Community Rural Advisory Board (CRAB)
Call for Applications 2025
What is the Community Rural Advisory Board (CRAB)?
The Community Rural Advisory Board (CRAB) supports community planning and priority identification for the federally funded Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy program. Reaching Home is designed to support individuals and families in Designated Communities/Rural and Remote Communities across Canada (including PEI) in maintaining safe, stable, and affordable housing while also reducing chronic homelessness. The John Howard Society of PEI is the Community Entity, which will support initiatives within the Designated Communities and Rural and Remote Funding through Reaching Home supports the delivery of eligible programs and activities within Housing Attainment, Prevention and Shelter Diversion and Client Support Services.
CRAB members provide advice to:
- Create a Community Plan on homelessness
- Support in developing a Call for Proposals process to allocate funding into the community
- Identify priority areas for immediate action to prevent and address chronic homelessness
With priority, the CRAB strives to include people who have lived or are living with homelessness and or/who identify as Indigenous, First Nation (with or without status), Metis or Inuit. We will be undertaking a concurrent community-based process to ensure adequate representation from these communities. To support this, we encourage you to self-identify in the application form so that we can include you in the process.
Eligibility and Requirements
Members of the Community Rural Advisory Board (CRAB) will give voice to the interests and needs of those experiencing homelessness, as well as to the homeless-serving communities in PEI. We are inviting applications from PEI residents who fall under the following sectors:
- Individuals with lived experience of homelessness
- Organizations serving survivors of domestic violence and their families;
- Representatives from organizations serving people experiencing homelessness;
- The private sector;
- Landlord associations and/or the housing sector;
- Youth and child serving organizations, including Child Welfare agencies;
- Representatives from organizations serving seniors;
- Representatives from Indigenous communities or organizations;
- Representatives from newcomer-serving organizations;
- Representatives from the police and correctional services;
- Representatives from organizations focused on mental health and addictions;
- Representatives of veteran communities or organizations.
The CRAB will also include representatives from key government agencies serving people experiencing homelessness.
Application Criteria
Applicants must fulfill the following considerations to be eligible to apply:
- They must have the authority to represent their organization (if applicable)
- They must maintain contact with individuals or organizations in their sector to share information and identify priority issues related to the CRAB objectives and activities
- They must attend all CRAB meetings
- They must be able to serve the full term of the appointment (until March 31, 2028)
- They must come prepared by reading the information provided prior to the meeting and actively
Time Commitment
The CRAB normally meets once quarterly for 1-2 hours. Extra hours may be required during some critical months of the fiscal year.
Remuneration
CRAB members either serve as community volunteers or as designated representatives of their organization. Hence, they generally serve without remuneration. Representatives from Indigenous communities/organizations may be entitled to an honorarium.
Applications
The application process will remain open until the 21st of February, 2025.
How to submit your application:
- Complete the online application.
- Email copy to Ambre Myers, Reaching Home Coordinator at ambre@jhspei.ca