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Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) is a convening organization that brings together individuals concerned about poverty and its effects, and committed to developing and implementing long-term strategies to address the root causes of poverty in our community.
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Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) became one of six Trail Builder communities on June 1, 2005. A great deal has been accomplished over the past year, and particularly the past six months. Our first Year-End Report was submitted on December 1, 2005, and this Mid-Year Report is an opportunity to share and celebrate the accomplishments over the first six months of 2006.
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Dear Mayor Bronconnier:
On behalf of Vibrant Communities Calgary and the Fair Fares Action Team, we are writing to provide a community update on The City of Calgary’s Universal Low Income Transit Pass (ULITP) program.
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Low-Income Monthly Transit Pass
Renewal Information 2006
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What is a Theory of Change?
Anne Kubisch and the Aspen Institute were the first to really develop the idea of a Theory of Change (ToC) primarily based on their observations of comprehensive community initiatives in neighbourhoods. A ToC is essentially an explanation of how a group of stakeholders expects to reach a commonly understood long-term goal.
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Vibrant Communities Calgary is a local poverty reduction organization that assisted with the development of the Low Income Transit Pass Program. We are asking for your feedback to help us advocate for ongoing funding of this program, to help make sure this program meets your needs, and to assist other communities who would like to develop their own low income transit programs.
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It has been exactly one year since Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) submitted its community plan for sustained poverty reduction to the national steering committee. VCC was honoured to become one of six Trail Builder communities on June 1, 2005. A great deal has been accomplished over the past year, and particularly the past six months. Our Year-End Report is an opportunity to share and celebrate these accomplishments with our supporters.
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For the first time ever, some 2,000 Calgary residents whose income is derived from Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) benefits were issued reduced rate monthly transit passes on August 1, 2005.
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In Canada, Vibrant Communities organizers in Niagara Region, Waterloo, BC’s Capital Region, Surrey, Edmonton and Calgary are continuing to explore and pursue projects designed to improve wages and work-related benefits for low-paid employees. In response to interest in the subject, Vibrant Communities established a pan-Canadian Living Wage Learning Initiative – a series of tele-learning seminars in 2004-05 which explored the lessons of the living wage movement in the US and their possible application to a Canadian context.
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In the summer of 2003, staff at United Way of Calgary and Area (one of two co-convenors of Vibrant Communities Calgary) began a 20-month process to pilot a public policy initiative that would help Calgary nonprofit sector build and improve relations with the provincial government.
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This New Policy Framework for AISH has been developed by eight not-for-profit organizations in Calgary, and endorsement of this proposed framework is limited to these eight agencies.
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This document outlines a Community Plan to reduce poverty through strategic interventions that will substantially reduce poverty, improve quality of life for all Calgarians, and contribute to Calgary’s economic and social health.
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