Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not closely involved in the partnership, so I'm not able to answer.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a call centre, yes, and the treatment authorization centre is for providers to contact the department.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have call centres at three sites across Canada: Dartmouth, Kirkland Lake, and Winnipeg—sorry, we have a fourth centre—and Montreal.

Veterans Affairs committee  The national contact centre is the network whereby clients can call in to the department.

Veterans Affairs committee  I would just add that when the VETS organization or any other organization identifies a veteran who is homeless or near homeless, we're contacted immediately, and we have case managers who respond very quickly.

Veterans Affairs committee  The community covenant in Newfoundland was actually a community-driven project by Conception Bay South. There was a partnership in place at the time to build capacity in mental health. I can speak to that later if necessary, but as a result, the community was aware of the work th

Veterans Affairs committee  We're trying to share them.

Veterans Affairs committee  We are currently working on the final results of that particular capacity project, including the covenant, and we are in discussions about the next steps as far as sharing those best practices to see how it can be done in other communities and other provinces that are interested.

Veterans Affairs committee  In the Atlantic region, although we don't have outreach activities that specifically target reservists or CF members on the benefits and services we provide to them, we are visible at teachers conferences and in universities when they have student forums. We provide information o

Veterans Affairs committee  We've worked very closely with Jim Lowther and the VETS organization. We meet with them on a regular basis. I know that in the Halifax district office a homeless committee was established well over a year ago to address this issue. They work with community organizations, along wi

Veterans Affairs committee  I can't speak to that at this point. I will certainly look into that.

Veterans Affairs committee  Merci. Thank you, Colleen. Good afternoon. My name is Krista Locke, and I am the director general for the Atlantic region as well as the national contact centres network and treatment authorization centres. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to talk about outreach