Human Resources committee  To this point, I haven't seen it help any of the youth that are in our 79% of youth at risk, but it really does support the other 29% of youth who we deal with.

Human Resources committee  Support with housing is a big thing for the homeless people. As you said, if you don't have a place to live, it makes it very difficult to have a job. We've had clients who carried a kit bag with a change of clothes in it because they slept on park benches. I think that more ne

Human Resources committee  So do I.

Human Resources committee  I know about these programs, and they work very well for 29% of our clients.

Human Resources committee  They are not working for the youth at risk.

Human Resources committee  It's not working for the youth at risk. The programs are working for a portion of the youth we deal with, but not all.

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  We get referrals from each of those departments to work with these clients, or it may be that a client has walked in the door. Many of our clients come through income support, and we take them from there to the other organizations they need supports from, whether those be mental

Human Resources committee  For a number of years, we were applying for one intake per year, and in 2015 we were asked if we could do two intakes a year, which we did. In 2016, we were told that there would be a call for proposals for three years, at two intakes per year. We put in our application for that,

Human Resources committee  In 2015 our program went from 17 weeks in the classroom to 10, and in 2015, we were told that we could not teach any more soft skills, life skills, or parenting skills.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  It was Skills Link.

Human Resources committee  That's what we were funded under.

Human Resources committee  Definitely.