Backgrounder — List of Communities receiving funding through the first round of HRIF

The 16 communities receiving funding through HRIF are located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Ontario and Alberta. The communities are receiving amounts between $100,000 to $1.4 million to implement a range of initiatives that will prevent people from falling into homelessness and accelerate people moving out of homelessness.

The communities receiving the funding through the first of five rounds of HRIF funding include:

• End Homelessness St. John’s — St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador — Aiming to reduce chronic homelessness by 10%, with a focus on people with disabilities, by increasing total move-ins by 30 people by the project end date, $272,278.
• United Counties of Leeds and Grenville — Leeds and Grenville, Ontario — Aiming to reduce chronic homelessness by 18%, through the creation of additional supportive housing units, by increasing total chronic move-ins by 12 by the project end date, $830,720.
• County of Dufferin — Dufferin County, Ontario — Aiming to reduce chronic homelessness by 21%, through housing subsidies and clinical case management staff, by reducing total aged-ins by 9 (50%) by the project end date, $437,582.
• The John Howard Society of PEI — Charlottetown and Summerside, PEI —Aiming to reduce youth homelessness by 48%, through dedicated programming and financial support, by increasing total move-ins by 11 by the project end date, $328,890
• Miywasin Friendship Centre — Medicine Hat, Alberta — Roots & Roofs: Aiming to reduce all homelessness with a new post-remand housing stabilization program, $368,988.
• The Corporation of the County of Wellington — Wellington-Guelph, Ontario — Aiming to decrease chronic homelessness for single adults by 18%, through early intervention and intensive support, by decreasing total aged-ins by 18 by the project end date, $223,449.
• The Corporation of the County of Hastings — Hastings County, Ontario — Aiming to decrease projected chronic homelessness by 7.2%; through introducing rental subsidies, case management, and wraparound supports; by increasing total chronic move-ins by 15 by the project end date, $300,420.
• The Corporation of the City of St. Thomas — St. Thomas-Elgin, Ontario — Aiming to reduce chronic homelessness by 11%, through introducing a dedicated prevention team, by reducing total chronic returned from housed by 31 by the project end date, $448,000.
• The Corporation of the City of Stratford — Stratford-St. Mary’s-Perth, Ontario —Aiming to reduce chronic homelessness by 34%, through housing subsidies to move homeless households into permanent housing, by increasing total chronic move-ins by 20, $120,000.
• Cochrane District Services Board — Cochrane District, Ontario — Aiming to decrease all homelessness by 1.4%, through short-term rental assistance and case management, by increasing monthly move-ins by 30% by the project end date, $549,180.
• The Regional Municipality of Niagara — Niagara Region, Ontario — Aiming to reduce chronic homelessness by 4%, through specialized housing-focused workers and a flex fund, by decreasing total aged-ins by 27 by the project end date, $294,000.
• The Corporation of the City of Windsor — Windsor-Essex, Ontario — Aiming to reach Functional Zero Veteran Homelessness by the project end date, through a new homeless veteran response team, $109,315.
• Halton Region — Ontario — Aiming to reduce new intakes to homelessness by 25%, through identifying early warning signs and supporting households before they are evicted into homelessness through a combination of diversion-based case management and housing subsidies by the project end date, $404,000. 
• Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo — Fort McMurray, Alberta — Aiming to reduce chronic homelessness by 35%, through additional housing allowances and dedicated housing coordinators, by increasing total move-ins by 30 by the project end date $497,08.
• Homeward Trust Edmonton — Edmonton, Alberta — Aiming to reduce projected chronic homelessness by 2%, through connecting and supporting private and non-profit rental landlords and a new rapid housing reserve fund, by increasing total chronic move-ins by 115 by the project end date, $1,432,25.
• Corporation of the County of Grey — Grey-Bruce Counties, Ontario — Aiming to reduce chronic homelessness by 13%, through the hiring of two housing first case managers and creating a rental supplement, by reducing total returns from housing by 20 (50%) by the project end date, $362,420.