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Safe Harbour Society's downtown shelter will soon have more showers for clients and separate spaces for those who want to sleep and others who are awake.

The society received $210,018 for capital improvements at the former Cannery Row bingo location. The money is part of $530,233 allocated from the Government of Canada's 2023-24 Reaching Home - Winter Unsheltered Homelessness Response Funding.

"We're really looking forward to improving how that place operates. We were put in there under a state of emergency. We were putting Band-Aids on things for a long time," said society executive director Kath Hoffman.

"We only have two showers in that shelter and we're serving 150 to 180 people on average."

Renovations will add six more showers.

She said creating separate spaces for clients who are sleeping and those who are awake will improve conditions for clients and provide better sight lines for staff to better monitor the areas.

The society also received $40,000 for its shelter diversion program to assist clients in finding accommodations.

"Demand for that program has been great and we're starting to be able to move people out of the shelter. We don't want to lose that momentum," Hoffman said.

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The Mustard Seed also received $17,155 for its shelter diversion program, along with $46,428 to staff 10 more shelter beds, and $61,142 to expand program hours and meals.

Ryan Veldkamp, the city's social wellness and integration supports superintendent, said the diversion programs help staff identify clients who could access accommodations by providing them with funding for damage deposit or a short-term hotel stay, for example, to give them time to get back on their feet.

"The intention is to identify especially new clientele to the shelter and work with them to see if they have any alternate options, or with some level of resourcing be able to avoid a shelter stay altogether," Veldkamp said.

Turning Point received $23,500 to assist with capital improvements for additional drop-in space for clients. VeldKemp said having more space for clients is particularly important to keep them safe during periods of extreme cold when they have nowhere else to go.

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Shining Mountains Living Community Services received $100,000 to retrofit two of the agency's existing units for transitional housing spaces for veterans.

Veldkemp said the city supports Built For Zero Canada, a movement to end chronic homelessness and veteran homelessness, and the Shining Mountains project will help veterans waiting for market housing.

The city also received $2,000 in funding to pay for 100 cab vouchers to provide transportation between agencies assisting Red Deer's homelessness during cold snaps.

Funding from the federal government's Winter 2023-24 Unsheltered Homelessness Response must be spent by April 30.

szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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