Agenda Package - City of Vernon

Evaluation of Homelessness Strategv for the North Okanagan
Downtown Health Centre
Decrease in emergency room visits by homeless population
Tracking successful referrals by staff to programs such as addictions
counsel¡ng etc.
Trackine successful referrals to shelters and transitional housing.
Ment¿l Health And Addicdons
lnit¡at¡ve
More local access to a range
of detoxification services
Indicators oÍ success
Decrease in emergency room visits for detox.
Decrease in number of critical incidents in shelters.
Tracking successful timely referrals by service providers.
Initiotive
Same day lncome
assistance/Housing Outreach
Worker
Develop flexible childcare
space with immediate access
lndicøtors of success
lncrease in number of clients receiving same day service.
Monitor success rate after one year of people remaining housed.
lncrease in at risk parents accessing programs and services
Housing
lnitiotíve
Affordable Housing Strategy
Community Land Trust and or/
Housing Authority
Range of Supported Housing
for people with Mental Health
and Addictions
lndicatorc of success
lncrease in housing stock.
lncrease in rental vacancy rate (to between 2 - 4 % vacancy)'
Decrease in number of homeless in Vernon.
lncrease in affordable housing stock.
lncrease in number of subsidized housing projects w¡th nonprofit
partners.
Decrease in number of consecutive nights people stay in shelter.
Successful permanent housing for up to 5o homeless.
Community Awareness
lnitiotive
More Public Awareness on
lssue of Homelessness
Indicotors of success
Supportive letters to editor.
Wider community engagement ¡n solut¡ons (local politic¡ans, service
clubs, employers etc).
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