Tag: homelessness
New Grey County program to help keep homeless housed
Those eligible for this support must be drawn from the ‘by-name’ list of chronically homeless.
Past health board member supports selecting members based on competency
Board difficulties became pronounced during controversy over medical officer of health’s pay, former board member Chris Peabody says.
Grey County’s community paramedic visits now fully provincially funded
While paramedics respond to 911 emergencies as they happen, the community paramedicine program aims to catch people before they have a health emergency.
More police departments are taking on homeless outreach. Here’s how that looks in northern Michigan
In the last five years Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Traverse City have all added officers tasked with building relationships with people living on the streets.
River District stakeholders meet to discuss safety and drug use downtown
Business owners, social service agencies and government officials gathered at the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound Monday night to discuss issues of safety, drug use, and homelessness in the city’s downtown core. Over 100 people attended the by-invitation-only meeting, which began at 7 p.m. and lasted approximately two hours. Joel Pennington served as the meeting […]