The provincial government announced Saturday that it will be extending its funding for homelessness and addictions supports in Edmonton and Calgary as these social epidemics continue to deeply impact the communities.
Additional winter shelter spaces in Edmonton, Wetaskiwin, Lethbridge and other rural areas where there is “urgent and unmet need” will also be made available.
“It’s the only way, ultimately, to treat the illness — the illness of addiction,” said Kenney, stating that July had the lowest rate of recorded opioid-related deaths since before the pandemic. The new funding will provide new recovery communities, hybrid health and police hubs to offer a full range of social supports, therapeutic living units in provincial prisons to provide more well-rounded support to inmates, as well as medical detox and harm reductions and recovery outreach teams, the province said in a press release sent Saturday.
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