ABOUT
REACH
REACH thrives on collaborating with community partners to develop community safety strategies that make Edmonton a safer and more vibrant place to live work and play.
HOW WE WORK
REACH conducts its work through community involvement, stakeholder engagement, and
inter-agency collaboration. We aim to:
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Heighten the efficiency of current social programs and funding streams to better integrate programs.
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Find and fill any service gaps in the current system.
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Engage citizens in developing solutions.
CORE VALUES
POTENTIAL
We can make this community a place where all people feel safe.
PREVENTION
Sustained investment in prevention yields the greatest efficiencies and social returns.
INCLUSION
All members of society have the right to equal access to the services, free of systemic barriers
RELATIONSHIPS
Building positive relationships is the cornerstone of our work.
ACCOUNTABILITY
We manage with openness and commit to ongoing evaluation which is central to our success.
GENEROSITY
When we have solutions that work, we share the information, we mobilize the knowledge and we build capacity in other organizations.
The REACH Recommendations
The recommendations from the 2009 REACH Report drive and direct the work of REACH Edmonton. To see the outcomes of each recommendation, please view our Initiatives page.
RECOMMENDATION 1
A new model of family and community safety focusing on schools as neighbourhood access points to social support services.
RECOMMENDATION 3
Community coordination on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Support a comprehensive community wide strategy to help families and youth struggling with FASD.
RECOMMENDATION 5
Models for engagement within Edmonton’s Indigenous and multicultural communities.
RECOMMENDATION 7
A community safety coordinating council to integrate sustainable community safety efforts.
RECOMMENDATION 2
A “Turn Away from Gangs” initiative. Support the evaluation of specific initiatives that address the risk factors for gang involvement.
RECOMMENDATION 4
A 24/7 service delivery model for high-needs populations. Lead development of comprehensive, coordinated access to 24-hour services for those at highest risk – youth, sexually exploited individuals and street gang members.
RECOMMENDATION 6
Community neighbourhood organizing initiatives. Implement a new Neighbourhood Organizing Model in several diverse areas of Edmonton to activate community in support of a preventive approach to community safety.
RECOMMENDATION 8
A sustainability strategy for crime prevention. Work with local funding agencies and leaders, including the business community, to support long-term sustainable investment necessary for a preventive approach to community safety.
RECOMMENDATION 9
An innovative evaluation framework to measure success.
MOBILIZING CHANGE FRAMEWORK
