Hastings County, citing need for Ontario's help, approves change in homelessness funding

Hastings County, citing need for Ontario's help, approves change in homelessness funding

Ontario must do more to help municipalities address homelessness, Hastings County’s warden says, as county council struggles to support the agencies doing the work.

InQuinte.ca | County Council approves refocused funding for homelessness

The way priority funding for the homelessness population is distributed in Hastings County has undergone a change. County Council approved a more focused funding approach to have half of $6.5 million available to the County be allocated to three local organizations under the Homelessness Prevention Program. Those include the Grace Inn Shelter, John Howard Society and St Leonard's Home. A report from County Community and Human Services director J…