In 2001, a Community Plan to Address Homelessness was prepared for The Regional Municipality of York.  It was updated in 2003.  

Now,  this second update is presented. This report was developed to update the community’s priorities in addressing homelessness and to respond to the new federal government initiative, Homelessness Partnership Strategy (HPS), which replaces the Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI).

This report provides:

• An inventory of the existing supports and services for individuals and families who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness.

• An overview of the accomplishments and lessons learned in addressing homelessness since the last update

• Updated community priorities along with specific activities, targets and potential partners in addressing the priorities.

• The time frame for this Community Plan.  The time frame for the Plan is three years and the time frame for the HPS component of the plan is until March 31, 2009.