CASE STUDY

Investing $2.5 Billion in Prevention Support for Homelessness Initiatives – Concrete Actions to Address Housing Shortages

November 16, 2023 11:30am

Lorna Lawrence
Executive Director
Miziwe Biik Development Corporation

The Ontario government is investing an additional $2.9 billion for the Miziwe Biik Development Corporation to support homelessness prevention efforts in the GTA through the province’s Indigenous Supportive Housing Programs (ISHP). Join this session to gain practical real-world insights that can be applied to other communities.

  • Developing programs for people to be reintegrated in the community – education, culture programs, employment strategies
    • Overcoming barriers of homelessness in an urban setting
    • Itemizing the criteria which leads successful repatriation to a nation
    • Implementing reintegration strategies and examining what a successful reintegration into a community looks like, and how can it be repeated