We send What's on the MOVES on the first and third Friday of the month. Our purpose is to share information about upcoming events, agency news and relevant announcements with the DC MOVES mailing list. If you have information to share through this bulletin, please email your information in text and an attached image or logo OR pdf AD/Flyer to the DC MOVES Coordinator Elaine Capes.



Land Acknowledgement for Dufferin County Read it here
DC MOVES FORUM updates
Sept 22 FORUM Re-creating DC MOVES - please watch the video and keep an eye out for the next steps in a special WOTMs invitation to participate.

We started a great conversation on what the highest potential outcome could be from us being better together - we identified the conditions for success that would need to be in place and listed some *actions that need to happen to make that possible....
ARE YOU LISTED ?
On the MyDufferin website, there is a section where you can add or change a listing. https://mydufferin.ca/post-listing
Dufferin County Equity Collaborative
DCEC
Our DCEC equity lens shapes our vision that every resident of Dufferin County will have the opportunity to realize their potential.  

On behalf of the National Advisory Council on Poverty, I am proud to share with you our latest report, Transforming our Systems: The 2022 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty.
Scott MacAfee
Chair of the National Advisory Council on Poverty

You can access Transforming our Systems: The 2022 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty at the following links:

The Ontario government is launching the next phase of its integrated employment services system to help more jobseekers and people on social assistance in York, Halton, Stratford-Bruce Peninsula, and Kingston-Pembroke.
 
The Ontario Government has announced several housing and homelessness funding initiatives:
  • Providing more than $2.5 million to help create 14 units in Barrie.
  • Providing over $3 million provided to help create 16 housing units in Guelph.
  • In St. Thomas, the Ontario Government has provided $927,831 to help convert an existing building into an emergency shelter.
  • Providing $2.25 million to help support 26 bachelor units in the City of Brantford for vulnerable individuals.
  • Providing more than $800,000 to help create two affordable housing units in Barrie through a partnership between the Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services and the Barrie Native Friendship Centre.
Take action this World Homelessness Week
This World Homelessness Week, we're asking the federal and provincial governments to provide more support for people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis in Canada—a crisis that is pushing more and more people into homelessness.
We’re demanding five policy changes that governments could implement right now to halt this growing new wave of homelessness – but we need your help to get the message across to them.
Will you take 2 minutes to send a letter with our call to actions to our Prime Minister, Housing Minister, Finance Minister, your Premier?
What has to change in our sector to prevent and end homelessness?
This week, we are joined by Matthew Barker, a reporter for The St. Catharines Standard who works to create awareness by changing the dialogue around homelessness and affordable housing in Canada.
Using his own lived experiences and the issues he reports on, Matthew's aim is to open people’s eyes to the massive issues facing many Canadians, including a lack of affordable housing, homelessness, and addictions.
Matthew Barker joins us this week to talk about the learnings from his years of being a reporter and what has to change in order for our sector and country to make strides in preventing and ending homelessness.
 
On October 26, 2022, Development Services Ontario (DSO) is hosting their first provincial Developmental Services Housing Strategy Forum that will highlight the work being done to advance housing for people with a developmental disability.
 
They will feature Service System Managers who have shown a commitment to working with the developmental services (DS) sector, agencies from within and outside the DS sector who have created affordable housing that has benefited people with a developmental disability, and/or those who have worked with Service Managers at a local level in creative or innovative ways. They have Ministry representation and attendees will hear from self-advocates and their caregivers on what home and housing means to them.  
 
The event is free and open to everyone. They are actively inviting people within various Ministries, Municipal Government, Service System Managers, agencies from the DS and housing sectors, people with developmental disabilities and those supporting them, landlords, developers, representatives from CMHC, local Social Planning Counsels, etc. 
 
To learn more, please see the event flyer and click on the registration link. 

Dufferin's Labour Shortages: Working towards Solutions
We want to hear from local stakeholders about workforce and employment challenges and brainstorm local solutions for said challenges. We will share some information about the labour market and some ideas as to where the people are, why recruitment may be a challenge as well as what could affect retention. Then we want to hear from you
  • What are your biggest challenges now? What will they be in six months?
  • How will that impact your business or organization?
  • What do we do, or promote if it already exists, in the next year to move the needle towards meeting needs? What requires longer and how can we get started now?
 
Be a part in building the solutions for the Dufferin County labour market - attend this event!
Held at the Georgian College Orangeville campus on Thursday, October 27th, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM.
Light refreshments served.
Employment Training Program - openings for youth in Guelph/Wellington/Dufferin
The CEC is currently conducting interviews for intake into our Connect-ED Working Circles program. We have our 7th cohort starting on November 17 or 24. We are conducting interviews of youth ages 18-30 (as of next Monday) who are generally speaking out of work and out of school, and interested in marketing, communications, administration. Youth who have some post-secondary or work experience in entry-level marketing, social media, administration would likely find this opportunity most valuable. The program includes 5 weeks of virtual training, followed by a 10-14 week paid employment placement. Youth who are in training receive a weekly living allowance at an hourly payment that equals minimum wage. They are then on the payroll with the employer. The employer is reimbursed by CEC based on invoices and payroll reports (usually 1-2x during the placement). Employers who might consider hiring the youth full-time following the placement are ideal, but we know that this is not always the case.
 
What we need from our community partners:
 
  • Spread the word to youth who may be interested in applying in Guelph/Wellington/Dufferin
  • Contact Sadia about your "spotlight project" - a design project that youth could work on for you while they are in training
  • Employers needed for youth placements - register on our link: https://tinyurl.com/Employer-CEWC
  • Attend our networking events to help youth learning the fundamentals of this skill
  • Join our program as a mentor who meets with youth 4-8 times over the 5 weeks
 
Please help us to spread the word to youth and employers who might be interested in this program!
 
Have questions? Please contact Sadia Batool:
Shelburne Economic Development is partnering with CLAC, a labour union that represents companies in the construction, healthcare, and food industries, to offer a Construction bootcamp. The Town of Shelburne will host the Bootcamp October 17–28, 2022.

CLAC has developed a unique training program to help individuals gain the skills they need to get hired in the construction industry.
Get Funding to Hire Apprentices through the CLAC Apprenticeship Support Program (CASP)
 
How to Qualify:
1.     Be a small or medium-sized business (fewer than 500 paid employees).
2.     Register with CASP before you hire the apprentice.
3.     Hire a new first-year apprentice in one of 39 eligible Red Seal trades.
 
As part of Career-Ready with CTMA: Expanding Opportunities program, we have been working with Ontario school boards and have manufacturing students looking for co-op placements for summer 2022, fall 2023 and/or winter of 2023.
 
Many of these students are in special programs where they are focusing on the manufacturing sector and are hoping to further develop their skills through a co-op placement.
 
Companies can receive 50% of the wages paid up to $5,000 in funding support for each placement they provide. The duration of each co-op will be a minimum of 6 weeks, but can be funded for up to 16 weeks of full-time work.
 
If you would be interested in more information and connecting with the school board in your area, please contact Veronica Kleinsmith at vkleinsmith@octe.ca.
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Passport funding has been increased as of the beginning of July 2022. For all the details on the increase please head to the link below. There are also resources there on what counts as an "allowable expense" under the passport program.
The federal government frequently relies on the sector to deliver crucial programs and services but very rarely allows nonprofits to use its funding to cover essential core costs. When nonprofits are reliant on project-based funding and cannot access core funding, it negatively impacts the quality of services they can offer their community, the employment conditions of nonprofit workers, and the long-term sustainability of their organizations. In this policy brief, we make a case for why the government should provide more core funding.  
Public Services and Procurement Canada has an online platform where charities, nonprofits and other eligible groups can register and get access to donations of surplus assets from the federal government.  
Serving on a non-profit board is a meaningful and rewarding experience, and the skills and expertise of a board’s directors are crucial to its collective impact. Yet, many boards cannot train their directors in a comprehensive, efficient way, and many directors are constrained by their schedules and limited access to resources. With Capacity Canada’s Modern Board, participants get access to a unique and comprehensive course offered by experts in the governance of the non-profit board. The two-course program includes multi-media guidance offered through video lectures, reading material and journaling opportunities to reflect on your personal experience with board roles and responsibilities. 
The All About Boards program has been designed to provide you with the foundational elements to help you govern effectively while introducing you to emerging issues in board governance. This training provides actionable resources and guidance so nonprofit organizations can move their governance from good to great.
2022 Program
SESSION 1: Board Fundamentals - September 28
SESSION 2: Build Your Best Board - October 19
SESSION 3: Financial Fitness - November 16
SESSION 4: The Board’s Role in HR Management - December 14
 





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In this special CharityVillage Connects episode, in the lead up to the first anniversary of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we’ll hear unique perspectives from Indigenous leaders from across Canada on what September 30 means to them, the painful legacy it symbolizes, and how the nonprofit sector can better support, and ally with, Indigenous-led organizations and communities. LISTEN NOW. 
Last Friday was the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Keep your learning about reconciliation going by reading this 2021 report from the Yellowhead Institute about the value of Indigenous lands and how dispossession of these lands has had a major impact on Indigenous economic livelihoods. 
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