Simcoe County Alliance to End Homelessness (SCATEH)

CAEH & OrgCode Consulting has updated A Pandemic Response Recovery Toolkit for Housing System Leaders in Canada: http://ed.gr/c0eh9 This free toolkit outlines actions and phases for homelessness sector system leaders to navigate the pandemic.

"When we see homelessness, we’re seeing the failure of our community to support the economic well-being of all its citizens in times of crisis." #endhomelessness

New Study Aims to Learn More About the Health and Well-Being of Service Providers "Working in the homeless, supportive housing, and harm reduction sectors can be stressful and challenging, and homeless sector services often have limited resources and difficulties retaining staff. For example, a study of emergency shelter workers in Western Canada found that one-third had posttraumatic stress symptoms and one-quarter felt burnt-out. Given the challenging nature of working in the homeless sector, there are resources for preventing burnout among service providers. However, there is also a need to know more about the mental health and well-being of service providers who work with people experiencing homelessness." The survey can be accessed online: https://is.gd/service_providers

Earthlings, gum drops, and snickerdoodles - check it out!

Connected Core is pleased to launch its annual winter boot drive. If you have any gently used winter footwear, let us know or donate them at one of our drop o...ff locations: Barrie Fire And Emergency Service Barrie Fire Station 1 (Dunlop Street W) or Barrie Police Service Headquarters (Fairview Road) until December 11. To learn more, reach out to us at [email protected]

This just in - giving people experiencing homelessness enough money to meet their basic needs works.

Homelessness reflects some of the most dire consequences of how our country's systems have been designed. But even in the face of these injustices, we are fille...d with hope. Thanks to communities in Built For Zero, we see something else: the power of a community to end it. https://community.solutions/video-how-built-for-zero-is-so/

#CareTable is back this weekend! Join us at Shear Park any time between 1pm-3pm to donate any extra garden produce, or non-perishable food items you have around.... We also welcome EVERYONE to come and check out our table to see if there is anything they can use on theirs (even donors!). See attached image for ALL our remaining CareTable dates and locations for the season. Hope to see you there! Take Some. Leave Some. It's free! --------------------- WHAT IS CARETABLE? If you have any extra produce from your home garden, or unopened non-perishable food items, we encourage you to stop by and drop them off on our table for those who could use it. No donation is too big or too small. All donors are also welcome to check out the table and take anything they need for theirs. In fact EVERYONE is welcome at our community foodshare table to take what they need for theirs. No donation required, and it's all free. Any remaining items will be donated to the Salvation Army. We will be practicing social distancing and asking people to use hand sanitizer. As well, our gloved/masked/sanitizing volunteers will be receiving and handing out the items from the table. Just come on over and let us know what you would like to give and/or take! People Helping People

Give some. Take Some. Its Free. Back by popular demand! Our #CareTable is popping up again this Saturday (Sept 12) at the Sunnidale Community Garden on the Co...ulter Street curve. It will be running from 1pm to 3pm. If you have any extra produce from your home garden, or unopened non-perishable food items, we encourage you to stop by and drop them off on our table for those who could use it. No donation is too big or too small. All donors are also welcome to check out the table and take anything they need for theirs. In fact EVERYONE is welcome at our community foodshare table to take what they need for theirs. No donation required, and its all free. Any remaining items will be donated to the Salvation Army. We will be practicing social distancing and asking people to use hand sanitizer. As well, our gloved/masked/sanitizing volunteers will be receiving and handing out the items from the table. Just come on over and let us know what you would like to give and/or take! People Helping People #barrieurbangardeners #connectedcorebarrie #communitygardens #peoplehelpingpeople #homegarden #community

Give some. Take Some. It's Free. Back by popular demand! Our #CareTable is popping up again this Saturday (Sept 12) at the Sunnidale Community Garden on the Co...ulter Street curve. It will be running from 1pm to 3pm. If you have any extra produce from your home garden, or unopened non-perishable food items, we encourage you to stop by and drop them off on our table for those who could use it. No donation is too big or too small. All donors are also welcome to check out the table and take anything they need for theirs. In fact EVERYONE is welcome at our community foodshare table to take what they need for theirs. No donation required, and it's all free. Any remaining items will be donated to the Salvation Army. We will be practicing social distancing and asking people to use hand sanitizer. As well, our gloved/masked/sanitizing volunteers will be receiving and handing out the items from the table. Just come on over and let us know what you would like to give and/or take! People Helping People #barrieurbangardeners #connectedcorebarrie #communitygardens #peoplehelpingpeople #homegarden #community

*Donations Needed!* We have a new team of Harm Reduction Outreach Workers who go into the communities of Barrie, Orillia, Midland, and Bracebridge. Our team sup...ports harm reduction through handing out new supplies, water, clothing, food, and more. As the seasons are changing and needs continue to grow, we are seeking help from our community with donations. Needed Items: Warm Socks Sleeping Bags Warm Clothing Bottled Water Granola bars (easy hand out snack items) Warm Hats Mitts Razors & Hygiene supplies You can schedule your donations by: Emailing - [email protected] Calling: 705-722-6778 x708

I got the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) but did not qualify. What can I do? Learn more at: https://stepstojustice.ca//i-got-canada-emergency-response

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day, a time to remember those we have lost and to act on behalf of those who are with us. It's also a great day to get a Naloxone kit and learn how to use it.

Today our Recovery for All campaign and CNH3 (The Canadian Network for the Health and Housing of People Experiencing Homelessness) are releasing an Open Letter ...from Canadas Healthcare Professionals Urging Prime Minister Trudeau To Choose Housing for Health and Act to End Homelessness. READ THE LETTER: http://cnh3.ca/cnh3-open-letter-housing-is-healthcare/ READ THE RELEASE: http://cnh3.ca/canadas-healthcare-professionals-urge-prime/

International Overdose Awareness Day, August 25.

Barrie rises to fourth-most expensive rental city in Canada. Barries one-bedroom rent was up 5.1 (per cent) last month and 13.1 year-over-year. http://torstar.co/1n1u50AZE71 #Barrie @cityofbarrie @padmapper

Barrie is piloting on-demand transit.

BREAKING: 1 in 4 renters are worried about making rent this month, majority of Canadians believe its urgent to end homelessness, according to our new poll conducted by Nanos Research. #RecoveryforAll Learn more here: https://www.recoveryforall.ca/poll

BREAKING: 1 in 4 renters are worried about making rent this month, majority of Canadians believe it's urgent to end homelessness, according to our new poll conducted by Nanos Research. #RecoveryforAll Learn more here: https://www.recoveryforall.ca/poll

Barrie rises to fourth-most expensive rental city in Canada. Barrie’s one-bedroom rent was up 5.1 (per cent) last month and 13.1 year-over-year. http://torstar.co/1n1u50AZE71 #Barrie @cityofbarrie @padmapper

Homeless encampments, COVID-19, and Canadas housing crisis.

Barrie Health Accord, if adopted, could create a coordinated effort to address root causes.

Advocates fear that mass evictions across Canada will lead to mass increases in #homelessness. Eviction prevention is needed now more than ever. The EPIC program piloted in Toronto provides proof that eviction prevention works. 90% stabilized housing! https://bit.ly/33DWGTD

New bus route LINX Alliston, Beeton, Bond Head and Bradford: This will be great for our community, says Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Rob Keffer

Homeless encampments, COVID-19, and Canada's housing crisis.

New bus route 'LINX' Alliston, Beeton, Bond Head and Bradford: 'This will be great for our community,' says Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Rob Keffer

Concerns raised over city bylaws aimed at homeless population: Coun. Keenan Aylwin says he has reached out to senior staff at city hall to explore options around these problematic bylaws

Concerns raised over city bylaws 'aimed' at homeless population: Coun. Keenan Aylwin says he has reached out to senior staff at city hall to explore 'options around these problematic bylaws'

Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton - Indigenous Reaching Home Team in partnership with Hub Solutions, our social enterprise have released a new re...port! Reaching Home provides communities with the flexibility to tailor their coordinated access system to meet local needs. However, many are unable to address the unique strengths and needs of Indigenous individuals and families experiencing homelessness. This report examines how Reaching Home communities can develop a wholistic systems approach to addressing homelessness. Read the reports 30 recommendations here: https://bit.ly/3gazDDq

Its World Hepatitis Day, a great day to get tested and know your status. People experiencing homelessness in Canada are approximately 28x more likely to have hepatitis C than the general population, and may face additional challenges to getting tested and treated. Luckily in Simcoe County we have the Gilbert Centre providing peer navigation!

It's World Hepatitis Day, a great day to get tested and know your status. People experiencing homelessness in Canada are approximately 28x more likely to have hepatitis C than the general population, and may face additional challenges to getting tested and treated. Luckily in Simcoe County we have the Gilbert Centre providing peer navigation!

#RecoveryforAll supports the creation of an Indigenous-led, distinction-based Urban Indigenous Housing Strategy. Read more about it in our report: https://www.recoveryforall.ca/report

On Aug. 13 at 7 p.m., see Jesse Thistle in a special virtual interview with Simcoe Reads MPL champion, Kristi Pressé, part of MPLs series of Simcoe Reads programs designed to promote community-wide discussion around this powerful and personal memoir. Jesse Thistle is a Métis-Cree author, an assistant professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University in Toronto, and an advocate for the homeless.

The Northeastern Ontario Research Alliance on Human Trafficking has developed a fantastic resource for service providers. You can check out the "Trauma and Viol...ence Informed Approaches to Human Trafficking: A Critical Reflection Workbook for Service Providers" online! https://noraht.nipissingu.ca//Trauma-ViolenceInformed-Fina

Have you heard of ImanisPlace1 Make sure you are following this black led VAW #2SLGBTQ+ inclusive transitional home located in Simcoe County as we UPLift them! Thank you Lisa for meeting with our directors Courtney and Shelly

DO YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS? The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women is studying the impacts of COVID-19 on women right now as we speak. If ...we act quickly, we can tell this committee about the severe challenges faced by women experiencing homelessness and housing need, which requires them to act now on a Recovery for All. See more

The only tenant protection in Bill 184 is in the title.

Housing just makes sense.

Our campaign, #RecoveryForAll is featured in the @Huffington Post. Canadians dont want to go back to normal. That normal wasnt good enough. And we have to a...ct. - Tim Richter CEO, CAEH This is an important piece. Can you read and share it? https://bit.ly/2YJCa1i

SCATEH statement re Milligans Pond eviction, June 18, 2020 The encampments we are seeing at Milligans Pond and elsewhere around Barrie and Simcoe County are a survival response. Due to inadequate affordable housing options, many people experiencing homelessness spend months or years on waitlists and are forced to create their own communities in the form of encampments to meet their basic needs. We recognize that the City has bylaws in place that do not allow for sleeping ...overnight on public property, and at times feels the need to enforce these bylaws in response to constituent complaints. However, we have reminded city staff that forced evictions of encampments are a violation of international human rights laws and put the individuals experiencing homelessness in an even more vulnerable position. Rather than evicting encampments and criminalizing homelessness, we would like to see a focus on creating low barrier, affordable housing options - with the right options to match the needs of those living in encampments, evictions could be avoided altogether. We invite anyone concerned with the encampments to work with us to provide meaningful housing options to meet this need. This media statement and SCATEH's Position Paper on Homeless Encampments can be found at: https://www.scateh.com/advocacy.html

Outdoor gatherings continue to provide the safest means of socializing. Do not gather if you have COVID-19, are unwell, or have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19. #socialgatherings http://ow.ly/MYqs50A6wtl

BRIGHT SPOT Progress over perfection: Peel Regional Housing Services launched a housing pilot at the onset of the #COVID19 pandemic, securing 70 units from tw...o landlords and housing 287 individuals and families out of shelter and off the streets - https://caeh.ca/bright-spot-peel-houses-over-287-people-du/ See more