Maureen Callaghan

Maureen Callaghan is the Homelessness Community Worker for the District Municipality of Muskoka.She has been involved with homelessness and housing issues since 1987 when she began working as a Housing Coordinator at Jessie's Centre for Teenagers.Maureen is also a member of the National Working Group on Women and Housing in Canada.

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Participants must also commit to saving $80 a month, and meeting once a month for five months for a financial literacy workshop, said Maureen Callaghan, a homelessness community worker for the district.
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“Their $400 can become a $1,200 contribution from us so they would have a total of $1,600 towards that housing goal,†said Callaghan.
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“Part of it will be them talking about whatever challenges they have had that month in terms of trying to meet their savings goal,†said Callaghan.

Callaghan thinks financial literacy could be useful for many people.
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“It allowed (participants) to move out of the shelter system faster than anyone ever expected,†said Callaghan.
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The first session should start in the third week in June, said Callaghan.
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Callaghan hopes the program will help people access affordable housing, but also make some life changes.

“Once they are into a new apartment, hopefully they will be able to maintain the tenancy because of the skills and the information they have gathered from this program,†said Callaghan.

Participants do not have to be affiliated with any organization to apply for the program. For more information, call Maureen Callaghan at 705-645-2412 ext. 340.

Photo: LEARNING TO SAVE: Maureen Callaghan, a homelessness community worker (left) and Heather Moore, director of programs for the District of Muskoka’s community services department, are part of the Independent Living Account Project, which aims to help people save for permanent housing. | Program helps people save for permanent housing
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LEARNING TO SAVE: Maureen Callaghan, a homelessness community worker (left) and Heather Moore, director of programs for the District of Muskoka’s community services department, are part of the Independent Living Account Project, which aims to help people save for permanent housing.
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Participants must also commit to saving $80 a month, and meeting once a month for five months for a financial literacy workshop, said Maureen Callaghan, a homelessness community worker for the district.
...
“Their $400 can become a $1,200 contribution from us so they would have a total of $1,600 toward that housing goal,†said Callaghan.
...
“Part of it will be them talking about whatever challenges they have had that month in terms of trying to meet their savings goal,†said Callaghan.

Callaghan thinks financial literacy could be useful for many people.
...
“It allowed (participants) to move out of the shelter system faster than anyone ever expected,†said Callaghan.
...
The first session should start in the third week in June, said Callaghan.
...
Callaghan hopes the program will help people access affordable housing, but also make some life changes.

“Once they are into a new apartment, hopefully they will be able to maintain the tenancy because of the skills and the information they have gathered from this program,†said Callaghan.

Participants do not have to be affiliated with any organization to apply for the program. For more information, call Maureen Callaghan at 705-645-2412 ext. 340.

Maureen Callaghan
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Maureen Callaghan¶ 70 The Board heard evidence from Maureen Callaghan, who is the housing coordinator with Jessie's Centre for Teenagers.Jessie's is a multi-service agency for pregnant and parenting teenagers.Ms. Callaghan submitted a report on the negative effects of minimum income criteria on pregnant and parenting teenagers.She gave evidence concerning the experiences and difficulties of pregnant and parenting teenagers in finding accommodation.Ms. Callaghan stressed the importance of housing in providing stability for a young person who is struggling both with becoming an adult and being a parent.
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¶ 119 Ms. Callaghan testified as to the effect of landlords' use of rent/income ratios on pregnant and parenting teenagers.She indicated that the most common percentage encountered as a landlord's ratio is 30%.She stated that the families that are relying on social assistance, and even those who are working who tend to be in the lower end of paying jobs, are excluded by this ratio.

Maureen Callaghan is the Homelessness Community Worker for the District Municipality of Muskoka.She has been involved with homelessness and housing issues since 1987 when she began working as a Housing Coordinator at Jessie's Centre for Teenagers.Maureen is also a member of the National Working Group on Women and Housing in Canada.

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Maureen Callaghan is the Homelessness Community Worker for the District Municipality of Muskoka.She has been involved with homelessness and housing issues since 1987 when she began working as a Housing Coordinator at Jessie's Centre for Teenagers.Maureen is also a member of the National Working Group on Women and Housing in Canada.

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108 Trends 2005: What's Hot in Leasing & Resident Retention