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The Way Forward for Homeless Shelters in Canada
From: Beyond Shelters
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Analyzes how the diversity of the shelterscape in Canada offers homeless people the right door into the services and programs they may need to exit homelessness in the shortest time possible. Outlines that it is incumbent upon all shelters to focus on reducing homelessness and end the practice of simply being witnesses to their clients despair, and to deploy best practices in their shelter like Housing First and work coherently with other agencies both public and private to together strive towards solving homelessness in their communities.
Contributors
James Hughes
JAMES HUGHES has worked as a senior administrator in social services for more than fifteen years. He served as Director General of the Old Brewery Mission, Quebec's largest centre serving homeless people. He was the Deputy Minister of Social Development in New Brunswick from 2008 to 2011 and now works for the Montreal based McConnell Foundation. He is the author of Early Intervention: How Canada's social programs can work better, save lives, and often save money. He lives in Montreal.
