Human Resources committee  Yes, that's correct: Find is separately branded, separately operated, and provides furniture at no cost to community members who are experiencing homelessness, getting into housing. It allows them to shop for the furniture they're getting, that is donated.

Human Resources committee  If that question was to all, I would only add one really quick response. In this environment, particularly with homelessness, there are two things. The actual experience of a person who's had a long life of homelessness really is analogous to a senior at 45 or 50 years of age

Human Resources committee  That's correct.

Human Resources committee  All of the orders of government—and within orders of government there are different contracts that we administer—and our partners have very complementary, but unique outcomes expected, timelines, when money needs to be spent and the qualifications around it. That's the role we

Human Resources committee  Overlap, yes, but integration among aligned goals and strategies can create huge possibilities. We do spend a lot of time trying to negotiate little micro arrangements. The alignment and integration approach needs to be a higher level expectation. They absolutely need to work tog

Human Resources committee  We have some really good examples of projects that I think, quite frankly, are internationally recognized, including Ambrose Place, which I know you're familiar with. At the same time, to scale these—when we're talking about the dedicated resources in advance that we would need t

Human Resources committee  Certainly. Really quickly, I said that we don't know what we don't know in some contexts, but in others, I would have to say that we could not have more evidence for the importance of certain types of support environmentally: sleep hygiene, how people are supported and housed, ho

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  It's one of the projects right now that is in front of the rapid housing initiative review.

Human Resources committee  I will be very, very quick. We need to be held accountable and given metrics around what we're expected to deliver, but this circular kind of expecting us to be able to make 15-year commitments on support dollars that nobody in Canada commits to, other than on a yearly basis, do

Human Resources committee  Nobody is jumping at it. It is a very difficult for us to say that we have depth on that question from our particular vantage point, given the roles we play around the table. I that know Matt is from a smaller community in Alberta. Matt, do you have any comments to add on that

Human Resources committee  I think you have said it so well. I think these are really fundamental rights, and if they're not incorporated in all of our work, we are leaving behind those who are the most vulnerable amongst the most vulnerable. I also know that in the communities we serve and those experien

Human Resources committee  I can only express that currently there is an expectation around things like universal design and that there is a part of our application process currently that does identify that. I think we have to find a better way of not having that be potentially an obstacle. I think there

Human Resources committee  Yes, certainly, and it is directly related to the pandemic. We maintain a by-name list. It's available on our website. We have public-facing tableau worksheets that illustrate over time how many individuals experience homelessness, and you can cross tabulate that with various ot

Human Resources committee  Yes, there certainly are, and I apologize that I don't have a number off the top of my head for that. When we opened our major centre at the early stages of the pandemic and had numerous people coming to Edmonton just for services. They were coming directly to the EXPO facility