‘This added funding has the potential to bolster these helps throughout our communities’
NEWS RELEASE
COUNTY OF SIMCOE
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The County of Simcoe applauds the current provincial announcement for the shelter enlargement/encampment response initiative funding and to prime up the Canada-Ontario Housing Profit, growing the circulate of people from homelessness into housing.
The county believes this funding will assist improve efforts to maneuver residents who’ve been dwelling “rough,” in encampments, or staying in shelters to extra secure housing outcomes.
Homelessness stays an ongoing problem throughout the area and in communities throughout Ontario, however it’s a problem that the County of Simcoe is dedicated to addressing by discovering new and progressive options and by offering ongoing helps and companies. The county’s housing and homelessness companies staff works tirelessly day by day to assist folks experiencing homelessness, who’re unsheltered or who’re staying in momentary shelters, to maneuver to everlasting housing.
Going ahead, the county has pledged to proceed its dedication to assist unsheltered folks dwelling in encampments and in shelters to efficiently transition to protected and secure housing. Our dedication to proceed optimizing use of shelter areas ensures the efficient circulate into everlasting secure housing and creates extra stability throughout the group for people dwelling unhoused.
Since launching its 10-point homelessness prevention technique in 2023, the county has been making important investments and enhancements to social companies packages and helps in cities of Barrie and Orillia and in our member municipalities throughout Simcoe County. These important investments embody the acquisition of 4 modular amenities to permit unhoused people higher entry to fast rehousing programming and, in flip, completely unencumber much-needed shelter beds for these dwelling exterior.
Inside this 10-point plan, the pillars created embody enhancing security and well-being, creating simpler methods to entry companies, enhancing group shelter companies and requirements, and discovering new alternatives. This added funding has the potential to bolster these helps throughout our communities.
Among the most up-to-date highlights of the 10-point plan embody:
Two energetic supportive fast rehousing packages with two extra deliberate to open in 2025, supporting 55 transitional areas throughout the county
Since November 2024, the county has begun completely transitioning 47 seniors (55-plus) out of emergency shelters and into assisted dwelling packages and fast rehousing packages
68 in a single day warming areas and an extra 30 daytime areas created in 2024/2025 to assist unhoused people through the coldest months of the 12 months
Opened a brand new county-owned warming centre at 445 Blake St. in Barrie
Various area activation, launched final winter, quickly creates roughly 110 areas in our emergency shelter areas when the climate drops under -10 levels Celsius
Centralized the motel voucher program by Group Connections’ 211 companies, permitting areas to increase dynamically as wanted
This is only one extra means that the county is #BuildingUp our communities. For updates on how the County of Simcoe is investing in our communities, go to simcoe.ca/BuildingUp.
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