Delta’s Social Action Plan – 2018 Moving Forward on Delta’s Social

Profile

What is a Social Action Plan?

How do we accomplish these actions?

Action Plan Tables - LEGEND

Timeline = Immediate/Short term, Short Term, Long Term Partners = Delta (including Corporate Social Planner, community,

agencies, government, funders)

NEXT STEP

ACTION IDEA

TIMELINE RESPONSIBILITY PARTNERS

Promote available social services for all residents.

Produce a “Survival Guide” brochure of social services and programs that is readily available at all public facilities.

Short Term Corporate Social Planner

Community Agencies Delta

Delta Initiatives

Success Story! It is exciting to share information

about new services: transition house, emergency weather shelter, Seniors Support Coordinator, community support navigator through Ladner United Church and many more!

Health and Healthy Communities

Healthy Communities include: •Excellent general health infrastructure •Sufficient mental health supports •Preventative drug use and addictions programs •Poverty reducing initiatives •Food security committees

Health and Healthy Communities

Action Highlights: - Improve navigation of complex service delivery

and create finding tools for families - Fraser Health increases mental health beds - Delta agencies, schools, police collaborate on

drug use prevention programs - Unified list of free food, community meals and

food banks in Delta through Delta Food Coalition - Upcoming work on poverty reduction supported

by Delta agencies.

Personal & Public Safety

Action Highlights - Social Planning Webpages - Maintenance of current information about “who does

what” in Delta, published for public use - Working with Delta Police and Fire Departments to

share information and collaborative possibilities

Children & Youth

Action Highlights: Support and encourage upstream programming that concentrates on building resilience in children and youth so that they develop safe and productive decision-making skills. Delta agencies work to ensure all children have: safe homes, housing, food, independence, physical and mental health, childcare when needed, excellent schools and opportunities for leisure, sports and cultural activities.

Seniors Action Highlights - Identify and celebrate current services and

encourage development of new services that promote an age-friendly community

- Welcome innovative transportation, health and housing ideas that support “Aging in Place”

Housing

Success Story! Options Community Services in Surrey

provides outreach to homeless people in Delta. Connecting Delta Police and Bylaw officers with Options staff has helped secure housing for those who will accept

Diversity, Accessibility & Inclusion

As of October 1, 2017 203 GARs are expected to arrive in Metro Vancouver before mid-December.

Top future source countries include - Syria,

Somalia , Democratic, Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Next Steps/Questions