Indigenous Housing First
Are you having issues getting or maintaining housing? If so, contact us today!
The Indigenous Housing First Program is intended to support youth and families experiencing homelessness with barriers to housing stability that can be addressed by providing housing and connecting the person with existing community supports.
It is short-term intervention designed to restore housing stability and assist individuals in doing so as independently as possible.
The goal of this initiative is to assist in securing safe, affordable, appropriate, and permanent housing. We strive to help and support in obtaining independence, to help them plan to identify challenges and strengths, and to set goals to achieve success.
Indigenous Housing First provides intense supports for those experiencing any of the following barriers and these have interfered with keeping stable housing:
- Addictions
- Incarceration/Legal issues
- Basic life skills/Budget
- Violence/Abuse
- Goals
- Lack of Education/Employment
- Family reunification
- Health concerns: emotional, mental and physical
- Children Services Involvement
- Lack of Education/Employment
- Cultural Support/holistic health support
Supports
- Assist in securing a home
- Assistance securing funding (Alberta Works, AISH, Student Funding)
- Provide Landlord Advocacy
- Furnish home through FIND
- Assist in maintaining a home
- Landlord relations
- Managing Tenancy
- Weekly home visits
- Monthly home inspections
- Cultural Supports
- Provides cultural teachings and how to apply them in their homes and lives
- Provides opportunities for Ceremony
- Cultural Events
- Access to Elders
Step 1: Call us at 780-481-3451
Step 2: Set up an appointment for pre-sreening to qualify for Indigenous Housing First
Step 3: If you qualify, we will guide you through the process
Contact Indigenous Housing First
Email
ashavictor@bentarrow.ca
Phone
780-481-3451
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