Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity to be here and to present in person. It's been an interesting experience so far. My name is Kevin McNichol. I'm the executive director of HomeFront. HomeFront is Calgary’s coordinated community justice response to domestic

Public Safety committee  I would agree.

Public Safety committee  We started with National Crime Prevention Centre funding. Our first four years were primarily supported by that federal government grant. We continue to produce those results, 14 years later. So that, I would suggest, is a very good return on investment.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  I think anything that would expand our ability to mobilize resources from our community, we have to look at. That community includes government, but it also includes the private sector. It includes the foundations that Ms. Shaw was talking about. We don't have enough resources

Public Safety committee  About 80% of our funding comes from the Government of Alberta. We are supplementing that with additional dollars from foundations, United Way, and private philanthropy.

Public Safety committee  No. We do not have federal funding at this point.

Public Safety committee  I think you outlined the potential opportunities that might be available. Some negative consequences that may come from that...and I'm not sure they're negative. I think they may lead to improved capacity and professionalism amongst the non-profits. I talked about this earlier

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure there isn't anything that can't be funded by this type of model. I know that differs from what the previous presenter talked about. The reason is that I don't think we're being creative enough in measuring the impact on the issues. If we get creative—and I think th

Public Safety committee  As I said earlier, I don't think it is “the” answer. I think it is part of a menu of options. What for me is exciting is that it is a very new menu that may open up a broader range of resources that we can make use of. Our agency would be a demonstration of success. Government ha

Public Safety committee  We've also worked with Finance for Good, which Jackie talked about in her presentation. It is a model that has been talked about, and I think it's probably, of the various types, the most widely known. I know of some other vehicles that work on similar concepts of trying to engag

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. I think you just need to look at the rate of philanthropy. I can speak only to Calgary, but we have an amazing philanthropy community. We also have a very strong business community, and a lot of times when we speak to them about philanthropy, they're asking us busines

Public Safety committee  Absolutely; first, they bring independent knowledge. If they are establishing criteria to support the valuation, measuring the social impact,and setting the standards as an independent body, they become neutral in what they are presenting, and then they can fairly present that to

Public Safety committee  My plea is to let me do the work.

Public Safety committee  The calls we were talking about are repeat calls for service. The homes we go into are non-charge in the first place. There are about 16,000 calls a year that are domestic incidents, and typically 3,000 of those, give or take, will result in a criminal charge. That still leaves 1