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s . WATERUX) Cir-omen; - Wednesday. October 29.2014 1 'emporary Out of the Cold solution costs region $ 1 M By Marissa Mum and more of the overnight and hot For additional outreach workers ty is that the outreach program, as homelessness is a pretty tall order. Fonthe Chronicle meal sites decided to close their and the expansion ofbeds, about it has been designed, tends to it’s not something that can be doors for various reasons. includ- $650,000will beallocated to House focus more on the daytime hours done quickly. but this is our . em porary plans following ing the complex mental health and of Friehdshlp. the Cambridge Shel- and usual business hours, so we’ve attempt to reduce it as much as we Out of the Cold closures will addictions issues some guests face ter and Reaching Our Outdoor added some staff to that program." possibly can given that we’ll have cost the region about a mil- and also the availability of emer- Friends (ROOF). according to he said. more staffand greater exposure to lion dollars this year. gency shelter beds within the for- Bartholomew-Saunders. “We've provided money to the the users of the services and to see According to Douglas mal system. House of Friendship will be Working Centre to add additional if we can actually attach them to Bartholomew~Saunders. the The money for the solutions adding additional workers to help staff for outreach, roughly longer-term stable solutions,” he region‘s commissioner of social comes after an announcement Out of the Cold guests and other 5150.000, to ensure we are doing said. services, the 50-bed transitional from the provincial government homeless people in the region the kinds of outreach the commu- A full report on the response to shelter at the YWCA will cost about that they will increase the region's move to the shelter system and nityisasking us to do.” Out of the Cold closures will be 5250.000. The rest of the expense is community homelessness preven- find long-term stable housing. The The money from the province presented at the region’s commu- for additional staff at local shelters tion initiative allocation by about Cambridge Shelter will be increase will also be used to address other nity services committee meeting ' and outreach workers. as well as $1.5 million folthisyearonwards ing the number of beds they pro- pressures, including housing with on Nov. 4. beds and extended services To develop a short-term Solu- vide by 25 and ROOF will he supports (formerly the domiciliary The region will spend $10.4 mil- “! believe we have the best posâ€" tion. the region met with Out of increasing their shelter for youth hostel program). homelessness lion this year on the Community sible solution based on the time the Cold volunteers as well as by three additional beds. St. John's prevention and program adminis- Homelessness Prevention Initia- constraints that we faced and social service agencies and staff Kitchen will increase its hours and nation. tive. The province's total oontribu- . given the suddenness and the who deliver programs to the the Working Centre will add staff. Bartholomew»Saunders said tion for the initiative is $9.3 mil- increasing numbers of Out of the region‘s homeless population. “It whom will be participating in out- the short-term solution also lion. Farlier this year. the province ‘ Cold closures." he said, has been almost a perfect coming reach outside of normal business encompasses the region's ultimate committed an additional $42 mil- The region was called to together of community collabora- hours goal of ending homelessness in lion in funding for the province. . respond to Out of the Cold clo~ tion. resource and need.” "One of the messages we heard Waterloo Region bringing their total investment to sures throughout the year as more Bartholomew-Saunders said. loud and clear from the communi- ”We all know that ending $294 million. a a o . O , - Reglon offers 1nput on how to 1m prove Ontario 8 Places to Grow plan i Bvlmm [mum province could improve the Rob Home. commissioner of municipalities taken to the OMB. in his annual report released . 7 (‘hromrle bra/7 7V , 7 strategy. planning. housing and community “What we'd like to see is the earlier this month. environmental i Many of those suggestions are services, said the province must province actively attending those commissioner Gard Miller raised l n light of a new report from the aimed at the Ontario Municipal make aspects ofthe plan related to OMB hearings to support munici- doubts about the growth plans Iprovrncral environmental com- Board. an independent. quasi» growth targets more concrete. palities and the plan they've ability to fulfill what it was created missions-r questioning the long- judicial. administrative tribunal make portions of the growth plan approved.“ said Home. noting the to do â€" reverse patterns of sprawl term Viability of Ontario's growth responsible for handling appeals unappealahle to the OMB and province has to approve municipal and unsustainable growth wlthin plan. the Region of Waterloo has a of land-use planning disputes and attend appeal hearings to defend ohicial plans before municipalities the Greater (widen. 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