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Poverty
Recommendation 65:
Zero Ceiling is a promising practice that has integrated employment and housing to help bridge youth out of homelessness into a sense of purpose. They provide mental health support and a strong recreation component that helps youth thrive in wellness.
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Recommendation 60:
Youth need support with food security and supplies such as home kits provided by non-profits.
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Recommendation 62:
Youth need job training programs that provide case management, wraparound support, employment certificates, and workshops. There should be Indigenous specific programs.
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Recommendation 76:
Youth aging out of care is the most vulnerable population at risk of homelessness as a result of COVID-19. The sector recommends a staggering approach of youth aging out post-pandemic as service providers will not have the capacity to support this larger cohort. MCFD must continue providing the low-barrier Agreements with Young Adults to help bridge youth into safe and secure housing.
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Recommendation 32:
We call upon all governments to support the establishment and long-term sustainable funding of Indigenous-led low-barrier shelters, safe spaces, transition homes, second-stage housing, and services for Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people who are homeless, near homeless, dealing with food insecurity, or in poverty, and who are fleeing violence or have been subjected to sexualized violence and exploitation. All governments must ensure that shelters, transitional housing, second-stage housing, and services are appropriate to cultural needs, and available wherever Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people reside.
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Recommendation 87:
We call upon all governments to prohibit the apprehension of children on the basis of poverty and cultural bias. All governments must resolve issues of poverty, inadequate and substandard housing, and lack of financial support for families, and increase food security to ensure that Indigenous families can succeed.
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Recommendation 188:
We call upon all governments to address Métis unemployment and poverty as a way to prevent child apprehension.
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Recommendation 222:
We call upon all governments to address homelessness, poverty, and other socioeconomic barriers to equitable and substantive rights for 2SLGBTQQIA people.
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Recommendation 1:
In order to ensure adequate and effective policing and law enforcement, the Ministry must have data to show how policing and law enforcement is performing related to mental health crises. If there is a crisis healthcare gap marked by police over-involvement in mental health crisis, it will appear as:
- High rates of police involvement in people accessing first-time mental health support
- High rates of arrest and/or incarceration of individuals with mental health challenges,
- High rates of police apprehending individuals for psychiatric evaluations in which the individual does not meet the criteria for hospital admission
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Recommendation 3:
Use City powers to impose non-profit management on hotels with outstanding Standards of Maintenance violations, and ensure that tenants have the protection of the Residential Tenancy Act.
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