Working towards a reality where homelessness in Prince George is a rare, brief and one-time experience.
Reaching Home’s Indigenous Homelessness stream funds organizations providing culturally appropriate supports that meet the unique needs of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. An Indigenous-led Community Advisory Board, the Urban Aboriginal Working Group (UAWG), works in collaboration with both the Community Entity, PGNAETA, and the Prince George Community Advisory Board to ensure Indigenous peoples are actively involved in determining and developing health, housing, and other economic and social programs for exiting homelessness.
The Designated Communities stream provides long-term stable funding to prevent and reduce homelessness within urban communities. Organizations within the Designated Community of Prince George can apply for Reaching Home funding through the Community Entity, PGNAETA. In partnership with the Community Entity, the Community Advisory Board (CAB) helps to set the direction and priorities for addressing homelessness in the area, gathers available information related to local homelessness needs, understands what is working and what is not, and develops a coordinated approach to meet local priorities.
Coordinated Access is a way for communities to streamline the process people use to access the homelessness services and supports within an area. A strong Coordinated Access system relies on all the homelessness service providers in the area sharing information and prioritizing clients for services based on the agreed to matching process.
The PGNAETA Reaching Home Division are honoured to work, live and play on the unceded traditional and ancestral territory of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation.
