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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Community Development
Framework
Learning Forum
September 14 & 15, 2009
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Outline
Background and Overview of Community
Development Framework (CDF)
Community Engagement Process
Questions / Discussion

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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

8. Community Engagement Process
Credit to: No Community Left Behind (2005)

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Questions?
Web site: www.ottawa.ca/cdf
E-mail: cdf_cdc@ottawa.ca
Phone: 613-580-2424 x12289