Tri Cities East Neighbourhood Centre: HUB development

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Application ID: 000353
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Project Description
Project Title
Tri Cities East Neighbourhood Centre: HUB development
What is the central research question you want answered?
What are the objectives of your project?
Tri Cities East Neighbourhood Centre (TCENC) has been in operation for one year.
What has been the impact of TCENC upon the community and upon the collaborative service delivery system? Where do we go from here?
* assess the effectiveness of TCENC: family perspective.
* assess the effectiveness of TCENC: community resources perspective.
* identify service delivery gaps in the community and possible means to address these issues.
* develop measurable outcomes that TCENC can use to monitor and evaluate itself.
Project Type
Computer Related     
Creative     
Formal Research     
 Organizational Development     
Survey     
Other  
Size of Project (Number of pages, minutes, cm, etc.)
Report of 10-12 pages
Up to 10 - 12 weeks (one semester)
Project Description (Use this space to further elaborate on the project)
* Design and implement surveys to assess the effectiveness of TCENC: families, community partners / resources.
* Write a report that reflects the data gathered
How do you plan to use the results of this project?
* The results of the project will be used to further improve the service delivery system of TCENC.
* The results / learnings will be shared with other community resources, with the Early Childhood Development and Middle Childhood Matters Committees.
What larger goal is served by undertaking this project?
* Tri Cities is in the process of developing Community Hubs so as to meet the needs of families withing their local neighbourhoods. This project would provide us with a framework for developing and adapting evaluation/assessment tools that could be used community wide.
The Organization
Organization Name
Westcoast Family Resources Society / TCENC
What community do you represent or work with?
Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Belcarra and Anmore.
What is your organization/group's goal or mandate?
* Westcoast Family Resources Society (WFRS) is a registered, non-profit society. WFRS has be providing family support programming in Tri Cities since 1987. WFRS is the 'Lead' agency in TCENC.
* Seven community resource are co-located at Tri Cities East Neighbourhood Centre, while we have protocol agreements with another eight community resources. Our goal is to develop an effective collaborative service delivery system that will provide families with an array of interdependent services that will meet their needs.
Are you a registered not-for-profit?
Yes
Contact Information
Contact Person
Tanya Valois
  
Position
Program Director
Mailing Address
2062 Manning Avenue
Port Coquitlam, B.C.
V3B 1L6
Telephone
604 944 2500
Fax
604 944 2507
Email
tanya.valois@westcoastfamily.org
  
Alternate Telephone
604 808 9519
Alternate Fax
 
Alternate Email
 
Project Plan of Action
Duration of Project
Smaller (One semester)
If you know the duration more specifically, please indicate here
 
What are the specific deliverables that you expect of the student?
* to become familiar with the existing model of collaboration at TCENC.
* to survey the community with regards to the effectiveness of TCENC and unmet needs.
* to produce a report of the research findings
Estimated time commitment per week
4 - 5 hours per week
Liaison
Liaison Name
Tanya Valois
  
Liaison Position
Program Director
Liason Contact Info (If different from above)
 
How much time per week will the
liaison be available to the project?
2 hours per week
How will the liaison provide direction and support to the project?
* orientation to TCENC and co-locating resources,
* regularly scheduled meetings,
* availability by phone and e-mail,
* ensure that other program managers are available for consultations.
Student Researcher
Student area of study/experience
* Understanding of community services / non-profit sector would be very beneficial.
* Some understanding of the "collaborative process" would be helpful.
Student skills/attributes
* enjoy working with people,
* good listening and observation skills,
* perceptive researcher
Student related interests
* interested in making a difference in the community.

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