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In poverty
Recommendation 61:
Provide youth with budgeting skills as the CERB is changing how youth view money and they will need support to transition to employment.
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Recommendation 2:
Provide universal and comprehensive after-care supports post 19 for all youth in the foster care system regardless of their circumstance with waitlists eliminated. Non-profits are concerned about their capacity to support a larger cohort of youth aging out all at once. There should be a wind down period where non-profits can get their level of support back to “normal.”
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 4:
Provide resources and subsidies to low-income households to improve energy efficiency, install electric heat pumps, household-level solar and other renewable energy sources.
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Recommendation 1:
Provide reliable technology to all youth in need. Technology for all youth needs to be seen as a basic need and high priority at this time. The inequities in access to technology are resulting in increased disparity in access to education—and potentially life-saving support to vulnerable youth. Youth need access to internet, cell-phones, laptops, and printers in order to have equal access to education and supports.
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 28:
Provide funds to Chinese societies in the Downtown Eastside that have housing units and are financially unable to upgrade their building to remain habitable on the condition that the rents in upgraded units are guaranteed to not exceed the welfare/pension rate.
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Recommendation 38:
Provide funds to Chinese societies in the Downtown Eastside that have housing units and are financially unable to upgrade their building to remain habitable on the condition that the rents in upgraded units are guaranteed to not exceed the welfare/pension rate.
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Recommendation 37:
Provide funds to build low income social housing in the DTES to replace 1,000 SRO units per year for the next five years.
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Recommendation 25:
Provide funds to build 10,000 units a year of low income social housing throughout the province. Replace 1,000 SRO units with self-contained, resident controlled social housing every year for five years in the DTES.
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Recommendation 4:
Provide funding to storage facilities in an easily-accessible area.
- Any confiscated belongings must be stored at a facility located within the Downtown Eastside.
- Storage facilities must be secure, easily accessible, of an adequate size, and informed by best practices and cultural safety for people who rely on public space.
- Retrieval processes must respect the limited access unhoused people have to identifying documentation.
- Storage facilities must provide long-term, low-barrier storage space (i.e. 3-6 months).
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Recommendation 22:
Provide free public transit for minors ages 13 to 18 and free or reduced-fee transit access for low-income households.
2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card
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First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
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2022
2022
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