History of FFE

Throughout the Families First Edmonton (FFE) research study, documents and background information has been collected with the view of recording various aspects of this unique research. These resources will provide you a full picture of the evolution of this long term research project.

Resources

  • Listen to the Children | December 2000

  • Report by the Alberta Quality of Life Commission that led to the creation of Families First Edmonton

  • When the Bough Breaks | 2001

  • Study by Dr. Gina Browne into providing comprehensive services to low income families

  • The Recreation Coordination Toolkit | 2004

  • Describes the active outreach approach to work with low income families to access recreation opportunities and address barriers to participation, the engagement process and partnership development with community recreation organizations.

  • Muskwachees Declaration Tools | 2004

  • This story told by Mosom Muska, a powerful healer shares how life used to be and gives ideas on how to become active today.

  • Recreation Final Report | 2004

  • Prior to the full-scale implementation of the Families First Edmonton (FFE) research project, funding was allocated to determine the most effective way to deliver the Recreation Coordination Program. The Families First Edmonton Recreation Pilot Final Report contains details about the recreation services and PDFfindings.

  • Recreation Pilot Evaluation | 2004

  • This report is based on the in-depth participation and feedback provided by a variety of key stakeholders including participating families, Recreation Coordinators, Project Management Team members, Intake Workers, Financial Benefit Workers, and Recreation Subcommittee members. In addition, Recreation Coordinators and Project Management Team members provided helpful feedback throughout the recreation pilot and during the preparation of the final report.

  • Partnership Self Assessment Tool: Report of Findings | 2005

  • Assesses the success of a partnership's collaborative process by measuring its level of synergy. Synergy reflects the extent to which the partnership can do more than any of its individual participants, and therefore is a key indicator of a successful collaborative process. FFE scored 3.9 out of 5 at this stage.

  • Development Phase Part 1 | December 2000 to December 2003

  • Documents the history of the Families First Edmonton project during the first half of the development phase

  • Development Phase Part 2 | January 2004 to November 2005

  • Documents the history of the Families First Edmonton project during the latter half of the development phase

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