‘Generally we’re losing somebody a week’: N.B. advocates concerned over homeless deaths
“We’re full, with all 30 beds full, every night now. As soon as we see somebody leave the shelter, somebody else will come in,” Tony Dickens, the shelter director for Outflow Saint John, told Global News.Saint John council calls on province to help homeless citizens
“So even if we had all the people power we need, which we don’t, even if we had all the financial resources that we need, which we don’t, there’s still the fundamental gap of where these people would move into.” The trio of Fresh Start Services, Outflow Saint John and Avenue B collectively called on all three levels of government to help the city’s unhoused, with Fresh Start Services executive director Melanie Vautour noting it’s a system that needs to be built on education.“So the services that are there are doing a lot of work, and we need more acceptance and understanding of substance use. We need to make sure that there are supportive housing models for individuals to get off the street.
“When you have mental health and substance use disorder included, it’s not enough to just get an apartment. You need to have that specialized staff that are coming in to support, and that’s really where we are lacking.”
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