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Non-profit groups that work with Prince Albert’s homeless population are sound alarm bells as government COVID-19 relief funding used for a winter shelter has stopped.
The mayor of Prince Albert says the new Homelessness Action Initiative is a collaborative approach to help reduce the number of homelessness people in the city.
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 2:27 PM CT | Last Updated: February 23
Yellowknife city council allocated almost $2 million in federal funding Monday toward a variety of initiatives aimed at reducing homelessness.(Michael Hugall/CBC)
Yellowknife city councillors have voted to spend $1.8 million in federal money on projects they say will reduce homelessness and address its root causes.
With strict rules for how the COVID-19 homelessness funding can be spent, Yellowknife city councillors chose to target some of the root causes of homelessness.
City council decided to allocate $370,438 to initiatives including a land-based program run by Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) and $100,000 for community hunts.
Council voted unanimously Monday evening to approve the funding allocations recommended by the city s Community Advisory Board on Homelessness. The allocations include both regular funding from the federal government s Reaching Home initiative for 2021-22, as well as a special all