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City of Hamilton
Human Services Planning
 The Human Services Planning Initiative (HSPI) is an initiative that the City and the community are working on together. The goal of the initiative is to develop strategies that will help the community create a plan for delivering and investing in human services now and in the future.
The Playbook and Technical Documents
Hamilton Ward Profiles
Created in partnership with the City of Hamilton’s Planning and Economic Development Department these profiles depict vital measures of socio-economic well-being in each of Hamilton’s 15 wards.
 Documents open in PDF.
NOTE: Ward Profiles Addendum, November 11, 2010
Corrections on Page 27 of each ward profile for Primary Land Use unit of measure.
Corrections on Page 27 for Wards 6, Ward 7, Ward 8 and Ward 9 for Units/heactare.
Human services are any services that support the economic, social and health needs of the people in a community:
- Transportation
- Early childhood services
- Housing opportunities
- Culture and recreation
- Economic development
- Healthcare and public health
- Community safety
- Learning opportunities
- Social and community services
- Employment and income supports
A Human Services Plan for Hamilton would help:
- Reduce gaps and lessen duplications in services
- Address the changing needs of our community (ie. increasingly aging population)
- Ensure that all citizens’ needs are met and no one ‘falls through the cracks’
- Make better use of limited funds and resources
- Ensure that our service system can be sustained over time
- Advance our understanding complex issues facing the human services system
The HSPI came out of the Growth Related Integrated Development Strategy (GRIDS), which is a planning process the City established to help it determine where the growth of the city will take place over the next 30 or more years. GRIDS recognized that the planning for human services needed to align with the growth and development of the city.
Reports
Contact Information
Email: humanservicesplanning@hamilton.ca
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