The province is making a navigation and support centre to provide safe shelter for the homeless in Edmonton permanent and has announced plans for a similar facility in Calgary.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.A navigation and support centre to provide safe shelter for Edmonton's homeless population will remain a permanent operation and the Alberta government said it has announced plans for a similar facility to be created in Calgary. Morgan Black reports.
The facility has also provided Indigenous cultural supports and liaisons, and connected people to shelter, housing and financial services, as well as helped them obtain valid Alberta identification. “We won’t allow misery and despair to have our home in our city,” Smith said. “Enabling encampments is not compassion; it is cruelty.”Alberta Social Services Minister Jason Nixon said over the past two months, the navigation centre model has exceeded expectations. He said more than 700 people have accessed its services, resulting in more than 2,200 referrals to services such as housing, health supports, addiction recovery and Indigenous support.
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