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By rdnewsNOW staff

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Grant funding available to groups that help city’s homeless

Feb 12, 2020 | 4:50 PM

Local groups that help accommodate homeless people can apply for $15M in grant funding from the federal and provincial governments over the next four years.

Earlier this month, city council endorsed the 2020-2024 housing and homeless services funding allocations as recommended by the Community Housing Advisory Board (CHAB).

The City of Red Deer is the fund administrator on behalf of the federal and provincial governments and allocated funding based on the recommendations of the CHAB.

Three funding streams will run from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2024:

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CHAB also recommended allocations for Community Capacity and Innovation (CCI) funding, which comes from the Reaching Home – Designated Stream. This provides funding for the Point-in-Time Homeless Count, Coordinated Access Administration and Innovation and Training Funds.

“This funding means we are able to continue supporting the community and housing individuals in need,” said Philippa Gregoire, Vice-Chair of the Community Housing Advisory Board. “Through a Coordinated Access Process, agencies will work together to house individuals experiencing homelessness in support of the shared goals of the Community Housing and Homelessness Integrated Plan – to implement a responsive, sustainable, safe and effective housing and homelessness response system.”

“We are grateful for the continued funding we receive from the federal and provincial orders of government and the opportunity it provides our community to meet local housing needs,” said Mayor Tara Veer.

The full list of funding recipients will be available The City’s website in the coming weeks.

For more information, visit www.reddeer.ca/socialplanning.