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“In the past year an average single person would have seen their household bills increase by $433 and a family of three would have seen their bills go up by over $800”

(Ontario Hunger Report 2008)

“Compared to the non-poor, the working poor had higher rates on a range of chronic conditions including diabetes, heart disease, chronic bronchitis, and migraines among others.” Social Assistance recipients carry an overwhelmingly high burden of ill health. Compared to the non-poor they had significantly higher rates of poor health and chronic conditions on 38 of 39 health measures – rates as much as 7.2 times higher than those of the non-poor group.”

Sick and Tired: The Compromised Health of Social Assistance Recipients and the

Working Poor in Ontario, February 2009

CAPC, Haliburton, ON Haliburton County has one of the highest poverty rates in Ontario. You wouldn’t know. The county is known as “cottage country” with beautiful lakes and a pristine environment. The poverty goes unnoticed by most. In 2008, the families in the Bright Starts CAPC program in Haliburton all made less than $18,000/year, and many less than $15,000. After paying the rent, heat, hydro etc, many families had only $200 for the month for food. To address the issue, CAPC started a Healthy Children Program. In less than a year they raised the profile about poverty through “Chef-of-the-Month,” where chefs attempted to create a healthy meal plan for a family of 4 on $6.50/day ($200 ÷ 30 days). Media covered the story dozens of times with corollary articles about poverty, family struggles and suggestions of what people could do to help. The profile went far beyond the borders of Haliburton County. Even Chef Michael, from FoodTV, called from PEI with his congratulations and encouragement.

Additionally the Healthy Children campaign resulted in:

• weekly food donations averaging over $400/week to give to families

• a community kitchen where volunteers make and freeze meals to give to other needy families

• a lunchbox program hosted by a local grocer

• spin-offs with other organizations/businesses looking at how they can get involved to help children living in poverty and their families in this county.

CAPC increases recognition and

support for communities at risk,

their needs, interests & rights

Ontario Coalition of CAPC & CPNP Projects, 2009 “Real Help, Right Here, Right Now” www.realhelp.ca

Contact: Beth Bonvie, Coordinator [email protected]

Check the website for sourcing material

Community Action Program for Children

(CAPC)

Approximately 330 CPNP projects across Canada (funded by Public Health Agency of Canada) delivered programs in 2,000 communities. In Ontario, 47 projects delivered programs in over 350 communities.

50,000 women were served in a typical month in Canada. from the CAPC National Program Profile (NPP) National Highlights Report 2005-2006, IBM,

and Nicole Kenton, Evaluation Consultant, Healthy Child Development Section, Public Health Agency of Canada

Employing a population health approach, CPNP aims to:

• Improve maternal and infant health

• Reduce the incidence of unhealthy birth weights

• Promote and support breastfeeding

• Build partnerships

• Strengthen community supports for pregnant women Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program Profile of Participants, 2004 – 2005 PRA Inc, 2007

Who are the women served by CPNP?

CPNP (Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program) Information & Aims


Contact: Beth Bonvie, Coordinator [email protected] Check the website for sourcing material

The first 3 columns taken from CPNP: Profile of Participants–Fiscal Year 2004-2005, November, 2007

Risk Factor

Canadian Community Health

Survey 2005

National CPNP Participants 2004-2005

Difference (%)

% of women less than 19 years old 4% 17% 13%

% who are single, widowed, divorced or separated 20% 34% 14%

% with high school diploma or less 9% 69% 60%

% with an annual household income of less than

$15,000 8% 51% 43%

% born outside Canada 12% 34% 22%

% living in Canada less than 10 years 7% 28% 21%

% reporting smoking during pregnancy 17% 31% 14%

% responding “sometimes” or “often” to food

insecurity questions 12 & 10% 50 & 47% 38 & 37%

The average cost of the initial hospital-ization at birth for a low birth weight baby is $10,607 compared to $952 for an infant born at a normal weight. The weighted average hospitalization cost at birth for CPNP newborns was $89 less than that for all Canadian births. For the 17,689 CPNP participants in this study, this would represent a cost savings of $1.6 million in hospital costs at birth. Compared to an infant with a normal birth weight, a low birth weight baby in CPNP averaged $645 more in costs for respiratory conditions, infections and heart problems in the first two weeks of life. Please note: the overall hospital cost savings are at the program level.

CPNP participants receiving breastfeeding support were 59% more likely to breastfeed than those who did not and had higher rates than a matched population of Canadian mothers. Breastfed infants incurred lower costs in the two weeks of life related to reduced respiratory conditions and heart problems; an average of $53 per

breastfed child for these two conditions. An Assessment of the Economic Impact of the

Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) Dale McMurchy Consulting,

CPNP aims to:

• Improve maternal and infant health

• Reduce the incidence of unhealthy

birth weights

• Promote and support breastfeeding




Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program

(CPNP)

CPNP, Waterloo

About a year ago, Joani, pregnant with her 5th child, joined the Growing Healthy Two-gether (GHT) program. Her 4 children were in the care of child protection services. She was single;

previous relationships had been very violent. She didn’t trust “the system” and didn’t want to have anything to do with child protection services. She didn’t have enough food to eat and

needed better housing. However her goal was to keep this baby, so she came to the GHT program looking for support.

Joani attended the group faithfully. She stopped smoking. She was referred to counselling. With help she found appropriate housing, and started eating better. Recognizing that beneath her

insecurity Joani had many strengths, GHT encouraged her to call a case conference and offered space. Joani brought 5 organiza-

tions to the table, including child protection, and made a plan. She established and kept a better relationship with child protec-tion services.

Joani had a healthy baby girl and was able to take her home, but before that happened Joani developed a serious blood infection.

The baby was taken into care for one week, and for that week in spite of how sick she was, Joani pumped breastmilk for her daughter. In a week she and the baby went home.

Today the baby is a happy, healthy 7 month old. Two of Joani’s other children were released from care, and are doing well with

mom. The older two have frequent and consistent access. Joani is involved in Busy Babies, and the local OEYC, and is taking her time before seeking work. She wants to meet her family’s needs.

Joani credits the care and support she received at Growing Healthy Two-gether for her incredible turnaround.

393 CAPC projects across Canada delivered programs in 3,177 different communities. In Ontario, 39 projects delivered programs in 445 different communities.

67,884 participants were served in a typical month in Canada; 15,372 in Ontario. from the CAPC National Program Profile (NPP) National Highlights Report 2005-2006, IBM

The primary objectives of CAPC are to: • Improve the health and social development of children and their

families

• Increase partnership and collaboration

• Increase the number of effective community resources and programs

• Increase recognition and support for communities at risk, their

needs, interests & rights

• Increase empowerment and knowledge of families and communities

• Increase accessibility to culturally and linguistically sensitive programming Formative evaluation of the Community Action Program for Children,

Public Health Agency of Canada, November 2007, pg. 5

Who are the families served by CAPC?

CAPC (Community Action Program for Children)

Information & Objectives



Taken from Formative evaluation of the Community Action Program for Children, Public Health Agency of Canada, November 2007 and Community Action Program for Children(CAPC)2006

Participant Snapshot Census: National Highlights Report IBM Global Business Services, December 1, 2007

Risk Factor Population

(Statistics Canada Census 2001)

National CAPC Participants

(Snapshot Census 2006)

Difference (%)

% of low income families 18.4% 42.9% 24.5%

% of single parent families 24.7% 23.9% -0.8%

% of Aboriginal people 2.3% 14.2% 11.9%

% Aboriginal people in low income families 30.4% 53.5% 23.1%

% of newcomers to Canada (within the last 5 years) 3.8% 9.0% 5.2%

% of newcomers in low income families 37.9% 53.7% 15.8%

% of rural families 21.3% 30.8% 9.5%

% of young single parents (15-19) 0.77% 2.5% 1.7%

% of participants with children under 10 with disabilities

(as defined by participating parents/caregivers)

2.7% 12.4% 9.7%

% of participants who did not complete high

school or equivalent

23.2% 30.0% 6.8%

The total economic cost (private

and social) of child poverty Ontario is $4.6 to 5.9 billion

annually. An Analysis of the Economic Cost of Poverty in Ontario, November 2008

Lack of school readiness has been shown to be linked to increased likelihood of repeating a grade, and/or having to receive special education services, and/or leaving before completing school. C. Mang, Nipissing University, Ontario estimated that the total tangible costs per dropout in 2008 were $10,782, with an aggregate cost to Canada of $12.8 billion!.

CAPC, Thunder Bay ON

In Thunder Bay, Our Kids Count CAPC partnered with other organizations to bring wrap-around services to a housing unit for 24 young single parents. Risk factors included addictions, mental health issues, low income, relationship issues, and school drop-out. Our Kids Count, Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, Family Preservation Program, Children’s Aid Society, and Thunder Bay District Housing together provide intensive individual and group supports. Group supports include a community kitchen, Triple P parenting programs, an addictions education/support group, a dad’s program/men’s kitchen. There is also a drop-in staffed by Early Childhood Educators who focus on parenting, support, child development and school readiness. Other services are also available for children and parents. CAPC has 2 staff who can work with children on individualized plans. Likewise if a young mom needs counselling she can receive it on-site through Dilico. Our Kids Count has seen many positive changes over the 5 years they’ve been involved. Several young women worked together to set up a tenants’ safety committee; connected with neighbourhood police and participated in self-defence training. There has been decreased drug use and an increasing number of tenants going to school regularly.

As one woman put it “I was at my wit’s end and couldn't possibly afford to borrow any more money from people. There was a chance

that I was going to have my child apprehended for lack of food and necessary supplies in my home… without OKC, I may not be sitting

here today.”

CAPC improves the social development of vulnerable children and their families by providing prevention, early

intervention and school readiness programs for children




(CAPC)

Children whose physical, psychological, and emotional needs are unmet are at significant risk for developing a variety of mental health and behavioural problems. If left untreated at their start, conditions like anxiety and depression will persist into adulthood and can become chronic. Besides the toll taken on the individual with lost opportunities for fulfilling work or personal relationships, there are huge social and economic consequences related to the loss of their productivity. It is important that this is addressed because children whose mothers are depressed often develop psychiatric disorders themselves, particularly conduct disorder or depression.

Centre of Knowledge on Healthy Child Development (Offord Centre for Child

Studies)

CAPC, Toronto, ON The 200 children each year who come to Breaking the Cycle are all at high risk for the development of mental health problems. The moms who attend the program have many stressors and symptoms in their lives, such as low education, compromised health, depression, eating disorders, domestic violence, and substance misuse. Recognized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as an exemplary program, Breaking the Cycle focuses on the maternal-child relationships to deliver a range of programs, including street outreach and home visitation. Mothers are involved in the assessment process, and they participate in creating a development plan which incorporates their own observations of their children. A multi-disciplinary team brings expertise in the field of infant mental health. Additional resources (e.g. speech and language services, occupational therapy, physiotherapy) are made available to the child and family based on assessed developmental needs, and Breaking the Cycle uses several programs that are designed to promote child development and children’s mental health. Positive results of the BTC approach include:

• Enhanced birth and perinatal outcomes for infants of

substance involved mothers who are engaged earlier in pregnancy

• Enhance developmental outcomes of children who are

involved

• Enhanced parenting confidence and competence

• Enhanced treatment outcomes

• Decreased rates of separation of mothers and children.

CAPC improves the health of

vulnerable children and their

families, including mental health and chronic disease prevention




(CAPC)

Estimated value of in-kind

donations (space, materials etc.) received [by CAPC] was over $6.7

million.

In Ontario there were 1,192

[CAPC] partners, averaging 30.6 partners per project. 6,604 partners were recorded nationally in 2005/06, averaging 16.8 partners per project.

9,684 people donated 68,690 hours of time to CAPC in a typical

month. Estimating value at $15/hour, that is a donation of over

one million dollars per month, or $12 million per year.

All from:

CAPC National Program Profile (NPP): National Highlights Report 2005-2006

Global Business Services, IBM

CAPC, Peterborough, ON Two participants of the CAPC Peterborough program (Brighter Futures) approached the team leader a few years back to see if there was a school for young moms in the city. There was not. So these young women took it upon themselves, with some help, to do a proposal. They took it to the local school board and health unit. That was the beginning of the Young Mom’s School. Getting the school going was not without its hiccups and challenges—for one thing it has moved 3 times. But today the school board provides a teacher and academic supports; CAPC provides a coordinator and child care staffing; the health unit provides nursing support, Healthy Babies Healthy Children workers and infant/toddler development workers. Additional supports are brought in – perinatal health team, midwives, counsellors etc. CAPC has also been able to leverage an additional $80,000 per year through United Way, and through fundraising for the Young Mom’s School. They estimate the in-kind supports are equivalent to $180,000! Today, the Young Mom’s School has grown and continues to thrive. Forty-five students were in the school over the past year. The partnerships and leveraging have come together to bring to life the vision of the two young women who were participants in the CAPC program.

CAPC increases partnerships and

collaboration, leveraging funding,

staffing, space, resources and

services




(CAPC)

The annual CAPC budget is $59.5 million ($52.9 million of which

goes directly to communities).

Across Canada, CAPC programs have 2,221 CAPC funded staff with 46,643 paid staff hours per week. An additional 881 individuals were paid using CAPC funds. Over $21.7 million in additional

funding received.

All from: National Program Profile: National Highlights Report 2005-2006,

Global Business Services, IBM

CAPC: Waterloo, ON

Catholic Family Counselling Centre (CFCC) is a good example of how a CAPC program has had a significant economic impact on its local community. In the past 3 years, CFCC has raised $1 million additional dollars for programs and activities related to CAPC. The economic benefit is immediate and obvious -- CFCC is able to hire 20 additional staff per year. But the economic benefit for the local community doesn’t stop with additional staffing. A program called “Families and Schools Together,” done in partnership with the local school board, brings whole families into 12 different schools each year to network and access other services. Another outreach program (funding leveraged by CAPC from the Region) assists families living in poverty, helping them access services and necessities. The economic benefit from those activities is that over 5,000 additional families each year are provided with supports, networking, and services. Parents (particularly new immigrants) who have been unemployed and isolated, are upgrading their education and finding employment. CAPC has also had an economic impact on an Old Colony Mennonite community by helping them create crafts that they can sell to the public, thereby increasing their income and self-sufficiency. These initiatives, which support CAPC, are funded through United Way, Regional Government, and family foundations.

CAPC increases the number of

effective community resources and programs, having a

significant economic impact




(CAPC)

“New or recent immigrants have special settlement needs and they face increased barriers due to the lack of services and information available in their mother tongue. Migrating to a new society can be a difficult transition for young parents and caregivers, especially women. They often struggle as the main caregivers, trying to provide their children with the proper emotional, financial and psychological support usually without assistance from their extended families back home.”

Immigrant Youth in Canada: Do Community Services Respond to the Needs of New Immigrants,

Canadian Council on Social Development website May 2009

CAPC, South London ON In South London the make-up of the community is very diverse. Of the non-English and non-French population, Arabic comprises 24%. About 8 years ago, Families First CAPC, decided to start a parenting group among Arabic women with children under the age of six. The intended outcomes were to: reduce isolation; increase parenting skills; increase awareness of child development, healthy nutrition, physical activity, childhood obesity and diabetes; increase social supports; improve access to resources; and reduce the risk of child abuse. Essentially it was an opportunity for Arabic women, new to Canada, to become accustomed to the expectations here and to provide a forum for networking, support, advocacy and discussion. It was important the program be facilitated in Arabic. The current facilitator was originally a group member. As a peer-model group, she was mentored to become a group facilitator, and if she leaves another group member will assume that role. All written materials are Arabic, even the facilitator manual. Today there are two groups in South London for Arabic women. Twenty to thirty women at a time attend the groups and the groups run from September to June. Hundreds of women have benefitted from this program, one that supports their culture and language, while familiarizing them with Canadian customs and expectations.

CAPC increases accessibility to

culturally and linguistically

sensitive programming




(CAPC)

“In the past year an average single person would have seen their household bills increase by $433 and a family of three would have seen their bills go up by over $800”

(Ontario Hunger Report 2008)

“Compared to the non-poor, the working poor had higher rates on a range of chronic conditions including diabetes, heart disease, chronic bronchitis, and migraines among others.” Social Assistance recipients carry an overwhelmingly high burden of ill health. Compared to the non-poor they had significantly higher rates of poor health and chronic conditions on 38 of 39 health measures – rates as much as 7.2 times higher than those of the non-poor group.”

Sick and Tired: The Compromised Health of Social Assistance Recipients and the

Working Poor in Ontario, February 2009

CAPC, Haliburton, ON Haliburton County has one of the highest poverty rates in Ontario. You wouldn’t know. The county is known as “cottage country” with beautiful lakes and a pristine environment. The poverty goes unnoticed by most. In 2008, the families in the Bright Starts CAPC program in Haliburton all made less than $18,000/year, and many less than $15,000. After paying the rent, heat, hydro etc, many families had only $200 for the month for food. To address the issue, CAPC started a Healthy Children Program. In less than a year they raised the profile about poverty through “Chef-of-the-Month,” where chefs attempted to create a healthy meal plan for a family of 4 on $6.50/day ($200 ÷ 30 days). Media covered the story dozens of times with corollary articles about poverty, family struggles and suggestions of what people could do to help. The profile went far beyond the borders of Haliburton County. Even Chef Michael, from FoodTV, called from PEI with his congratulations and encouragement.

Additionally the Healthy Children campaign resulted in:

• weekly food donations averaging over $400/week to give to families

• a community kitchen where volunteers make and freeze meals to give to other needy families

• a lunchbox program hosted by a local grocer

• spin-offs with other organizations/businesses looking at how they can get involved to help children living in poverty and their families in this county.

CAPC increases recognition and

support for communities at risk,

their needs, interests & rights





(CAPC)

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