BNRC funds available for projects aimed at homelessness problem
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
We need your support!
Local journalism needs your support!
As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever to bring you the latest local updates to keep you safe and informed.
Now, more than ever, we need your support.
Starting at $15.99 plus taxes every four weeks you can access your Brandon Sun online and full access to all content as it appears on our website.
Subscribe Nowor call circulation directly at (204) 727-0527.
Your pledge helps to ensure we provide the news that matters most to your community!
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Brandon Sun access to your Free Press subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on brandonsun.com
- Read the Brandon Sun E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
*Your next Free Press subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $20.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 01/03/2013 (4849 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corp. is putting a call out for applications to curb the homelessness problem in the city.
Under the Homelessness Partnering Strategy, BNRC has nearly $1.3 million in funding designated for several areas identified as priorities, including emergency, transitional, and supportive housing and skill development.
“(The money) is primarily for infrastructure because it has to be sustainable,” BNRC community entity co-ordinator Blaine Foley said. “In the past we have funded almost exclusively capital projects.”
The Brandon Literacy Centre, YWCA Brandon, Canadian Mental Health Association, Brandon Friendship Centre and Westman Youth for Christ are some of the not-for-profit organizations that have benefited from the funding in the past — either for capital projects or skill training.
Foley said the Brandon Community Advisory Board has been able to take the $4.8 million in federal funds and leverage those dollars, through community and government partnerships, into an additional $9.2-million investment in Brandon.
BNRC also has up to $823,000 in funding to specifically combat aboriginal homelessness outside of Winnipeg. Priority will be given to rural and northern Manitoba to address the needs of off-reserve homelessness, but Foley said it is open to not-for-profit groups in Brandon.
“I hope that we get a lot of applications, because the more we get the better the chance that there will be high-quality, innovative projects that will help address the need,” Foley said.
The need, Foley said, was defined in the Brandon Community Plan 2011-14, which states that “Brandon’s supply of housing has not kept pace with the city’s growth” and that “the limited supply of housing most acutely impacts individuals with lower incomes or who are unemployed.”
“There is a very low vacancy rate in our community and this money isn’t for affordable housing it can compliment the solution to housing needs in Brandon,” Foley said.
The deadline to submit applications is March 29.
» ctweed@brandonsun.com