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Housing and homelessness
Recommendation 22:
Ensure K–12 public education funding is sufficient to mitigate inequities between high- and low-income neighbourhoods, school districts and families and to ensure appropriate inclusion of students with diverse learning needs. This includes enhancing funding to school districts for special education assistants, arts programming, libraries, student support services, and deferred maintenance, among other areas that still require urgent attention in future provincial budgets. Schools need additional funds to implement the public health response measures during the pandemic.
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Recommendation 7:
Ensure all youth shelters are accessible for youth at this time (many closures reported).
COVID-19 & Youth Homelessness Special Report
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BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness
BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness
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2020
2020
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Recommendation 8:
The Director of Police Services must develop the following Provincial Policies for all policing agencies in British
Columbia: a Provincial Policy detailing people’s right to privacy in tents and informal living structures akin to the right to privacy in private residences.
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Recommendation 36:
developing a model for peer-involvement in the design and execution of homeless counts.
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Recommendation 6:
Develop youth-specific emergency housing options in light of COVID-19. These should not be at the same hotels as the adult response and should be tailored to the youth’s unique developmental needs.
COVID-19 & Youth Homelessness Special Report
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BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness
BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness
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2020
2020
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Recommendation 3:
Develop strong networking opportunities with the Vancouver Island Tribal Groups to better address the high number of individuals who identify as having Vancouver-Island ancestry.
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Recommendation 2:
Develop and build youth-specific housing that includes a variety of accommodations including communal, transitional, supportive, scattered site, and affordable market units. There should be designated low-barrier housing for youth with mental health and substance use concerns, as well as housing for youth who do not use substances. Youth recommend having teachers, nurses, and life-skills workers onsite.
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Recommendation 12:
Develop a Youth Housing Plan for each youth aging out with all the supports youth need to succeed. MCFD should provide one-year of after-care support.
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Recommendation 3:
Develop a Contingency Plan for every youth in care that includes alternative housing options and supports, including considerations and plans based on the youth’s culture.
COVID-19 & Youth Homelessness Special Report
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BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness
BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness
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2020
2020
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Recommendation 77:
Develop a BC Youth Housing Action Plan that provides a continuum of housing and access to rental subsidies to ensure no young person is left without a home post pandemic.
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