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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 15 Dec 2016, p. 4

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«l . WATEILOO CHRONICLE o THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. 201i: run-IIIIIIIIIWIII‘W Former Out of the Cold guests find shelter . ----- F(‘““ By SAMANTHA BEAT"! Ly shelters including the (‘am- 2014-2015, and another 96 in -‘-- T‘m't ‘ Chronicle stag bridge Shelter, Lutherwood 2015â€"2016 . “‘ 1 F“ 0 S "' ' ' Safe Haven, Charles Street (loun Mark Whitley asked ‘ V“‘““JN ‘ her a winter without ()ut Men‘s Hostel. “NCA Shelter, If any Hi the region‘s shelters K‘ I ‘ \ Act the (Iold's shelters. oneROOl- and Argus Residence or motel options are hit tried in A the region says it has lithereareever more people Waterloo Morrison said there 5 ’ been able to accommodate the than beds, the region has the were not, but the slit'llt‘is in - 'ence hundreds ol people who once ability to rent motel rooms so Cambridge and Mix llt'l‘ii‘! wt, ' \ ing exper' ““ . soughtout those beds nohodyhasto sleep outSide. lt's \ice the entire ttgioii ‘ _ e shoPP ““ . During the Jot-1 20m also launching a hullikjl’ pilot "I was still) a tan mi t m it 2 unlqu ““ . winter, the number of people this winter, where individuals the Cold hetaiise Il \\it\ gt K“ m ““ accessing the region‘semergen can sleep in small, insulated roots and continuum -:,i: t . . --‘ Cy shelters peaked at just over structures, removed from the with volunteers rolling up it“ , . 200 in late February 2015, said noise anti crowds ol emergency sleeves for years and v, m ~ . V 1 ‘ 1 ’ ’ i - i, SIAM m ‘ I‘lES ill "I é‘B d Marie Morrison, manager of shelters, Whitley said l “Utltlt‘l if M = 1 ( “I (, l‘l ) ( Ill houstng SEerl'L'S, to Waterloo‘s While more people are community “Hit It might ., H' h 3 ed w/ethemt committeeot'the “hole, sleeping in the region‘s shelter lost." . CAR SEAT mm 4&9 De [he winter before, when the beds, they‘re also staying [on (joun lett lleim asked lit I black or volunteerâ€"run (lut of the (fold get, whith Morrison called "a much progress has been ll rill program was transitioning out good news stor_\ " alleviating homelessness . m grey of the shelter system, the num- Single people are staying on "What we haw seen u r, .- by , ,_ I'm 7 universal bers were similar, with more average three days longer, tip to what we hear is that peopir a; - $5.17.- Aâ€"IT.‘ than 2m people accessing beds 28 days and families are staying getting housed," said M4 tirisi ‘l‘ 2-3" t l 1 m in laniiary 2015. 16 more days on inerage, up to “People will say homelessm ~- . “Ff ' l HDml = During the last winter Out Bodays isn't all abut" housing, it.“ if t m , ,, *‘ J i, of the (Iold full) operated, 2011! “People are staying longer about housing, or at least ll - " "" f {Ltâ€"f gal ' i $ (y) -. to 2014. the number of people (in emergency shelters) for cenainlyan important tom-pm z ' ‘ using the region‘s beds never many reasons, one of which nent." - _ ( exceeded about ITS. is lack of appropriate housing The region has laiiiii lit-ii w "One of the concerns the that is aftordable to move into" renter'stoolkit that helps petiplr . $ 9 In) PLUS Lmns N M CABLES community had when Out of said Deb Schljchteri director of prepare for the housing setirt it . ~ a AT m an“ MES theCold closed was what would housing services. “Shelters are ltalso has introduced the'l’noh everyone do? Where would actively working With people, tiled Access to Housing \ltll\lf ‘ n 1 everyone go?" asked Morrison. including youth and families. to try for people who k’xpt’ru‘llt r m mm a)! ‘ CHMLSM = “We see the numbers level off consider other possible options chronic homelessness [he '| 1 mp 6 l 1 People were willing to continue rather than emergenty shelter " voluntary program keeps (liest ‘JMNDARS ($6 S‘ 0 Fl. to use our regular emergenqr The region supported 50 people in touch with suppor ‘ . 4 ' v. t ." _ le in the transition to sit â€" staff who hel them with limits loads of styles to choose from ' t ' »‘ “he“ “We“ pm" p p l l ' ‘ f The region has six emergenr ported housing in the winter of in » . i . 4 . - . gplans. ,. .,, ._ q = H . .. i | ‘ ‘ ‘~ ‘4 ~ i . = It ' i" It” I - h". -] ‘ ‘m a" '. hi i I ' ~l ‘ $ ' 41 fl ' ' “°" $ 49 - w- W t i A i I compare a $17.99 each includes gift tans a 61 00 W a FL WWW Rh IlRM‘EII. IOI‘UQKM‘ [- ‘Sllll , CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2016 ‘ ANAIIIAN lA'I'lERlFS .m(‘ l WATERLOO AWARD RECIPIENTS ' ANNIE =v°tives ' {it‘llf‘ifllJQ illll'tlili‘iijtiil I ".. 72)¢ lx'ot‘t‘i‘l llt‘llllii‘. I m - 18 oz Glass Jar E = mm M .79 041.01 was.” . - s 31”) MA .79 emu iii/$8.99 . fig (no; n s I Jae..." 1W‘|6.99 . . lâ€"'/ c 3I.79u.utfll‘l6.99 ‘ . ‘a , r f‘ c.- PLUS MANY MORE mo! in 32.49uor101323.99 CH ERR/“Wu : ' _ GIFT cannon-res AVAILABLE “up“ “w ,. ' - W‘“ m C“ - [wartime mm it 5" BMW-Simulated“ “ (1 Ion.-Ffl.G-O:Slt.9-&;Stli.|0-5 -' (TUMMlilll‘fir‘ 31039539 447Humnsh'ooLStmtord u.-w.u;mum.u;s-tursiutto4s ~~ ’ ' ' . umnm-unmmmmnm-mhmm-whfl A l www.kwsurplus.com mm

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