STAFF & BOARD MEET OUR STAFF South Shore Open Doors Association is a non-profit society incorporated in the province of Nova Scotia. It is composed of a volunteer Board of Directors, coordinated access system staff, and housing support Staff. JOSIE RUDDERHAM Chief Executive Officer ERIKA LANGILLE Housing Support Services, Lunenburg County AMANDA PHILLIPS-POOLE Trustee AMELIA SAVORY Housing Support Worker, Lunenburg County KRISTA MILLER Intensive Case Manager COURTNEY CARMICHAEL System Planner BOARD OF DIRECTORS The volunteer Board of Directors is composed of diverse stakeholders and members of the community, including and especially those with lived experiences of homelessness/housing vulnerability. It works towards establishing and maintaining a collaborative system of service providers and community partners working towards common objectives. The Board is also supported by volunteer Resource Advisors with particular expertise in housing issues. The members of the Board of Directors (as of June 30, 2023) are: RACHEL WHYNOT SIOBHAN DOYLE NAOMI ISNER BEN MOGL-MACLEAN MICHAEL GRAVES ANGIE BROWN JEREMY PORTER

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SSODA hosts Lunenburg County’s Coordinated Access System, bringing consistency to the process by which people experiencing or at risk of homelessness and energy poverty access housing and related services within our geographic area. Welcome to SSODA.org. We are working on our new website and are so excited to be launching soon. In the meantime, please feel free to connect with us below. WHO WE ARE South Shore Open Doors Association (SSODA), established in 2021, is the living vision of the community’s collaborative approach to addressing the rapidly increasing housing crisis and situations of energy poverty in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. SSODA hosts Lunenburg County’s Coordinated Access System, bringing consistency to the process by which people experiencing or at risk of homelessness and energy poverty access housing and related services within our geographic area. We do this by: Defining our work through a Housing First approach Gathering real-time data about the supply of and demand for housing resources; Implementing a service delivery approach with community agencies acting as referral access points to service, a standardized workflow for triage and assessment; prioritization; and vacancy matching and referral Providing housing support services for individuals and families who may need additional resources and wrap around supports to maintain their housing Providing access to financial management services through our voluntary Trustee program. WHAT DRIVES US We believe everyone has a right to live in a safe, adequate, accessible, and affordable home. We know that ending homelessness is not simply a matter of serving clients better, but about creating environments in which doing better is easier. CONNECT WITH US First Name Last Name Email Phone Reason for Connecting *select* Message/Details SEND Thank you for your message. A member of our team will respond soon. Follow us