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Responding to Homelessness in Greater Vancouver

Publication type: 
Policy Paper / Action Plan
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Agency: 
Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness
Sponsor: 
Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI) of the National Homelessness Initiative (NHI) o
Date: 
2001-02
Pages: 
8
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Summary: 
A 2001 bulletin from the Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee (RSCH) on Homelessness on its accomplishments since its initiation in 2000. The RSCH was formed under the federal government's National Homelessness Initiative (NHI), Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI). This news bulletin describes the committee's work with stakeholders in the past year to develop a preliminary regional homelessness plan for the GVRD. The preliminary plan's policy directions and strategies for alleviating homelessness in the GVRD are listed and described.
Keywords: 
Greater Vancouver Regional District; GVRD; Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI); National Homelessness Initiative (NHI); Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness (RSCH); Regional Homelessness Unit; Regional Homelessness Plan; housing; housing need; housing policy; homelessness; Vancouver; policy; social programs; social housing; affordable housing; SROs; single room occupancy; support services; community supports; service provision; community-based services; community services; services