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2020
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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Recommendation 33:
Provide counselling and other evidence-based mental health therapies free at the point of use for all.
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Recommendation 9:
Provide additional support staff that can help youth sustain housing and wellness during these challenging times.
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 26:
Provide a comprehensive program to supply assistive devices and personal equipment such as wheelchairs, mobility aids, communication aids, and respiratory devices for people living with those respective disabilities.
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Recommendation 36:
Provide a B.C. Technology Fund and non-repayable grants to all enrolled in the $10-a-month affordability initiative and increase digital literacy training province-wide to address online safety, security, privacy, and disinformation.
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Recommendation 80:
Provide 21 sick days a year for all workers regardless of their immigration status.
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Recommendation 7:
Prioritize UNDRIP, Indigenous sovereignty, and gender equality in all climate change related policy planning.
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Recommendation 71:
Prioritize poverty reduction strategies that target those who have a higher risk of living in poverty due to intersectional disadvantage. This includes women, single senior women, single parents, Indigenous and racialized communities, immigrants and refugees, those engaged in survival sex work and other work in grey economies, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, those living with disabilities (taking into consideration the diverse needs of those with both short and long-term disability needs), those with mental health challenges, and those with substance-use disorders.
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Recommendation 9:
Prioritize a multi-level government approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Recommendation 35:
Partner with non-profits to provide health services onsite to youth to reduce their risk of community transmissions by going to a walk-in clinic.
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