The government of Alberta committed almost $200 million to fight homelessness and addiction, a move hailed by Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek.
Premier Jason Kenney announced the province’s commitment of $63 million to help reduce homelessness and
$124 million that’ll go towards fighting the addiction crisis in Calgary and Edmonton, both spread over the next two years. The announcement is multi-faceted, containing multiple new facilities and refreshed approaches that are recovery- and housing-oriented to help connect people experiencing homelessness and addiction with resources.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The homelessness funding comes through the province’s new Homelessness Action Plan, based on a report by the Coordinated Community Response to Homelessness Task Force the province established last year. The plan will see provincially funded shelters operate 24/7 and introduce a pilot of a “service hub” model for shelters in Calgary and Edmonton. The province says such a model will “connect clients directly with supports and services such as recovery, housing and emergency financial support.
“On the homelessness side, expanding shelter service 24/7 is huge. That’s very significant for both cities,” said Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek. “ going make sure that we are not warehousing people, which is so inhumane. We are allowing people to have a dignified approach to getting them out of situations they find themselves in by having all of those supports co-located in the shelter.”
The addictions funding includes $65 million earmarked for constructing two “recovery communities,” which will offer long-term treatment in Calgary and Edmonton, and $8 million to fund harm reduction and recovery outreach teams. Another $28 million was set aside for new hybrid health and police hubs in the province’s two largest cities, though details on how those facilities would operate remain in the works.
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