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Benefit Message
The Benefits Catalogue has proven that our work and services:
are essential to personal health and well-being
provide the key to balanced human development
provide a foundation for quality of life
reduce self-destructive and anti-social behaviour
build strong families and healthy communities
reduce health care, social service and police/justice costs
are a significant economic generator
and that green spaces are essential to environmental and
ecological wellbeing, even survival.
100,000
Recreation/Culture
80,000
Health
Social Services
60,000
Protection
Environment
40,000
Education
20,000
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1988 2004
RETHINK (West) Inc.
Kitchen and Slack, Trends in Public Finance in Canada
Key Question – Key Strategy
Question
Is your organization committed to improving health,
human development, social/community, economic
and environmental outcomes for the community
it serves.
NO 1 2 3 4 5 YES
Strategy
Review your policies and plans to position your ability and capacity
to deliver the benefits/outcomes that are important to your community.
Leverage your resources through strategic alliances with health,
social service, education, justice, economic development and
environmental organizations.