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Edmonton's Approach

Vibrant Communities Edmonton centres its framework for change on the keystone of family economic success.  We focus on three strategies: family economic support, workforce development and community investments, expressed through projects like the Job Bus, Make Tax Time Pay and partnerships with immigrant and newcomer communities related to workforce development.

VCE’s role is to be a catalyst for change by brokering multi-sectoral collaborations, sharing knowledge and learning, building on existing assets, advocating, and helping to create comprehensive thinking and action.

For more information on Vibrant Communities Edmonton, visit their website here.

Update

Financial Literacy

In 2005, Edmonton’s consumer bankruptcy rate accounted for 40 percent of bankruptcies in Alberta.

Vibrant Communities Edmonton (VCE) recognized that an important part of its goal to help families achieve economic success is to help workers better understand the impact of financial decisions.

In January 2006, VCE began recruiting partners to provide financial literacy training. The Making Cents initiative encourages employers to provide financial literacy workshops in the workplace. VCE also marketed the financial literacy program to people who received assistance to apply for tax credits or subsidies through the Make Tax Time Pay campaign.

Over three years, VCE will help more than 300 people gain a better understanding of what influences their spending habits, while teaching new habits to help families and individuals establish savings and take control of their debts.

The ultimate hope is for families in Edmonton to achieve their financial goals, improve their financial situations and achieve Family Economic Success!

View the Making Cents Brochure here!

 

Edmonton

Contact Info:


Janice Melnychuk
Executive Director
Vibrant Communities Edmonton

Vibrant Communities Edmonton
2nd floor,
10835 120 Street
Edmonton, AB
T5H 3P9

Tel: 780.495.0317
Email: janice melnychuk@vibrant
edmonton.ca

Web: www.vibrant
edmonton.ca/


Key Documents:


·Standing Still in a
Booming Economy: Finding Solutions for Low Income Working Households (November 2007)

·Community Snapshot: Edmonton’s Job Bus Preparations
(September 2007)

· Trail Builder Update: Make Tax Time Pay 2007 (June 2007)

· Vibrant Communities Edmonton: Quarterly newsletter (August 2006)

· Community Investment in Edmonton (pg 43-44, In From the Field, May 2006)

· Financial Literacy Work in Edmonton (pg 45-46, In From the Field, May 2006)

· Vibrant Communities Edmonton’s Make Tax Time Pay Initiative (pg 41-42, In From the Field, May 2006)

· Vibrant Communities Edmonton: Quarterly newsletter (April 2006)

· Vibrant Communities Edmonton: Building Family Economic Success (February 2006)

· Vibrant Communities Edmonton's Make Tax Time Pay Campaign (February 2006)

· Vibrant Communities Edmonton Overview (September 2005)

· Make Tax Time Pay - family Brochure

· Make Tax Time Pay - business Brochure

· Make Tax time Pay - Campaign Plan (July 2005)

· Local Learning Partnerships - Learning Plan (July 2005)

· Vibrant Communities Edmonton Brochure

· Vibrant Communities Phase II Edmonton Steering Committe Action Plan for Creating Local Conditions for Success

· Poverty Matrix - Table (Spring/Summer 2003)

· Focus group themes - Phase I consultations (November 2002)