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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ATEH Budget Response<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ATEH sent out a media release yesterday after the federal budget announcement on homelessness (HPS) and affordable housing funding (IAH). The media release is <i>below and attached, it </i>contains a number of details on federal homelessness spending in Ottawa going back to 1999. Prior to yesterday, ATEH letters were sent to all local MPs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:14.15pt'><span class=A1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Announced in Budget:</span></span><span class=A1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:14.15pt'><span class=A1><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:ideograph-other'><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Homelessness Partnering Strategy</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> - </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>$119 million per year over five years</span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> (</span><span class=A1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>2014/15 to 2018/19) </span></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>using a “<i>Housing First</i>” approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:ideograph-other'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:ideograph-other'><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial Bold";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Investment in Affordable Housing</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> (IAH) </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>framework renewed - $253 million per year over five years (</span><span class=A1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>2014/15 to 2018/19)</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>. </span><span class=A1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The current three-year round of HPS goes to March 2014 at $134.8 million per year. A five-year federal commitment is very definitely helpful but spending went down by $16 million and this may </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>reduce the amount of housing and supports that can be provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lynne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>LYNNE BROWNE<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Executive Director, Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>171 George Street, </span></i><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ottawa ON K1N 5W5, 613-241-1573, ext. 314<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#17365D'>www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a>, </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.facebook.com/home.php?%23!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall%26ref=ts" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall&ref=ts"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Facebook</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'> & </span><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT" target="_blank" title="https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Twitter@endhomelessOTT</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;text-transform:uppercase'>For Immediate Release</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> - March 21, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.05pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><i><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:.55pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Homeless Alliance: Kudos to Government of Canada</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.05pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span class=A1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Kudos to the Government of Canada from the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa (ATEH) for extending </span></span><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Homelessness Partnering</span></b><span class=A1><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'> </span></span><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Strategy</span></b><span class=A1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'> (HPS) and the </span></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Investment in Affordable Housing (IAH) Framework </span></b><span class=A1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>in today’s federal budget. It comes as a great relief to our members that the federal role in ending homelessness will extend beyond March in 2014 to March in 2019.</span></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:14.15pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span class=A1><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The 2013 Budget announced funding from 2014 to 2019 for: </span></u></span><span class=A1><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:106.35pt;text-indent:-106.35pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:ideograph-other'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Homelessness Partnering Strategy</span></b><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> – $119 million per year over five years</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> using a “<i>Housing First</i>” approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:106.35pt;text-indent:-106.35pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:ideograph-other'><![if !supportLists]><span class=A1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Investment in Affordable Housing </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>framework renewed<b> – $253 million per year over five years</b>. </span><span class=A1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The current three year round of HPS funding goes to March 2014 at $134.8 million per year. A five-year federal commitment will be a great help to local communities and may allow some time to adapt to the $16 million reduction. Nonetheless, reduced funding could </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>reduce the amount of housing and services that can be provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>ATEH was also pleased to see $100 million over two years to support the construction of housing in Nunavut and $65 million over two years to more than double its reimbursement rate and to simplify the Funeral and Burial Program for Canada’s veterans. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A number of Ottawa agencies have been moving forward on a comprehensive approach to Housing First working in partnership with each other and the City of Ottawa. The Housing First goal in Ottawa is to move people rapidly and successfully from shelters and the streets into stable housing while providing them with supports to be safely and stably housed including supports for underlying mental health or addiction issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In the coming months this community will definitely look forward to working the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development to confirm the implementation details of the HPS funding approach. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HPS funding has been crucial in Ottawa efforts to end homelessness. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.05pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Over 2001 to 2014,<b> HPS will have contributed an average of</b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> $5.6 million dollars per year, a total of $67 million to Ottawa. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HPS helped <b>61 agencies*</b> provide shelter and supported housing and services in Ottawa. A total of <b>426 contributions</b> have been made to Ottawa agencies since the funding was first announced in 1999. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In particular, it has been extraordinarily helpful that HPS allowed the community to be responsive to local priorities, allowing effective and timely projects to address our community’s needs: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:2.0cm;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Developing new supportive housing<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:2.0cm;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enabling small and large renovations for homelessness services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:2.0cm;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Helping people find and stabilize in housing, and preventing housing loss<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:2.0cm;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Providing health, outreach and support services, and<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:2.0cm;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Coordinating services in Ottawa to reduce homelessness<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoFooter style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The capital projects and service projects have helped a broad cross-section of Ottawa’s most vulnerable residents including families and individuals with a low income, youth, Aboriginal peoples, victims of violence, seniors, refugees and people with physical or mental health disabilities. It is ATEH’s firm belief that the wider community recognizes the importance of the gains made with HPS funding and sees it as an essential federal commitment to this community. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.05pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Capital funding over this period resulted in the construction of 202 shelter/transitional units and 225 permanent supportive housing units in the city, including:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>12 shelter beds and 18 transitional units for the young men’s shelter at Youth Services Bureau<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>12 shelter beds and 18 transitional units for the young women’s shelter at Youth Services Bureau<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>40 supportive units at Ottawa Salus for adults with severe mental health issues<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>42 units of supportive housing for 20 senior and 22 adult chronically homeless women at Cornerstone Housing for Women<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>12 transitional units at Daybreak Non-Profit Shelter (Ecumenical)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>85 supportive units for men transitioning from the justice system through the John Howard Society <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>26 hospice beds constructed at the Ottawa Mission<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>3 supportive units built by Nepean Non-Profit Housing Corp, and <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>10 residential treatment units at the Tungasuvvingat Inuit healing centre.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.1pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:57.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoFooter style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The prevention of housing loss is one of the most indispensable activities provided by HPS funding since its inception.</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> A number of Ottawa agencies collaborate to ensure residents who are in imminent danger of losing their housing get the support they need to prevent them from becoming homeless. <span style='background:white'>Since the federal homelessness funding began, many thousands of </span>Ottawa households have been assisted in their struggle to stay housed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.05pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span class=A1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH) and its 43 member organizations have always valued the Government of Canada’s contribution to this</span></span><span class=A1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>community’s efforts to both end and prevent homelessness and ensure that Ottawa residents have access to safe housing they can afford in order to be as engaged as possible in their own community. <b>ATEH applauds the government for staying the course with the </b></span><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Homelessness Partnering Strategy and the Investment in Affordable Housing framework.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.05pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:39.3pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-30-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>* List of Ottawa agencies that received federal funding contributions over the 2001 to 2013 period through HPS program</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> <i>(previously known as SCPI, HPI<b>). <o:p></o:p></b></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>HPS in Ottawa is administered through the City of Ottawa for either ongoing programs or one-time projects<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Abbeyfield Houses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Aboriginal Youth Non-Profit Housing Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Action-Logement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Andrew Fleck Child Care Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Blue Heron Cooperative Housing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Bruce House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Centre for Addiction & Mental Health<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Carlington Community Health Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Catholic Immigration Centre Ottawa Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Causeway<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Centre 454<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Centre 507<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Centre Espoire Sophie</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation Rights in Accommodation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>City Living<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>City of Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Canadian Mental Health Association Ottawa Branch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Cornerstone Housing for Women<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Daybreak Non-Profit Shelter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Emily Murphy Non Profit Housing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Families Matter Co-op<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The Good Companions Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>House of Hope<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Housing Help<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ottawa Inner City Health, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Innercity Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Jewish Family Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>John Howard Society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Lifeline Centre for Addicted Survivors of Trauma<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Lowertown Community Resource Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>OMRA Shelter Alternatives Corp.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Minwaashin Lodge / Aboriginal Women's Support Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Montfort Renaissance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Nelson House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Nepean Community Support Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Nepean Housing Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Odawa Native Friendship Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Operation Come Home<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Options Bytown Non-Profit Housing Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ottawa Mission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ottawa Salus Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Pinganodin Lodge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The Social Housing Registry of Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Rideau St. Youth Enterprises<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The Salvation Army<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Sandy Hill Community Health Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Shepherds of Good Hope<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>St. Luke's Lunch Club<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>St. Joe's Women Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>St. Mary's Home<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>St. Mathew’s Harmony House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Tungasuvvingat Inuit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Vanier Community Health Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The Well/La Source<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-21.25pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa<i><span style='letter-spacing:.6pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>