Indigenous Reaching Home: VNFC Community Entity
About
On April 1st, 2022, the Victoria Native Friendship Centre (VNFC) became the Indigenous Homelessness Community Entity (IH-CE) for the federal Indigenous Reaching Home funding stream through to March 31st, 2028. Through a community-based approach, these funds provide communities with greater flexibility and support in determining their own initiatives, local priorities and collaboration with Indigenous partners. The IH-CE provides funding access to organizations in support of the delivery of holistic and culturally appropriate services to meet the unique needs of urban Indigenous people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
For more information about Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness strategy, please visit Housing Infrastructure and Communities Canada – About Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy
Services
Inquiry Form
How to Reach Us
8:30am – 4:30pm
Monday to Friday
Systems Navigator & Investment Administrator:
Katherin Cooper (katherin@vnfc.ca)
Project Engagement and Coordinated Access Manager:
Jessica McDonald (jessica.m@vnfc.ca)
Indigenous Community Advisory Board (ICAB)
The CE brings together members from local stakeholders to form an ICAB and develop a community plan. The ICAB has established priorities to prevent and reduce Indigenous homelessness in the community, encourage collaboration, identify priorities through planning, and approve partnership projects to receive funding from the Community Entity.
VNFC as Community Entity (CE)
The Community Entity has the responsibility to implement the community plan, solicit project proposals, approve projects, contracts, monitor all agreements with third-party service providers, and prepare contribution agreements, report on its activities and disbursements, collect and share data and information and report on the community results.
Resources
Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy is a community-based program aimed at reducing and preventing homelessness. Officially launched April 1, 2019, the Government of Canada’s homelessness program supports the most vulnerable people in the Capital Region by improving access to safe, stable and affordable housing.
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