City receives funds to tackle homelessness
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PRINCE GEORGE – In an effort to address community health and wellness in terms of homelessness, mental health, and addiction, the City will receive just shy of $2 million under the Strengthening Communities program. But these are issues the City is very familiar with and has been addressing for the past two years.
“It was the recommendation of the Select Committee that we establish a Community Safety Hub to enhance that community coordination and integration,” says Chris Bone, Manager of Social Development. “In addition to that, a lot of the activities and initiatives that we receive funding for from the grant source were discussed in the context of the Select Committee.”
The Community Safety hub will get some attention, but funding will be allocated to other programs such as:
