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By James Peters

Provincial Grant

City of Kamloops receives $1.5 million provincial grant for homeless services

Aug 22, 2022 | 1:55 PM

KAMLOOPS — The City of Kamloops has been awarded more than $1.5 million from a provincial grant program meant to offer services to the homeless population.

In a news release, Social and Community Development Supervisor Ty Helgason says the $1,509,400 comes in the form of a Strengthening Communities Services grant.

Helgason says the funds will go toward “new services and the continuation of other vital outreach and supports for people in our community who are experiencing homelessness.”

This year, that means funding:

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• a continuation of shuttle services to and from shelters
• an increase in the number of Community Service Officers who work with local outreach workers to provide unsheltered homeless individuals consistent information and access to care
• an increase in security services that contribute to improved safety and reduction of community concerns
• a continuation of the Sharps Recovery Peer Program, which offers supportive employment to people with lived experience of homelessness
• community meetings that include social service, Indigenous, government, business, neighbourhood, and City representatives to focus on collaborative approaches to community safety
• the development of educational videos that feature peers with lived or living experience of homelessness to help educate the community and reduce stigma

The funding is about $40,000 more than the City of Kamloops received from the same grant program in 2021.