Strategy ii: Expand services and supports for people who experience chronic, episodic or high acuity homelessness and who have been identified as having complex needs

• As approved in the 2019 Budget, City Council invested in one permanent and one temporary Homelessness Street Outreach Worker. This service is delivered in partnership with Family Services Windsor-Essex.

• In late 2019, Housing Services released a Request for Proposal to seek eligible sub- project(s) under the Government of Canada’s Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy funding to align with federal requirements in ending homelessness.

Strategy iv: Advocate for and leverage diverse funding sources, and collaborative opportunities for supportive housing options based on best practices

• Through a Request for Proposal, Family Services Windsor-Essex in collaboration with Canadian Mental Health Association – Windsor Essex Branch were awarded capital funding to build six modular units to house up to 12 youth in a dedicated youth supportive housing project.

Targets:

• By 2024, 70 more people will be housed through Housing First programs and supported to retain their housing at 6 months

  • 23 more households were housed and supported through Windsor Essex Housing Connections, the region ’ s Housing First program.

Goal 3: Ending Homelessness

Strategy i: Conduct an emergency shelter review and implement recommendations to improve emergency services for people experiencing homelessness

• In fall 2019, Vink Consulting was retained to conduct a review of the emergency shelter system in Windsor Essex.

Strategy ii: Expand and formalize collaboration and coordination of homelessness Street outreach, including other sectors and municipal departments