Halifax council approves development that will provide housing for Indigenous people
Halifax regional council unanimously endorsed amendments Thursday night to planning rules that will allow the construction of a housing development for Indigenous people that will include an emergency shelter and permanent housing in Halifax s south end.
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Diamond Bailey House will have 32 emergency beds, 11 bedrooms with shared washrooms and 10 bachelor units
Posted: Feb 10, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 10
The development will be built on College Street in Halifax and must be completed by the end of 2021 to get federal funding. (Mi kmaw Native Friendship Centre)
Halifax regional council unanimously endorsed amendments Thursday night to planning rules that will allow the construction of a housing development for Indigenous people that will include an emergency shelter and permanent housing in Halifax s south end.
Posted: Feb 08, 2021 7:30 AM AT | Last Updated: February 8
There were 100 birth alerts issued in 2018-2019 and 95 in 2019-2020, according to the Department of Community Services.(CBC News)
Nova Scotia is one of the last provinces to still use a controversial practice known as birth alerts that has been widely condemned for targeting Indigenous and other racialized women.
A birth alert is when child welfare services notifies a hospital that they believe an expectant mother is high risk and that a newborn baby may need protection. It can lead to the baby being seized without the mother s consent. I have seen young families torn apart, and it has taken years and years and years to get back their children and sometimes they never do, Pam Glode-Desrochers, executive director of the Mi kmaw Native Friendship Centre, told CBC s
Youth Outreach Programs Expanding
January 20, 2021 - 12:05 PM
Nova Scotia youth who are struggling, marginalized and at-risk need more access to supports in their communities to help them grow, develop, stay safe and have more opportunities for their future.
That is why the Youth Outreach program, which delivers services that support the health, safety and well-being of youth, is expanding. The program will be expanded in four locations, three in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) and another in the Windsor and Kentville areas. The expansion is part of a $1.9 million investment in child welfare prevention and early intervention.
“We want more young people to have access to supports in their communities,” said Kelly Regan, Minister of Community Services. “Expanding Youth Outreach in these four locations will also provide more programs and services to meet the specific needs of African Nova Scotians and Mi’kmaq, as well as youth in care.”
HALIFAX A pair of Halifax emergency shelters will be receiving 40 additional beds from the province, at a time when they say their services are in high demand. In a news release issued Monday, the Nova Scotia government announced it will spend $1.7 million to add 25 beds the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre and 15 beds at the North End Community Health Centre. It’s such a gift honestly, to be able to do this for our community, said Pamela Glode Desrouchers of the Mi kmaw Native Friendship Society. Glode Desrouchers says, during the pandemic, her organization faced double the demand. She calls the 40 beds a start, but doesn’t believe it’s enough in the long term.
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There were just shy of 500 homeless people in Halifax last week, according to the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia. (David Donnelly/CBC)
Two Halifax non-profits are preparing to open 40 new beds by the end of this month for people experiencing homelessness, making up for what was lost earlier this year because of COVID-19 restrictions.
In the city s north end, the Mi kmaw Native Friendship Centre will offer 25 beds designated for Indigenous men and women.
Executive director Pam Glode Desrochers said if ever there s an empty bed and a non-Indigenous person needs it, they won t be turned away but she doesn t expect that to happen any time soon.