A supervised consumption web site is proven in Sudbury, Ont., Aug. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gino Donato
The County of Simcoe confirmed on Wednesday it has utilized to the Ontario authorities to host one of many “homelessness and dependancy restoration therapy (HART) hubs.”
In August, Well being Minister Sylvia Jones outlined a elementary shift within the province’s strategy to the overdose disaster, largely pushed by opioids comparable to fentanyl.
Ontario will shutter the ten websites by March 2025 as a result of they’re too shut to colleges and daycares, and the federal government will prohibit any new ones from opening because it strikes to an abstinence-based therapy mannequin.
The province mentioned it is going to launch 19 new “homelessness and dependancy restoration therapy (HART) hubs” plus 375 extremely supportive housing items for $378 million.
“The County of Simcoe, together with recognized key companions acknowledges a substantial want for built-in community-based companies to deal with a homelessness well being disaster via the institution of a homelessness and dependancy restoration therapy hub,” the county mentioned in a information launch on Wednesday.
Major companions included as a part of the appliance are Barrie and Space Ontario Well being Workforce, Barrie Native Friendship Centre, Canadian Psychological Well being Affiliation – Simcoe County Department, (CMHA SCB), Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin IIPCT/ Barrie Space Native Advisory Circle (BANAC), Royal Victoria Regional Well being Centre (RVH), Waypoint Centre for Psychological Well being Care, and Barrie Cares.
Earlier this month, Barrie metropolis councillors authorized a direct movement to assist the County of Simcoe’s utility to the province for a HART hub to answer the group’s advanced service wants, together with homelessness, substance use and psychological well being.
Within the information launch, the county mentioned it believes the HART hub will improve its efforts to maneuver residents who’ve been dwelling “tough” or staying in shelters to extra secure housing outcomes.
Dr. Jennifer Fillingham, interim CEO of the Canadian Psychological Well being Affiliation – Simcoe County Department, was quoted within the launch as saying the proposed HART hub will supply an important, built-in response that meets people the place they’re, offering the companies they should heal and thrive.
“We all know that psychological well being and dependancy challenges can’t be separated from the broader problems with homelessness and social instability.”
Lynn Monague-Sauve, President of the Barrie Space Native Advisory Circle (BANAC) mentioned they assist the hub utility.
“BANAC is proud to assist this initiative as an Indigenous collaborator and to work with companions to assist Indigenous communities.”
Communities whose purposes have been authorized for the HART hubs will likely be introduced by the province in December.
with recordsdata from The Canadian Press
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