London, Ont. winter homelessness response looks to support 400 people daily - London | Globalnews.ca

and municipal funding that’s already been budgeted by the city, according to Kevin Dickins, London’s deputy city manager for social health and development.“Our lead agency London Cares, they’re going to receive the bulk of the funding and provide additional funding agreements to other organizations that are involved,” Dickins added.

“Because of the absolute urgency to get an approval in place as soon as possible, we activated the city manager’s delegated authority to approve the winter response funding request, which allows us to then move quickly to get the funding out the door,” Dickins added.

Certain spaces are tailored to specific populations, such as couples and pets, women and non-binary individuals and Indigenous community members. The winter response will also establish standardized training and orientation for new staff hired by participating agencies in an effort to better coordinate and unify the support provided.Armstrong says she’s hopeful there will come a time when London no longer needs a short-term winter response each year, thanks to a permanent long-term solution being implemented.

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