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Oxford Conducts Homelessness Response Strategy Workshop

Monday, 28 October 2024 09:28

By Kyle Freel X @KFreelHeartFM

The workshop was held after the Oxford County Council meeting last Wednesday.

OXFORD COUNTY - A Homelessness Response Strategy Workshop followed the most recent Oxford County Council meeting.

Last Wednesday's workshop continued with talks that have been going on at every council meeting for the last two years. Warden, Marcus Ryan knows it will be a joint effort to make this issue smaller.

"Oxford can't do it alone. We simply don't provide as a municipal government all the services that people need in order to prevent them from becoming homeless, or help them while they are homeless, or get them out of homelessness."

Warden Ryan says they are working on a strategy with the partners in that space, which include United Way, and Operation Sharing. The talks are to find ways to make what the County is doing better.

"The next steps will be another round of consultation and then some very specific action recommendations to council about things we can do, and maybe some things we need to advocate with the province and federal government. Then spending some more money on the problem here locally."

Warden Ryan says the County and its partners can't do it on their own and need they need help from the other levels of government. He adds there is no perfect way, and if there was it would have already been done.

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