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Goal:
To
direct migrating families, within the Inner City District of Winnipeg School Division No.
1, to available, affordable and safe housing within the same innercity school boundaries
to address the issue of children changing schools frequently and eliminating the negative
effects on the children's education and well-being. When compared with students who are
not transient, these effects may include lower academic achievement, higher incidences of
behaviour, nutrition, health, hygiene problems, a greater likelihood of dropping out of
school, depression, delinquency, suicide, premature parenthood, and neglectful parenting.
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Objectives:
1. |
To
establish a Housing Registry Information Clearinghouse to coordinate current private and
public sector housing information (rental units) on a GIS based platform. |
2. |
To
include information about school catchment areas in this data base so that families know
if a change in housing can be made without moving schools. |
3. |
To
provide access to this information to agencies, which work with families, such as the
schools, Child Guidance Clinic, Employment and Income Assistance, Child and Family
Services, Aboriginal social service agencies, the Winnipeg Police Service, etc. |
4. |
To
promote the availability of this service and the benefits of keeping children within one
school to all stakeholders and families in the Inner City District of Winnipeg School
Division No. 1. |
5. |
To monitor the
effects of this service in terms of:
-
numbers of clients using the service
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mobility rate of students as measured by
School Division No.1 statistics
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moving costs borne by social service agencies
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occupancy
rates, numbers of moves and
costs of moving families borne by housing
agencies |
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GIS User Interface Design
Following is an outline of the GIS application interface (under development):
Base:
map
of school catchment area with boundaries highlighted in colour
multiple
catchment areas of other schools surrounding the target school\
street
names
map
that shows location of school, community centres and parks, hospitals, police station,
firehall, junior and senior high schools
client's
address would call up the address of the school that serves the client's address
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Dynamic
Information (updated online as required):
rental
specific information - such as address of vacancy, type of housing, rent, utilities (cost
of or if included), number of bedrooms, contact phone number, date of posting, if pets
allowed, lease requirements, damage deposits
vacant
addresses within the school catchment area
rooming
houses or accommodation suitable for students on independent living
availability
of daycare spots
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Static
Information (updated by storage device [CD] every 3 or 6 months):
- daycare
centre and /or school-age daycare available in the school
- licensed
daycares (provincial or private) which serve the area including before and after school
childcare
- bus
routes and how they connect to other bus routes
- community
health centres, walk-in clinics, dental clinics, translation services, churches, food
banks
- Red
River College, University of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba
- shopping,
grocery stores, laundromats, drug stores
- Employment
and Income Assistance Centres, CFS locations, playground/after hours sites, safety
(community safety patrols, block parents, Neighbourhood Watch captains WIN, etc.)
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