Proposed Indigenous supportive housing program seeks Council approval

Province has sent Kingston $4.6 million in Social Service Relief funding since April

Service providers prepare for opening of new Integrated Care Hub

City of Kingston opens Artillery Park as cooling centre

Warming and Counselling Centre opens in downtown Kingston

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 Jill Pineau 0 Comments 113 Lower Union, 805 Ridley Drive, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), City of Kingston, housing and homelessness, Housing and Social Services, Indigenous Supportive Housing Program, Kingston, Kingston City, Kingston Youth Shelter, Mayor's Task Force on Housing, proposed housing program, Tipi Moza (Iron Homes)

A report to Kingston City Council released today proposes the use of the City-owned building, 113 Lower Union Street, for an Indigenous Supportive Housing Program. If approved, the facility will house up to 19 homeless and precariously housed individuals beginning in late 2021. With Council’s approval, Tipi Moza (Iron Homes)

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December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments City of Kingston, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Fairfield Manor West, homeless shelters, homelessness, housing and homelessness, Housing and Social Services, Integrated Care Hub, Ontario government, Ruth Noodergraaf, Social Service Relief Funding, supportive housing

The Ontario government announced the payment of its third installment of COVID-19 Social Service Relief Funding on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Kingston has received approximately $4.6 million through this program since April 2020, part of a $510-million relief package distributed to municipalities and Indigenous community partners province-wide. Ruth Noordegraaf, Director

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October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments City of Kingston, Gilles Charette, HARS, Housing and Social Services, Integrated Care Hub, Kingston Community Health Centre (KCHC), Mike Bell, petition, Ruth Noodergraaf

Partners in operation of Kingston’s Integrated Care Hub hosted a public update on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, as the opening of their new Montreal St. facility looms. “I think we’re really looking forward to building on the pilot of the Artillery Park space, the way it’s designed and the capacity

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May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Artillery Park, Calvin Park branch, City of Kingston, cooling centres, high daytime temperatures, Housing and Social Services, Isabel Turner branch, Kingston, Kingston Community Health Centre (KCHC), Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL), relief from heat

As of noon on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, the City of Kingston has opened the gym at the Artillery Park Aquatic Centre as a cooling centre. This comes the same day Environment Canada issued a heat warning for the area, with daytime temperatures reaching just above 30 degrees Celsius each

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January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 Tori Stafford 6 Comments City of Kingston, counselling, Home Base Housing, homelessness, housing, Housing and Social Services, Kingston, Kingston Community Health Centre (KCHC), Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Warming and Counselling Centre, overnight warming centre, Providence Care, warming centre, warming stations

Anyone who has been outside over the past few days knows the cold weather is definitely here in Kingston. At the same time, a new Warming and Counselling Centre has opened in the city’s downtown core. Located at 235 Wellington Street, the centre is offering a place to warm up,