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Resourcing Clinics

Resourcing Clinics. Resourcing Tools. For simplicity, resourcing has been described in terms of staff Actual resourcing will be allocated as budgets to be spent according to the priorities of the clinic’s community board Reflects Principle 2 of clinic autonomy

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Resourcing Clinics

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  1. Resourcing Clinics

  2. Resourcing Tools • For simplicity, resourcing has been described in terms of staff • Actual resourcing will be allocated as budgets to be spent according to the priorities of the clinic’s community board • Reflects Principle 2 of clinic autonomy • Reflects Principle 1 of flexibility for clinics • Reflects Principle 7 letting clinics assign the right staff for each job

  3. Resourcing calculations • We need to take into account the Clinic Legal Education Program currently at PCLS • 5 net additional staff are needed for whatever clinic hosts the program (plus 20 students) • Separate from the other 130 working in the GTA • Retains staff/student ratio

  4. Tools for allocation - Demand • Volume of case files based on current demand • Favours well resourced clinics • Unreliable predictor of future demand • Probable demand factors (e.g. immigration, tenancy, OW caseloads, ODSP appeals) • Assumes current poverty law needs immutable • Causal factors vary (municipal OW policies impact) • Mapped correlations with income were high

  5. Tools for allocation - Income • LICO Pros • Common measure • Strong predictor of other demand factors • Readily available Cons • Not an absolute predictor of demand • Over the eligibility criteria

  6. Predictor of demand

  7. Over Income Eligibility Criteria

  8. How LICO reflects Staffing

  9. Application of Ratios Over Time

  10. Distribution of existing staff

  11. Issues • Does Legal Aid fill the gap created by growth and poverty concentration in the 905 by providing new resources? • Do Toronto clinics fill that gap by redeploying existing resources? • What catchments are possible under those two models?

  12. The Model Clinic Structure

  13. Principles for Model Structure • Flexibility (1) right staff for the right job (7) HR (19) • More CD (3) , more PLE (4), more reform (4) • Staff backup (6), Staff teams (11) • Integrated advice system (13) • Administrative capacity for volunteers (18), partnerships (15), and multiple sites (14,16) • Core areas of law (29) more areas of law (27)

  14. Principles • Adhere to municipal boundaries to support relationships between staff and partners/adjudicating bodies (25) • Connect adjoining areas of poverty, use affluent areas as “seams” or boundaries (17) • Catchment areas should reflect access strategies like transportation services (17) • Clinics should be accountable to communities (2) • We need to look at unmet needs and current demand in mapping new clinics (29, 30)

  15. Map of 3 clinics in the GTA

  16. Implications • A very large clinic in Toronto with around 82-104 staff • A model sized clinic in Peel if Mississauga participates 29-36 • A clinic in York below the size of the model clinic 20 - 25

  17. The Model Clinic Structure ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 12 6 14 12 17 6 9

  18. Very large clinics • Good for administrative capacity (15, 17, 18) • Good as a forceful advocate (23) • Good for new areas of law (27) • Can be good for law reform (4)

  19. Very large clinics • Can be challenging for HR (19) • Can be challenging for staff support (6) • Can be challenging for seamless service (10) • Can be challenging for integrated advice (13) • Can be challenging for partnerships (15) • Can be challenging for location (17) • Can be challenging for HR (19) • Can be challenging for community connection (2)

  20. Map of 2 clinics in the Toronto

  21. Implications • Two large clinics in Toronto with around 40-50 staff – larger than the model • Split along affluent areas in central North York, and using Don River or affluent areas of Riverdale • A model sized clinic in Peel if Mississauga participates 29-36 • A clinic in York below the size of the model clinic 20 - 25

  22. Map of 3 clinics in the Toronto

  23. Implications • Three clinics in Toronto with at least two about the size of the model clinic • Using affluent areas in central North York as a seam • South Clinic based on subway line • East Clinic based on bus routes

  24. Map of 4 clinics in the Toronto

  25. Implications • Four clinics in Toronto with only clearly one at or near the size of the model clinic • An model sized clinic in Peel if Mississauga participates 29-36 • A clinic in York below the size of the model clinic 20 - 25

  26. Size impacts

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