Resources
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The First Year of Homeless Shelter Use and What it Tells Us
This study examines shelter use in Calgary between 2009 and 2024, tracking 52,129 individuals to explore how long people stay in emergency shelters and how patterns have changed over time....
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Alternatives to Criminalizing Public Intoxication: Case Study of a Sobering Centre in Calgary, AB
Sobering centres provide a safe place for those under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol to sober up as a more effective alternative to police responses to public intoxication. Evidence...
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Report of the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario: Taking Stock Two Years Later
The social assistance program is an important element of social policy and achieving the goal of poverty reduction in Ontario. In 2014–15, the program is expected to cost about $8.5...
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Who Are the Homeless? Numbers, Trends and Characteristics of Those Without Homes in Calgary
In 2008, Calgary was the first city in Canada to institute a 10-year plan to end homelessness. The plan was introduced in part due to the steady and rapid growth...
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Beyond Housing First: Essential Elements of a System-Planning Approach to Ending Homelessness
The concept of “Housing First” has taken on a powerful status in the complex of government, non-profit and academic systems that study and seek to eliminate homelessness. It is a...