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The Ontario Government is providing funding to Halton to help in sheltering local homeless residents.
$3,934,561 is being invested as COVID-19 continues to impact homeless shelters. The province says the funding will protect homeless shelter staff and residents and help prevent more people from becoming homeless.
In a statement, Milton MPP Parm Gill says their goal is to save lives.
“Our government is once again taking strong action to save lives by quickly responding to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in emergency shelters across the province. To date, the Government of Ontario has provided Halton Region with over $11.8 million as a part of the Social Services Relief Funding.”
The announcement is part of the province’s additional $255 million investment through the Social Services Relief Fund. Municipal service managers and Indigenous program partners can use the funding to acquire motel and hotel spaces to support physical distancing of shelter residents, hire more shelter staff, purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and cleaning supplies, and add to rent and utility banks to prevent more people from becoming homeless.
