Over $9M is being spread between four agencies in the city to help combat homelessness.
THUNDER BAY — While many political leaders are in town for a regional conference, Paul Calandra, the minister of municipal affairs and housing, made a significant announcement under the Homelessness Prevention Program.
Shelter House has an ongoing partnership with NorWest Community Health Centres, which will also be utilizing the retrofitted space. "We're building some managed alcohol spaces and reduced harm spaces. It will allow a couple of things - allow them their private spaces, as opposed to a dorm, they're in a private room.
"They're housed as well, so they can have this step, and then when they're ready, hopefully they can move on to another step in their journey, or they can stay for a while until they figure things out.""What is very unique about this is how we're trying that type of funding and understand that every community is different and every community has different solutions that they want to be able to bring forward.
"They're on top of the issues and it's just the education component of it provided me with a better understanding of what the situation was and what the needs were.
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