Two outreach workers start this weekend

PRINCE GEORGE – This Sunday, two new City employees will begin their first shifts, in newly created positions, to help the City’s most vulnerable population.

The City’s outreach coordinators are responsible for connecting the unsheltered homeless with health and social services, including safe and supported housing. The staff will work closely with bylaw services officers but as Sarah Brown with the City assures, they are not Bylaws officers.

“It is a similar model to the Car 60 in that we are looking to achieve a balance between enforcement and protective services that the Bylaws officers provide. These community outreach workers will be really focussed on connecting individuals with health and social services.”