What has been funded through Reaching Home?
Last year, United Way funded 28 agencies and 60 programs/activities in Cowichan and Nanaimo thanks to the Government of Canada's Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy.
All funding is approved by advisory boards from each community (Cowichan and Nanaimo).
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2021-2022 Funded Agencies
COWICHAN
Designated Stream:
- HelpSeekers
- Coordinated Access
- Cowichan Lake Community Services/Centre
- Wrap Around service
- Ladysmith Resource Centre
- Prevention
NANAIMO
Indigenous Stream:
- Tillicum Lelum
Designated Stream:
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Coordinated Access
- Nanaimo Region John Howard Society
- Housing First
- Support Services
- Idea Camp Communications
- Coordinated Access
- Society for Equity, Inclusion & Advocacy
- Tenant Support
2020-2021 Funded Agencies
COWICHAN
Indigenous Stream:
- Cowichan Housing Association
- Cowichan Women Against Violence
- Hiiye'yu Lelum
- Breakfast program
- Housing Placement
Designated Stream:
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Cowichan Lake Community Services/Centre
- Wrap-around service
- Helpseekers
- Coordinated Access System (CAS) (Click here for info on CAS)
- Ladysmith Resource Centre Association
Indigenous Stream:
- Cowichan Housing Association
- Cabin shelter additional electrical funding
- Cowichan Women Against Violence
- COVID basic needs
- Emergency Placement
- Hiiye'yu Lelum
Designated Stream:
- Cowichan Lake Community Services/Centre
- Warming Centre
- Duncan United Church
- Prevention
- Idea Camp Communications
- Cowichan/Duncan Tze Tza Watul Community Advisory Board (CAB)
- Ladysmith Resource Centre Association
- Warming Centre food
Funded through both Streams:
- Cowichan Housing Association
NANAIMO
Indigenous Stream:
- Tillicum Lelum
Designated Stream:
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Coordinated Access System (CAS)
- Helpseekers
- Coordinated Access System
- Nanaimo John Howard Society
- Housing First program
- Support Services
- PiT (Point in Time) count
- Idea Camp Communications
- Coordinated Access System (CAS)
- Society for Equity, Inclusion and Advocacy (SEIA)
- Turner Strategies, consultant
- Coordinated Access System
- Vancouver Island Mental Health Association
- Coordinated Access System
Indigenous Stream:
- Literacy Central Vancouver Island
- Digital literacy for street youth program
- Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre
- Ts’its’uw’atul’ program (youth mobile outreach)
- My Connections with Good Food Boxes
- Snuneymuxw First Nation
- Wrapping Blankets program
- Wrapping Blankets expansion and partnering
- Tillicum Lelum
- Wellness Outreach program
- Wellness Outreach expanded with prevention support
- Plexiglass installation
Designated Stream:
- AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI)
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Outreach Services Coordination
- Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS)
- Hospital bed and laundry service
- Idea Camp Communications
- Nanaimo Homeless Coalition communications general
- Literacy Central Vancouver Island
- Zoom tutoring
- Nanaimo Brain Injury Society
- Peer Lead community support
- CAT emergency support
- Nanaimo Region John Howard Society
- Oasis House and Balmoral Hotel housing redevelopment consultant
- Research comparing Nanaimo homelessness rates to other communities
- Nanaimo Mens' Centre
- PPE
- Nanaimo Unitarian Church
- Free Showers program
- For tarps, tents due to new fire regulations
- Shelter Upgrade basic needs
- Pacifica Housing Advisory Assoc.
- Health and hygiene
- People for a Healthy Community on Gabriola
- Salvation Army Nanaimo Ministries
- Society for Equity, Inclusion and Advocacy (SEIA)
- Vancouver Island Mental Health Association
- Trauma training program
- Plexiglass for van
- World Tree Service
- Hearth and Home program
- 7-10 Club
Funded through both Streams:
- Nanaimo Region John Howard Society
Terms to know:
The Reaching Home program distributes funding through several streams, each with its own requirements.
Additional Reaching Home funding was provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Emergency Funding:
Non-recurring funding divided into Indigenous and Designated streams meant to provide additional support to the homeless-serving sector.
Annual Allocations:
Recurring funding provided annually for a number of years. These funds can be used to provide multi-year support to a particular service or pay for one-off project expenses. Funds are divided into Indigenous and Designated streams.
Indigenous Stream:
Funds organizations that meet the unique needs of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Intended for Indigenous organizations in urban centres.
Designated Stream:
Provides long-term, stable funding to organizations addressing homelessness in the Designated Community.
