Backgrounder: Federal government invests to prevent and reduce Veteran homelessness across Canada
Backgrounder
The federal government is investing $22,587,325 through the Veteran Homelessness Program to support ten projects across Canada.
Project information:
| Organization city | Organization | Project title | Project details | Federal funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Veterans Association Food Bank | Nationwide Program | Deliver rental supplements, rental assistance, and other financial and material supports. Reduce the number of Veterans experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. | $6,046,040 |
| Fredericton | Fredericton Homeless Shelters Inc. | Critical Supports for Homeless Veterans | Work closely with Veteran-serving organizations to identify needs early, respond to emerging issues, and ensure each individual receives the personalized help they require. Provide intensive case management, financial assistance, and a comprehensive set of tools to help Veterans overcome the barriers that prevent Veterans from securing and maintaining stable housing. | $100,000 |
| Kitchener | Region of Waterloo | Veteran Homelessness Strategy | Connect Veterans with the local Coordinated Access system to connect them with appropriate housing services. As a Community Entity of Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy, the organization leverages its resources to identify Veterans in the community experiencing or at risk of homelessness. They do this by leveraging the established coordinated system. The Region has also appointed a Veteran System Coordinator and created a network advisory group to guide program activities. | $3,077,080 |
| Niagara | Regional Municipality of Niagara | Veterans Homelessness Program | Provide case management, rental assistance, other material supports, and access to wrap-around supports to Niagara’s Veteran population who are experiencing homelessness, and seek to quickly move them into stable and permanent housing. | $758,727 |
| Regina | The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command | Leave the Streets Behind | Provide essential services, including financial aid, transitional housing, mental health support, and employment assistance to Veterans in need. These services will be delivered in collaboration with community organizations, local shelters, and health care providers to create long-term, sustainable solutions. | $799,662 |
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | Centre CASA (1997) | Support the recovery of Veterans struggling with addiction in order to prevent and reduce homelessness | Help address homelessness among Veterans struggling with addiction by enhancing the current range of addiction treatment services available, with a focus on residential therapy (intake; reintegration plan; access to housing and post-treatment follow-up). It will also better Veterans’ friends and family to support their recover. | $1,097,976 |
| Toronto | Good Shepherd Refuge Social Ministries | Veterans Housing Navigation for Greater Toronto Area, Ontario | Provide transitional housing along with a suite of rent supplements and wrap-around support services for Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness. | $4,083,142 |
| Toronto | Egale Canada | Reducing Homelessness for 2SLGBTQI Veterans | Identify the needs and challenges of 2SLGBTQI Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness, advocate to meet these needs and challenges through an arts-based exhibition of the research, and increase service providers’ capacity to address these needs and challenges through the development and delivery of training. | $1,199,921 |
| Toronto | City of Toronto | City of Toronto Veteran's Rent Supplement Program | Through a sub-contracted organization, assist and house Veterans experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness in the Greater Toronto Area. Provide affordable housing, rental supplements, and a suite of wrap-around support services. | $4,794,777 |
| Whitby | Regional Municipality of Durham | Addressing Veteran Homelessness in Durham Region | Provide case management, wrap-around services and rent supplements to Veterans in Durham, Ontario. Administer a “Housing First” program for Veterans, which includes individualized case management and an ongoing rental supplement for Veterans to bridge the gap between what they can afford to pay and their rental costs. Help Veterans secure and maintain safe and suitable housing. Provide wrap-around supports to help Veterans with other housing-related needs that will lead to long-term housing stabilization, strengthened life skills, improved mental health and self-esteem, and enhanced personal safety. | $630,000 |