Over 20% of homeless youth in Canada identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer or Two-Spirit (LGBTQ2S). Egale is organizing an OUT at Night “spend a night outdoors” fundraiser on May 30th to help get kids shelter.
How many youth will be living on the streets in Canada this winter?
November 10th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on How many youth will be living on the streets in Canada this winter?)Family conflict often underlies youth homelessness, and many homeless youth are fleeing abuse or leaving the care of child welfare services
Many different terms are used to describe young people who are homeless, including including street youth, street kids, runaways, homeless youth, etc. According to The Homeless Hub, youth homelessness refers to young people between the ages of 13 and 24 who are living independently of parents and/or caregivers, and importantly, lack many of the social supports deemed necessary for the transition from childhood to adulthood.
National study supports scattered social housing
June 27th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on National study supports scattered social housing)Participants with mental illness, addictions thrive after being given apartments: five-year national study
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VANCOUVER—A five-year study that housed people with mental illness and drug addictions in apartments scattered throughout Vancouver found most participants stabilized their lives and coexisted peacefully with their neighbours. The findings mean residents should not be afraid of social housing mixed into neighbourhoods throughout the city, concluded the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s final report into the Vancouver At Home/Chez Soi research project. Read the rest of this story at the Vancouver Sun…
New supportive housing is on the way in Nanaimo
June 25th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on New supportive housing is on the way in Nanaimo)Project involves a partnership between three nonprofits and will offer 41 individual units, 24/7 support presence
Construction will begin this summer on a supportive housing project in Nanaimo to be jointly operated by Columbian Centre, Haven Society, and Nanaimo Affordable Housing. Nanaimo Affordable Housing will build, own and maintain the building, Columbian Centre will provide 24-hour housing support workers and Haven will provide an additional layer of services on the floor of the building dedicated to women fleeing violent situations (more at Nanaimo News Bulletin).
Gabor Mate on the hungry ghosts of addiction
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction takes a panoramic yet highly intimate look at the widespread and perplexing human ailment of addiction
Testing housing first for chronic alcoholics
January 22nd, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Testing housing first for chronic alcoholics)A new study shows that non-abstinence based housing does not enable alcohol use, but actually decreases it.
A controversial project using a housing-first approach with chronically alcoholic homeless people in Seattle has been shown to decrease overall alcohol consumption levels.
The program, which is funded by the City of Seattle, allows homeless shelter residents to continue to use alcohol, with an overall goal to reduce both alcohol use and alcohol-related problems.
Now a study has found that the approach results in “across-the-board decreases in alcohol consumption and problems”, according to lead researcher Susan Collins. We speak with Susan Collins, a research assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at University of Washington in a rebroadcast from February 17, 2012.
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