The Community Development Framework (CDF) was created to improve collaboration between the city, residents, and community organizations. It aims to take a neighborhood-based approach to identifying local priorities and building community capacity to enact positive change. The goals of the CDF are to increase neighborhood capacity, improve planning and services, enhance social determinants of health, and promote sustainable improvements through collaborative community engagement.
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Background
Created to build on successes and lessons learned from:
Breaking down silos within the City
Working collaboratively with our community partners
Listening to residents
Refocusing how we work together around a common
language, purpose and approach
Sharing responsibility for solutions and leadership
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What is the CDF?
A way of working
A neighbourhood-based problem solving and
capacity building effort
A way of bringing the City, residents, agencies
and organizations together to focus on
neighbourhood identified priorities
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Why CDF?
Need a common approach to creating
healthy neighbourhoods
Need to focus on strengths of
neighbourhoods
Need a way to maximize limited resources
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What are the goals of the CDF?
Increase neighbourhood capacity to enact positive change
Improve planning and service delivery
Improve social determinants of health in neighbourhoods
Improve neighbourhood safety and perceptions of safety
in an inclusive manner
Promote sustainability of positive change at all levels
7. CDF Approach
Focus on neighbourhoods with an identified need
Support a common community engagement process on
the ground
Ensure partners from various sectors have an opportunity
to contribute to solution building
Evaluate impact and progress
Celebrate successes and share information
Keep going
