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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 26 Aug 2015, p. 5

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" ‘ ,_~. -~‘ ‘ wo small. loo-square- ter beds. hire additional out that we need to be proactive ’" ‘7. -‘= 1' I foot hunkies are part reach workers and create the on this in terms of our out- of a pilot project wrih Stivbed transitional shelter. reach, so we don't miss any- t the Working (‘entre to house l‘here were 319 people one. because] would hate to , ‘ w- some of the region‘s most who stayed at the transition- see us see any tragic cirtum- ”A ‘ ‘\ i nilnerahle this winter. alsheltet last year, stances over the coming m , 7 s..\” l fhe hunkies will be hutlt winter." *‘ \\ ‘ on the Working Centre's “out Of“ crisis, this Monâ€"ison said the region ‘1 1 8 property and Will have hear - I is still working on a full comâ€" , '- ‘ . ‘W‘nif'? a bed sink and toilet. community “as munication plan. but said ‘ 4 according to Marie Morn- able to create more work has started with the ' ' l 1 ' 7 L "' 7 l son, the Region of Waterltm‘s [0,18,49,77, housing Cities and other stakeholders . ‘ l dirt-r tor of housing . . to get the information out. ‘ I l “sortietimes as ll(‘\ll)l(' as SOIUNO’IS and It Part of that plan could ’ y 5 l aw ran be within the shelter reallydoesn'f get include wallet cards that out I ‘ 1 ‘ s\slt’lll there are lllill‘s ' n line where or) le can et 1‘7: ’ again, lot whatever reason better than that meals, shellerpand miller 7 . N J. “‘3’ that it s not safe for peoplin (mm. “an sunny“; sen'it‘es. _...- .- '. - '" ”WW Jr“ “MN" Willi ("“1 on r‘lnstuetiltlirloflhrl old ( Hunt 503” Strickland A ‘ V, \ of inertial health issues that art‘ said community partners ' rirmilling or unwell and \rtording to a region and staff responded to the 3 l “tint Rt. to shelters" Morn report, (our l‘It‘i it‘nl, or i: ll“ teased pressure from the ' . son said of who might hone people relied on the shelter (hit of the Cold Closures and lit trorn the pilot program stauiig more than half the the results wen-excellent. ‘ ‘ lhat l mold also on llltll' nights it “as open More “When you think about é t ‘ rltwtllli‘ nho tlorit lllll\t' in than ll’i pimplt‘ \\l'rl' din-rt the t risis we were dealing o : trirrgopart» wrongs or hast ed to formal shelters or hark with last fall when our Out of g- i f, _ l l had a pllllllt‘lll \\Illl \toli-nt i‘ into housing I hirtvrliie the ( old sites were literally , ' mm ~ 5““9' "a. 1 \\v rs ant llii'lt‘ to he people from lllt‘ transitional t losing left and right, we had 1 l \lllllt More lot lltt'lii to he shelter “PM" supported in tomohilt/e resources andwe A _ 4 l rsarrii their more to permanent rlid that ,(lut of a crisis. a! a] “mm t” l \lorrisoii said the housing In total met the this («immunity was able to “W M ‘ ‘ liiiiikit‘s roirld shelter \‘llllt'rl HR people were tn'ate more longtemi hous- 1 llt'lnl'l‘ll “H. and Jo proph- housed trig solutions and it really ‘ f i and How proxidr anorliei ~\s ioiini illors heard dtx-sn'tgethetterthanthat." l l thou r tor llitisi' u Ill‘. plans for this VHnlt'l', tshit‘h [he region is also review- ' j ‘ lili\\llt‘il‘i'lsl‘ to go on hide the indlldlillll) of trig the emergency shelter ‘ l \\r- ari- not looking to [to shelter spat es tsith programs, for implementa- , ‘ . . _ l l lllt n-ast' shelters hut Wt' ari- molt-ls tor overflow the lion next April. 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I II 14' \ ; looking to ink tease shelter hunkie program and the said the review will help to ,. . \ ' . . options always knowing aligning of shelter messages align pollen-s and ntles at the “ III/(r ()1!!! ”filly t I ‘1 s I ,I 'l ' that our lltt its is iiltitnati'h and approar llt's‘ the) were shelters for a more (OmPI'P' "' to make sure people are (our t‘llit‘tl about how the lit'nsivesysterii ‘ housed " region was getting the tires "It's supposed to go It also addresses the two sage out about .I\-dllahlt' through a protess to l plt' is ho had longer stats Ill servii es and s\‘\ll'lll t'lianges strengthen and ensure con- . ‘t t ’ ' ‘ i \ l the “V A k“ ‘s transitional “lhi' one part I still have sistt-nqu hilt It's also to help \ ‘ l l shelter last year arisiets met is how are we the pllhlk better understand 1 “in ed to respond .iltt't going to get this message out the roleolsheller.” she said. 1 ihiiri hes lllHIlH‘tl iii Hut ol and romtmimi are it” Kitth A («immunity lonitti out- the t old stopped prowling r-ni-r \lator Bern \‘rhanovir lining the region‘s emer- the seasonal hot meal and said of sortie til the t‘hangt's gent y shelter system is (in, l f H V“ H .W . ‘ “In” ”H, , iv“, H, w ”a h “I 3 ‘ I H. \ l, shelter progtaiti lot ltN ill to serum-s again this Winter sthi-diiled lot \ept It ‘ 1 ’ / i A o y - . . . 1 a I 10 /o of Sam age chum” have Waterloo Vision Care Clinic 1 :1 . , undiagnosed Visual problems and sufier Drs. 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