfare to work • Create a demand driven model

  15. FTE – Fast Track to Employment Continuum of Community Partners Supply Side Demand Side Entry/ Assessment GAP Pre- Employment Employment & Retention Skills Training Private Sector Partners 25 Employment Development Partners Social Integration

  16. Individual Placements Development Opportunities Social Value Partners Social Enterprise Employment Strategies Demand Driven Economic Integration Costco Convention Centre Olympics Procurement Supply Chain & Market Forces Community Businesses & Partnerships Traditional One-to-One Placements

  17. Social Purchasing Portal Using supply chain relationships anddecisions to create business and employment opportunities in the community Purchasers0f Goods and Services Suppliers of Goods and Services Employment Opportunities All things equal, preference to FTE Partners Continuum Provides Trained Employees Agree to Offer Employment Opportunities to FTE

  18. The ToolSocial Purchasing Portal

  19. www.ftebusiness.com Goods and Services Provider Economic / Social Impact Purchasing Demand Locally Defined SPP Value Added Outcomes Agree to Add Priority for SPP Suppliers Agree to Support SPP Goals

  20. How does it work? = +

  21. Purchasing Partners include…

  22. Suppliers include…

  23. Success stories… only the beginning • Pivotal Corporation catering purchases from Cook Studio result in business growth and employment from their training participants • Contracts to Logotex from SalesWorks and Bell Mobility create business growth and two jobs for community residents • Mills Basics hires a warehouse person from the community • Novex Couriers is contracting a warehouse project to Starworks, who employs persons with disabilities

  24. Building the FTE Model • Using demand based model & market forces for employment creation • Employment focused, targeting long-term unemployed and the hard-to-employ • Utilizing the services of existing employment development and community service providers • Creating community/private/public partnerships

  25. Conclusion • W2W strategies s/b long term, inclusive • Partnerships between private sector, community, government • Holistic, integrated, community led employment delivery systems • Removal of government silos • Community and individual renewal

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