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PRESENTATION BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIMCOE COUNTY ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS REGARDING THE 20,000 HOMES CAMPAIGN.
Ms. Sara Peddle, Chair of the Simcoe County Alliance to End Homelessness and Ms. Lynn Strachan provided a presentation concerning the 20,000 Homes Campaign.
Ms. Peddle and Ms. Strachan discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The goal and objectives of the 20,000 Homes Campaign;
• The current number of communities, volunteers, people provided with housing and number of days left in the Campaign;
• A video showing the positive impact the Campaign is having in communities;
• Understanding the impact of homelessness in Simcoe County and in the City of Barrie;
• The collection of data the week of January 13-18 2016, including conducting surveys of the homeless and underhoused;
• Uses for data collected in addition to the Campaign; and
• The call for volunteers to assist with the data collection.
In closing, Ms. Peddle and Ms. Strachan requested the City of Barrie’s involvement in the Campaign to assist with communicating about the campaign data collection and recruitment of volunteers. They also requested that City Council endorse the 20,000 Homes Campaign.