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CITY OFD CANADA
N IAGARA FAi
The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
November 14, 2011
No. 44
Moved by Councillor Pietrangelo
Seconded by Councillor Mayes
WHEREAS the Regional Municipality ofNiagara (the "Region ") released the Niagara Homelessness
Services Community Plan (the "Plan ") in April 2011; and
WHEREAS the Plan, in regards to local homelessness issues and priorities, was a requirement for
Federal funding; and
WHEREAS the Plan identified four priorities: Supported Transitional Housing, Prevention, Outreach
and Data Collection; and
WHEREAS with regard to the priority of Prevention, the Plan identified that current prevention
programs were limited and underfunded; and
WHEREAS the objectives of Prevention are to expand services so that all Niagara residents have equal
access, increase the number of individuals receiving prevention services and increasing the number of
housed individuals; and
WHEREAS the Plan recognized that an investment in Prevention programs would result in a reduction
of the numbers of homeless individuals on the street and allow hostels and outreach services to focus
on providing services to the chronically and episodically homeless; and
WHEREAS Project SHARE made an application to the Region for funding approximately $150,000
under the Prevention priority; and
WHEREAS the Niagara Homelessness Advisory Committee ( "NHAC ") rejected Project SHARE's
application for funding, despite the recognition of inadequate prevention programs in the Region; and
WHEREAS the result is that the second largest municipality in the Region, Niagara Falls, may lose
valuable Prevention programs administered by Project SHARE; and
WHEREAS with downturns in the economy, especially in the tourist sector, there is an increasing
demand for housing help at Project SHARE.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Niagara Falls City Council petition the Regional Municipality
of Niagara and the Niagara Homelessness Advisory Committee to reconsider Prevention funding for
applicable programs within the municipality.
Carried Unanimously
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed.
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1 EAN I0' FIDA JAMES M. DIODATI
CITY CLERK MAYOR