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3 Ways to Home: Regional Homelessness Plan for Greater Vancouver: Update: November 2003

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
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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: 
2003-11
Pages: 
225
Summary: 
An updated version (November, 2003) of the Regional Homelessness Plan for Greater Vancouver. The purpose of the updated plan is to confirm and update priorities, policies and actions. It incorporates new demographic information about the homeless and updates the inventory of services and facilities in the GVRD. It reflects policy changes affecting income assistance, child welfare, and social housing. It provides information concerning the plan's sustainability and its evaluation. There are new chapters devoted specifically to gaps and priorities concerning Aboriginal people and youth who are homeless. Analysis of financial expenditures under phase one of SCPI funding is provided.
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; aboriginal homelessness; homeless youth; income assistance; housing; housing policy; housing need; homelessness; Vancouver; policy; social programs; social housing; affordable housing; SROs; single room occupancy; support services; community supports; community-based services; services