Homeless Awareness Calgary

Our Beliefs

While HACC does not claim to be the voice for the issues, we connect communities to people who can speak to the various issues of homelessness.

HACC Mission: Encouraging community action on homelessness.

HACC Vision: A caring, responsive community toward homelessness.

Values:

• Integrity – We will adhere to high moral principals and professional standards in our endeavours to end homelessness.
• Commitment – We are committed to ending homelessness.
• Respect – We will demonstrate high regard and thoughtfulness toward all people.
• Excellence – We will provide the utmost quality of service in the fight to end homelessness.
• Trust – We will be honest, truthful and reliable in order to earn confidence in those we serve.

Guiding Principles:

• Providing educational opportunities to non-profit and Calgary and area on the issue of homelessness.
• Working in collaboration with the community to end homelessness.
• Listening to the voice of the community on the issues of homelessness and support action to end homelessness.

Calgary's Declaration of Commitment:

• We, the people of Calgary, believe a healthy community depends on the health of its people.
• We believe every man, woman and child shares the right to a life of safety and dignity.
• We believe the greatest investment we can make in our city is an investment in all the people of our city.
• We are committed to lending our hearts, hands and talents as we can to contribute toward lasting solutions to homelessness.
• We appeal to our elected officials at every level - municipal, provincial and federal - to dedicate their support and influence toward ending the cycles of poverty, homelessness and despair for the good of everyone living in our city.