With the first bit of snow in the immediate forecast, the city and Lethbridge stakeholders are making plans to provide warmth to vulnerable residents over the winter.
With the first bit of snow in the immediate forecast, the city and local stakeholders are making plans to provide warmth to vulnerable residents. Sarah Jones has more.Last winter, a bout of extreme cold saw hundreds of vulnerable people use a temporary 24-hour warming centre run by Streets Alive Mission after the city approached the group with the short-term solution.
“The reason buses were used was because we could put them on the street, and they didn’t require permitting, but for us, it was a way to keep people warm and safe,” said Kissick.Andrew Malcom, the city’s urban revitalization manager, said that there are steps in the process. At Thursday’s cultural and social standing policy committee meeting, Malcom brought forward a request to approve up to $230,000 of Federal Reaching Home funding to be utilized for a 24-hour drop-in centre over the winter months, until March 31, 2024.
“So, it is a little bit different as when you typically do see a funding request like the FCSS one we have already identified who’s going to receive and where. And so we are asking for this funding allocation without all the details, knowing that we are actively in those conversations and putting those together.”Ultimately, the SPC unanimously approved the recommendation to go before council on Oct. 31 for potential endorsement, at which time more details should be provided.
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