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COVID-19
Recommendation 46:
Provide youth with access to treatment and abstinence-based programs. Ensure they have support workers that can help advocate and transport them to detox or treatment.
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Recommendation 45:
Provide youth with access to in-house substance use counselors and face to face NA/AA meetings. Some youth are not able to access the online meetings or they don’t work for them. Youth benefit from peer-based knowledge groups to de-stigmatize substance use.
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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 75:
Provide unique and youth-centred ways to increase income levels for youth who are risk of homelessness that don’t include complicated eligibility factors.
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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 8:
Provide increased resources to non-profits to respond effectively to the needs of youth at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
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 56:
Provide increased access to post-secondary scholarships and bursaries. Youth report a need for support to be available to youth who are waiting for Canadian status.
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Recommendation 38:
Provide health-care and law enforcement professionals with regulated mental health crisis and de-escalation strategies to better support youth.
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Recommendation 4:
Provide funding to community organizations to support youth in finding rentals and developing life-skills to sustain housing. Youth need support in communicating with landlords to prevent conflict by addressing issues before they arise such as not being able to afford rent one month.
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Recommendation 18:
Provide face to face transition planning support. Youth report that the pandemic has increased isolation and anxiety, which makes it challenging to make big life decisions.
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