Homelessness and OSSI funding approved for community agencies
Programs in Red Deer which receive funding from the federal Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) and provincial Outreach and Support Services Initiative (OSSI) agreements have been extended.
Current funding was set to end for those agreements on March 31 and June 30, 2019, respectively.
However, because the new federal Reaching Home homelessness strategy is coming into effect on April 1 of next year, the Community Housing Advisory Board recommended that city council extend current allotments until the end of September to make the transition more efficient from The City’s current plan to end homelessness by 2018 to the new strategy.
HPS programs currently being funded in Red Deer are offered at Safe Harbour, the Bredin Centre for Learning, Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society, and by the Red Deer Native Friendship Society.