North Hamilton Community Health Centre reaches out

HRPR is a cross- sectoral community problem-solving table with a strategic focus on poverty and the aspiration of “making Hamilton the best place to raise a child.” Recognizing need Bordered by railway tracks and major arterial roads, North Hamilton’s Keith neighbourhood includes a mix of residential properties and heavy industrial enterprises. [...] The unemployment rate in Keith is nearly 11 percent; in the rest of the city, the rate stands at six percent. [...] In the 20 years since its opening, the Centre’s staff has grown from 15 to 53 members and its services now include primary and secondary health care (e.g., occupational and physical therapy), health promotion and community outreach, immigrant and refugee outreach, chronic disease management and social work. [...] People and partnerships The 2004 closure of the Robert Land School in the Keith neighbourhood became a catalyst for local action. [...] The Robert Land Community Association secured financial support from Mohawk College, YMCA, Hamilton Community Foundation, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Rotary Club of Hamilton, Inner-City Outreach Ministry, and corporate and individual donors to transform the school into the Eva Rothwell Resource Centre at Robert Land.