Network of Inner City Community Services

Hey folks and community! Here's some information about the upcoming Metro Vancouver Youth Homelessness Count! check it out the promotional video for more information :) Metro Vancouver’s Youth Homeless Count is April 4 to 12. If you haven’t heard, it’s a youth-specific count to figure out the scope of youth homelessness in our communities. Youth can get counted at events in each community or by contacting their service providers. Youthcount.ca is a good resource for this. Yo...uth get bus tickets and other incentives with surveys, administered at events, schools, and more. A count means we’ll be able to: advocate for better services in the right places, understand the uniqueness of youth homelessness, and plan for solutions. Keep your eyes peeled for the #YouthCount2018 report later on!

Check out and share the poster for our new pilot project, The Social Capital Youth Lending Project :) This is a new micro-loan program available to youth and young adults 19-30 formerly in foster care living in Vancouver. This pilot project offers zero interest loans for aspirational goals, barrier removal and crises when other pools of capital/finance cannot be accessed. ... Please feel free to send a message to NICCSS staff or Project Coordinator Jess Boon Niccss if you have any questions regarding the pilot. Have a great day!

Check out the announcement for our new micro-loan pilot project, the Social Capital Lending System. This pilot project offers zero interest loans to youth and young adults 19-30 formerly in foster care in the lower mainland. Loans can be accessed for aspirational goals (such as recreation, skills training courses and lessons), barrier removal (fines and small fees) and crises (risk of eviction/homelessness). Take a look! :)

The Vancouver Rent Bank and the Mayor are asking for council's approval for more funding. Visit https://www.vancouverrentbank.com/ for more information.